Evening star., 1942-04-21
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Home Run by ComiIIi'
Poces Attack; Tribe
Curbs Browns Rush /,
By AUSTIN BEALMEAR,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

The Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston
Red Sox were all alone at the head
Of the major league pennant paradss
today. having earned their positions
with the help of the Chicago Cubs
the Cleveland Indians and someSspf
that stun the Weather Bureau ssys
is not to be mentioned. !ss8
The Dodgers bounced the Boston
Braves out Of a three-way partner
ship in the National League with n
9-2 assault. while the Cubs took
care of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Third
member OF the triumvirate that
shared first place before the start
Of yesterdays games, ga. ~
In the American League, the Rad
Sox dropped a 1914 decision Ito
Washington but clung to the lead BY
half game over the New York
Yankees and the st. Louis BrowlA
The Yanks missed their chance
to pull even with the Red Sox when
their scheduled tussle with the At1s
letics at Philadelphia was posfs
poned by conditions which mast
remain a military secret. Sin1iisf
conditions possibly saved the REd
Sox from further embarrassment,
since a second game with the NNs
had TO be called off. ilvni
Tribe Keeps Brownies From Tor.
On top Of that, the Cleveland fny
dians ruined the st. Louis BrowJrg
chances Of gaining the top spot bS
tripping the Brownies. 4-3. -
At Brooklyn, the Dodgers got d
seven-hit pitching performance out
Of Kirby Higbe, who chalked 'np
his first triumph OF the year. and
slammed three Boston pitchers for
IL blows s3e a
Dolph Camilli opened the assault
with a two-run homer in the first
inning. Three more runs in the
third pinned the defeat on Starter
Tom Farley and the Brooks cons
ttnued their blasting against his
successors. J.
At Pittsburgh, Max Butcher OF the
Pirates and Jake Mooty Of the Cubs
hooked up ina Tight pitching dual
for seven innings, but the Chica4
goans exploded for half o dozen runs
in the eighth, putting both Butcher
and the game awaya' Lou Stringer
routed Butcher with triple after
three successive singles had pros
duced one run and the Cubs turned
three singles of Reliever Hsnk
Gornicki into three more runs.
Homers Win for PhiIs. ~,
The Philadelphia Phils depended
entirely on home runs TO generate
all their scoring for the second time
in three days and lambasted the
New York Giants on their own
field, 6-3 ... 5ss
AL Glossop's homer with the bases
loaded In the fourth followed a two4
run four-master by Danny Litwhifer
In the third and proved to be t5fe
game winning blow as the Giants
tailed three times In their half of
the fourth. NOD
The Cincinnati Reds and st. Lofts
| Cardinals had an open date and
rested for their series opener todst,
At Boston, Jack Wilson returnad
to haunt his former Red Sox maee&
as castoffs have q habit of doinGs
and pitched the Mats TO victafy
with five-hit job. Ett
Ken Keltner and Oris Hockett LED
Cleveland's 1o-hit attack on Denny
GalehouSe, but 1t was JEFF He6th
who drove in the winning run wit6
single. giving the nod to Al SMITH
for a six-hftter against the Browns
Johnny Rigney shaded Dizzy
Trout as the Chicago White SoN
dumped the Detroit Tigers, 3-1.at
Chicago. Each team collected SIX
hits, but Rookie Harry Sketchiey put
the Sox ahead to stay in the first
inning when he doubled behfnd
singles by Wally Moses and Joe
Kuhel to drive In two runs. al!s