Evening star., 1942-09-11
Slate Favorable
To ST. Louis if
Il Takes Set
Color Added to Race
As Redbirds Triumph, ,
Cubs Down Leaders
BY JUDSON BAILEY.
Associated prAss SnOrts Writar

The National Leagues stirring
pennant struggle assumes a new and
even more vivid hue today as the
Brooklyn Dodgers and st. Louis
Cardinals come together for their
final, fateful series.
They have met many times be-
fore, of course. but this time the
situation Is different and desperate
for the Dodgers in spite of the fact
that they still are in first place by
two games.
Since the first week of the season,
the Dodgers have enjoyed a lead
that at times reached 10 games. but
the Cards with "a victories in their
last % games have picked up
612 games on the Dodgers since
August IA.
IT the Redbirds can beat Brooklyn
today and tomorrow, they will be
even with the Dodgers for the first
time this season-and will move
from Ebbets Field to Philadelphia
with great opportunity to grab the
lead.
Cubs Humiliate Dodgers.
For while the Cardinals are
tackling the tail-end Phils four times
In three days, the schedule calls for
Brooklyn to play only twice. Thus
If the Cards are able to rout the
Dodgers and keep on winning at
Philadelphia, there is nothing Brook
lyn can do to keep them from mov-
ing into first place, at least tenn
porarily.
That explains how control of the
race suddenly has slipped from the
Dodgers hands. They let go of it
with a humiliating 1912 defeat by
the Chicago Cubs in Brooklyn yes
terday while the Redbirds were raid
ing the New York Giants, 81, across
town at the Polo Grounds.
Howie Pollet, a ink to the
Giants, allowed only four hits and
would have had a shutout except
for Mel Otis 9th home run in
the seventh. 1t was his sixth win
of the season and fifth over the
Giants.
Before the game Carl Hubbel, who
was to have pitched for New York.
was struck on the head by a ball
thrown in from the outfield by
Stan Musial of the Cardinals. He
was taken to a hospital, but an,
examination indicated he was not
critically hurt, Hal Schumacher
pitched-and lost.
Brooks Take Beating Early.
The Dodgers couldn't concentrate
on the Cubs because of thinking
OF the imminent adventure with st.
Louis and consequently were shelled
for three runs in each of the first
two innings and practically smoth-
cred by the eight-hit hurting of
old Lon Warneke Arky Vaughan's
second home run of the year, with
one on. prevented shutout.
In the American League both the
New York Yankees and Boston Red
Sox were defeated, keeping the mar
gin between them at 10 games but
reducing the requirement for the
Yanks clinching the pennant to any
combination of four New York VIC
tories or Boston defeats.
The Yanks were shutout by the
st. Louis Browns, 90, on the three
hit pitching of Dennis Galehouse
as Walt Judnich batted in five runs.
The Red SoX were nosed out. 5-4.
at Detroit, even though Ted Will
liams collected his 31st homer of
the year and Dom Di Maggie also
one.
Two Scoreless Ties.
Cincinnati beat the Boston Braves,
So, for Paul Derringer, but the
second game ended in a scoreless
tie after nine innings In which Ray
Starr pitched two-hit ball. Pitts
burgh beat the Phils. 2-1, in II in
nlngs and then also had the second
game end in a tie, 90, for three
innings.
Both of these no-decision games
now will be Cancelled, since the
teams are not scheduled against
each other again.