Evening star., 1942-09-07
ST. Louis Owes
Voteof Thanks
To Mize, Young
Their Timely Homers
Hurt Brooks; Bosox
Nose Out Muckmen
BY AUSTIN BEALMEAR,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

When the st. Louis Cardinals ped
died Johnny Mize to the New York
Giants last winter they bid good-by
to the man who might have batted
them into the National League PEN
nant, but Long John is helping his
former buddies all he can from his
present post at the Polo Grounds.
Although the Cards are pretty
busy, they should take time out for
at least vote of thanks to Mize
and another Giant slugger big Babe
Young.
Through the courtesy of this pull
verizing pair the Cardinals found
themselves only two and one-half
games behind the league-leading
Dodgers today, with three weeks OF
play remaining.
Young was the first to endear him.
self in the hearts of the Cards and
all their followers by smashing q
grand-slam homer which rocked the
Dodgers in the opener of three
game series Saturday.
Cards Keep Threat Alive.
The Brooks squared the series by
taking the first game of yesterdays
double healer, 60, and were lead
ing in the nightcap, 81, when Mize
came up with two men on base and
parked the ball on the roof of the
right field stands to give the Polo
Grounders the verdict. Az.
Another ex-Cardinal, Southpaw
Tom Sunkel. had hand in the
Dodgers downfall, for he held them
TO five hits in outpitching Kirby
Higbe, but it was Lefty Max Macon,
once a Redbird himself, who pitched
the Dodgers to victory in the opener
with a five-hit job.
Meanwhile, the Cardinals kept
their threat alive by crushing the
Cincinnati Reds, 1912, as Mort
Cooper hurled seven-hit ball for his
10th triumph of the season. Stats
Marion, Terry Moore and Johnny
Hopp led the 11-hit attack on three
Redleg moundsmen.
Those were the most important
developments in the pennant strug-
gle, but there was plenty of action
elsewhere, what with the New York
Yankees scoring 26 runs, the Pitts
burgh Pirates hanging up a double
shutout and the Boston Braves pull
ing off the seasons third triple play.
All Switch Opponents.
All teams switch opponents for to-
days full slate of holiday double
headers, with Boston promising to
furnish its share of the excitement.
There the Dodgers move in against
the Braves, who have rested their
two best pitchers, Jim Tobin and
Al Javery, for the occasion.
Hank Gornicki and Luke Hamlin
collaborated in blanking the Chi
cago Cubs for the Pirates. Gornicki
tossed a four-hitter to take the
opener, 60, and Hamlin yielded only
seven blows for a SO triumph in the
afterpiece.
The Braves treated Philadelphia
fans to their first triple play in IA
years, but downed the Phils, 1873
and 7-3, extending the tail-enders'
losing streak to II games.
The New York Yankees stretched
their American League lead to 8l2
games by winning, 11-9 and 1872
over the Mats, while the second
place Boston Red Sox were squeez-
ing past the Philadelphia Athletics,
81, in lone contest.
The Detroit Tigers, on the f1ve-hit
pitching of Tommy Bridges, blanked
the Chicago White Sox, 20.
Ted Williams eighth-inning home
run, his 30th of the year, was the
margin of victory for the Red Sox,
The Cleveland Indians finally
stopped the st. Louis Browns, 6-5
in the second game of their third
double bill in three days after the
Brownies had made it five in row
with 80 decision in the opener.