The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-09
CARDS PHYSICAL CONDITION MAY COME IN HANDY
National League Rivals Clash Friday, Saturday
 at Ebbets Field
By PAUL sCHEFFELs

(Untted Press Stan COrrespOndontl
 New York, Sept. 9-UP)-The peinant-hungry St. Louis Car- dinals,, now three games behind the pace-setting Brooklyn Dodgers, car- ried their drive for the National league flag into the east today.
 Each club has IT games to play in this ding g-dong renewal of last years bitter stretch battle for the senior circuit nag. Leo Durocher's hotly- pursued Dodgers have 16 games booked for Ebbets field while the never-sy-die Cardinals have nine contests to play in hostile territory.
 While such a string of home games gives the Dodgers an appar- ent edge in the battle they have won 4S and dropped only IS at Ebbets fields this year-the Cards better physical condition nullf1es that slight advantage.
 St. Louis is 8 more youthful ag- gregation and thus better able to absorb the pressure of the closing days. In addition, the Cards have been getting first-rate pitching, ex- cept for Max Lanier's defection in the Labor Day doubleheader with the Pirates.
 Meanwhile, the quintet of starters Durocher has been rotating-Buck Newsom, Whit Wyatt, Max Macon, Curt Davis and Kirby Higbe-all have found the going pretty rough. Macon and Ed Head, Q surprise starter yesterday, have been the only pitchers to come through with full-time jobs in the last six games.
 Friday Battle
 As for the schedule, the Dodgers have a game booked with the Pi- rates for today, single with the Cubs tomorrow, two with the Cards Friday and Saturday and Sunday double-header with the Reds. Tues day and Wednesday of next week it will be Pittsburgh again and then weekend card of four games with the Phils. Tn the seasons last week there is one with the Giants, two with Boston, one with the Phils at Ebbets field and a windup pair at Philadelphia.
 St. Louis opens with the Giants today, skips over to Brooklyn for two and then takes on the Phils for four at Philadelphia. Then the Red- birds journey to Boston, playing two games, Chicago, Pittsburgh and Cin- cinnati, playing two games in each city. The Cubs journey to St. Louis for the seasons windup. The sched- ule appears tough for the western CTS. But their record of 26 wins 1T their las S1 games and 29 victories in 36 contests indicates the Cardl may not be bothered too much.
 Head gave 8 surprisingly goot performance by turning back the Pirates with four hits yesterday tc register 70 triumph and increase the Dodgers lead over the idle Cards by half game. It was the rookie moundsmans first full-time winning performance since May IS when ne turned back the Pirates with two hits He walked only three batters anc struck out three as the Dodger; pulled oil a trio of double plays.
 The Dodgers clubbed router Aldor Wilkie for 10 hits-two of them by Billy Herman, which increased hi man opensd the first frame with 2 lifelong total to 2,000 safeties. Her double and was singled home by Dolph Camilli. Then in the fourtt the Dodgers put the game on ict when Micky Owens double ane Arky Vaughan's single were complee with an error by Ed Stewart tt scroe two. Owen also drove Tn tn' last run in the following frame. =
 Fans Shun Tigers
 In the American league, th' Browns beat the Tigers, Al, il their last meeting of the season Only 723 spectators-smallest crows at Detroit in several seasons watched Steve .Sundra limit tn' Tigers to four hits.
 Ray Poat, rookie righthande making his first start, blanked th' White Sox with seven hits as th Indians scored a 10-0 triumph The second game of their sched uled doubleheader' was postponed.
 The Senators came from behtn' with d six-run sixth inning to dowl the Red Sox, 15-ll. Washington walloped four pitchers for IS hit while the Sox slammed a pair o moundsmen for IT blows. Dom Dt Maggie and Johnny Pesky each gar nered four hits for the Sox. Tn second game Us their schedules double bill was postponed afte tsscc :nnlrgs tc allow the teams [ catch a train. :.
 New York at Philadelphia ! the National league also was post poned.
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