Evening star., 1942-08-27
St. Louis Sweep
Would Stagger
Brook PAGERS
Top Club Bows Third
Time in Row; Bosox
Gain on Yankees
BY JUDSON BAILEY,
ASSncia ted Press Snnrts Writer


The ST. Louis Cardinals have
shown the rest of the National
League they aren't kidding about
making a finish fight for the pen
nant which the Brooklyn Dodgers
confidently thought they had
cinched.
A tremendous stake rested on to-
days twilight finale of the four
game series, because the Redbirds
needed to take it to get the Dodgers
really tottering But, win or lose, the
Cardinals are making good their
truculent claims that they would
battle till the schedule runs out.
A few weeks ago Brooklyn had a
10-game lead, yet the feat of the
Cardinals in sweeping the first three
installments of their four-game
series with the National League
champions in ST. Louis has helped
whittle this down to four and one
half.
Another victory for st. Louis would
shrink this to three and one-half
games and throw the race wide
open. But a triumph for the Dodgers
would let them leave the mound city
with a still comfortable f1ve-and-
one-half-game advantage.
Cards Waging Lone Fight.
The Cardinals are waging a lone
fight, for although they have won
IL and lost against the Dodgers
this year, no other club has given
Brooklyn as much as an even battle
in the seasons series.
This has not daunted the Redbirds.
however, as they proved by captur-
ing a second straight I'll, extra
inning decision over the Dodgers
yesterday for Johnny Beazley's 10th
success.
The spunk of the st. Louis clubs,
the Cardinals and Browns, is being
exhibited, too, by the Boston Red
Sox, who still have time to cause
some commotion in the American
League.
Joe Cronin's crew has won nine
straight games and Is of the last
is to shave the lead of the New
York Yankees to TX games.
Boston humbled the Cleveland In
dians again yesterday, Al, on the
three-hit hurting of Bill Butland.
Two of the Tribe blows came in the
first inning and produced run. In
the third Tony Lupien singled with
the bases loaded for two Boston runs
and Manager Joe Cronin got the
Sox two more with pinch single
when the bases were loaded in the
eighth.
Chisox Beat Borowy.
Meanwhile the Yankees dropped
, a 5-3 affair to the Chicago White
Sox, who were making their final
appearance of the year in New York
and had not won a game before in
the stadium. Their victim was
Rookie Hank Borowy, winner of IL
games and not beaten before on his
home field. He was raped for 10
hits, including two homers, in the
first three frames.
In the only other American League
action, the Detroit Tigers threatened
Cleveland's berth in the first divi-
sion by taking double e-header from
the Philadelphia Athletics, 10 and
Al. Virgil (Fire) Trucks outpitched
unlucky Russ Christopher in the twi-
light tussle, although giving six hits
to five. Don Ross singled across the
winning run in the ninth. Then Hal
White pitched a f1ve-hitter in the
night game.
This lifted the Tigers within two
games of the Indians, who have lost
IA contests while winning 4 in an
l8-game stretch during which they
never have scored more than three
runs.
Giants Snap Losing Streak.
The third-place New York Giants
of the National League snapped
their five-game losing streak by bat
tering the Cincinnati Reds for Is
hits and an 11-2 triumph credited to
Bill Lohrman, the nemesis who has
beaten Cincinnati five times this
year
The Phils and Chicago Cubs di-
vided a double-header with the tail
enders taking the first game, 80, in
II innings, and the Cubs capturing
the nightcap, 80, on the five-hit
shutout hurting of Rookie Bill Flem-
ing. Danny Litwhiler's four singles
and a double were the deciding fac
tor in the opener.