Evening star., 1942-09-08
Keen Flag Rivals
Barely Manage
To Split Bills
Newsom Is Brooklyn
Loser; Yankees Add
Half Come to Lead
BY JUDSON BAILEY,


Associated Press Sports Writer.
The Brooklyn Dodgers and st.
Louis Cardinals are giving the Ma
tional League its typical tight fin
ish, but both clubs seem likely to
stay within the speed limit in their
race down the stretch.
Both teams looked tired and
wobbly in dividing Labor Day double
headers and kept the margin be-
tween them unchanged at 211a games.
Today the standing was:
To
W. L. G. B. Play
Brooklyn ------ SO 43 18
st. Louis --- 81 46 ~ II
At the end of the Dodgers recent
Western trip Manager Leo Duro-
cher named the five pitchers he was
relying to bring Brooklyn home In
front. They were Rookie Max
Macon and the Veterans Whit Wy
att, Curt Davis, Kirby Higbe and
Bobo Newsom. Over the week end
all five worked and not one Of the
veterans, pitching on short rest,
was able to last complete game.
Newsom Takes Beating.
Yesterday at Boston, Davis was
removed after three innings al
though Dolph Camilli had given him
three-run lead with his 22d homer
in the first frame. The Dodgers
ultimately won, 11-4, with a six-run
splurge in the fourth frame, but
Rookie Les Weber received the
credit.
Then in the nightcap Newsom
lasted less than six innings and was
charged with the 5-3 loss. Pete
Reiser, the staggering batting
champ, was removed for a pinch
hitter in the first game, but broke
his slump with three hits off Jim
Tobin in the second affair.
The Cardinals showed the extent
of their reaction to pressure by let
ting the Pittsburgh Pirates score
II runs after two were out in the
sixth inning of the first game. The
Pirates won, 11-6, but the Cards
came back battling to take the
nightcap, Ga. Johnny Beazley,
working on two days rest, gave nine
hits and was foundering when the
game finally was halted because of
darkness at the end of the eight
innings. 1t was his 10Th win, how
ever.
Yanks Gain Half Game.
In the American League, the New
York Yankees swept double header
from the Philadelphia Athletics and
gained half game on the Boston
Red Sox, who won the one en-
counter that escaped the weather.
man at Washington. This put the
Yanks nine games in front.
Roy Cullenbine, latest acquisition
of the world champions, hit home
run with two out in the ninth inning
to decide the first game, 6-5, and
Milkman Jim Turner, the veteran
pitcher also picked up a week ago
by the Yanks, received the credit
with two innings of hitless relief
work. New York punched 10 runs
in the sixth inning of the second
game to coast to an 11-2 verdict
while Hank Borowy was holding the
AS to six hits for his 14th triumph
against three setbacks.
The st. Louis Browns and Detroit
Tigers divided their double header.
In the first game AL Benton at
tanned his first success since the
All-Star game, 5-3 In the second
game Harlond Cliff made five
straight hits to bat in all runs as
the Browns won, 80.
Cleveland at Chicago was post
poned till today.
Giants Sweep Twin Bill.
The New York Giants pounced on
Philadelphia twice, 5-3 and 40, to
extend the Phils' losing streak to
13 games, longest of the National
League season.
Bucky Walters finally achieved
his 18th victory with six-hit Job as
Cincinnati nudged out the Chicago
Cubs, 81. The Bruins took the Sec
ond game on the strength of Lou
Stringer's three-run double in the
eighth inning, 5 to 3.
The Labor Day program drew
$4,000 fans at seven parks.