Evening star., 1942-06-11
Roger Becomes 77th
To Reach Goal as He
Raps Yank Hurting
Woner of Braves Neurs
3,000th Sofety; Cubs
Lee Gets 9th Win
Bv JUDSON BAILEY,

Associated Press Sports writer.
Step by step, the present stars OF
the major leagues are finding their
wav into the hallowed company OF
baseball's old-time, all-time stand
outs.
The latest to earn a place on the
permanent honor roll of the game is
Roger (Doc) Cramer, the Detroit
Tigers outfelder, who made three
hits against the New York Yankees
Yesterday to lift his lifetime total
to 2,OOl, a level that has been
reached by only seven other players
still active in the major leagues.
Dick Bartell of the New York
Giants entered the 2000-hit class in
April and Mel OFT, Paul and Lloyd
Waner, Jimmy Foxx, Joe Cronin and
Charley Gehringer already were
there. Joe Medwick and Billy Her.
man of Brooklyn have good chance
of qualifying near the end of the
season.
Tigers Homers Tell.
Cramer's achievement in his 14th
year in the American League called
attention to Paul (Blg POiSon)
Waner, who in his 17th season needs
only five hits to total 5000. In
Guiding Cramer, just II batters in
the history of the major leagues
have passed 1000 hits, but only six
have reached Waners goal. Every
one that made it now is memorial
lied in baseball's hall of fame at
Cooperstown-Ty Cobb, Iris Speak
er, Honus Wagner. Eddie Collins,
Nap Lajoie and Cap Anson.
The three hits by Cramer were
important individually, but they had
nothing to do with the Tigers beat
ing the world champions, Al. The
Blows that counted in that battle
were homer in the fifth by jim
BloooWorth and another by Ned
Harris with two on in the eleventh.
1t was the first time this year that
the Yanks had been beaten in extra
innings, but the overtime was not
entirely wasted by New York in this
game. Joe Gordon got an added
turn at bat and, with two out in the
last of the eleventh, singled to ex-
tend his hitting streak TO q con-
secutive games.
Waner Gets 2,995th Hit.
Paul Waner nOtChed his 2.995th
hit last night, but his Boston mates
collected only three others off Pip
SeWen, who pitched the Pittsburgh
Pirates TO a 80 shutout over the
Braves.
1t was the sixth straight win in
the longest streak of the season for
the BUGS and the ninth straight set
back for the Braves SeweIl drove
IN two of the runs by singing with
the bases loaded
In another night contest the New
York Giants climbed into third
place tie in the National League
by beating the Reds, 6-1. their fifth
straight victory over the Redlegs.
Johnny Mize and Harry banning
led the nine-hlt attack on three
Cincinnati hurlers, driving in two
runs each. Mize had three hits in
four times at bat, including pair
of doubles.
Big Bill Lee acquired his eighth
victory of the season as the Chi
cago Cubs rallied for five runs in
the seventh inning to beat the
Phil So The Cubs were held to
four ! hut made al of them in
their h.g rally as John Podeajny's
victory vanished along with his
vision Of a no-hitter.
Rcd Sox, Chisox Triumph.
Weather kept the Brooklyn Dodg-
erS idle at St Louis again.
The Boston Red Sox reinforced
their hold on second place in the
American League by trimming the
St. Louis Browns, 1913. All the
losers runs off Tex Hughson came
on a homer by Mike Chartak. Dom
Di Maggie and Bill Conroy homered
for the SoX.
The Chicago White Sox made
the Philadelphia Athletics exchange
places in the cellar by beating the
AS, Al.