Evening star., 1942-07-16
Contest Almost
Overlooked in
Heat Of Fuss
Posseuu Takes Lucinq;
Yankees Blank Tribe
To Increase Lead
BY JUDSON BAILEY,

Associated Press Sports Writer.
Bad blood has been flowing be-
tween the Brooklyn Dodgers and
Chicago Cubs for two or more years
in one of the most vicious feuds in
baseball annals and the situation
is getting stormier.
Yesterday the boys were so busy
throwing bean balls at each other
they almost forgot the ball game,
but the Dodgers, operating in their
element, captured a 1915 verdict
from the confused Cubs, who made
five errors and used five pitchers
to give 13 hits.
One version of the trouble between
the clubs is that it started when
Hugh Casey of the Dodgers threw at
Pitcher Claude Passeau of the Cubs
a couple of years ago. 1t has been
kept famed white-hot ever since
with knock-down pitches, high
slides. ame-calling and even harsh
business Office relations
Through it all Passeau has man
aged to keep the upper hand on the
pitching mound, winning seven
times and losing only twice to
Brooklyn-till yesterday. But the
fellow who has won more games
than any other pitcher this year,
13, got his bumps this time.
He was pelted for seven hits in
two and one-third innings. giving
four runs, and couldn't get the ball
near the plate when Hiram Bithorn
replaced him. Brooklyn turned its
batting on the rookie and had him in
such a frenzy that when he, too, had
to be removed in the fifth inning
he threw the ball at the Brooklyn
benchwarmers.
Cubs Defense Blows Up.
Brooklyn was given one run when
the Cubs made three errors in the
fourth. The first two men up in
the fifth walked, but Mickey Owen
was thrown out at the plate trying
to score from second on a wild pitch
and Peewee Reese was trapped be-
tween third and home on bunt
by Kirby Higbe. who was working
for the fourth time in a week and
attained his 10th victory. In spite
of this the Dodgers again loaded
the bases and Paul Erickson, who
relieved Bithorn, made a wild pitch
on his first delivery. In the sixth he
busted Billy Herman to the ground
and Herman, former Cub, got up
to hit q home run on the next pitch.
Lou Novikoff and Jimmy Foxx hit
homers for the Cubs.
This encounter dwarfed other de-
velopmentsr of the day in the major
leagues, although Chet Laabs of the
st. Louis Browns. currently on a
batting spree, attracted attention
at Philadelphia by driving in five
runs as the Browns beat the Ath-
letics, IA, in a night game. He
hit a homer, his 18th of the year,
with the bases loaded in the second
inning and then In the third frame
lined to the corner of center field
in Shibe Park and was thrown out
at the plate trying to get four bases
on it.
Yankees Stretch Margin.
The New York Yankees extended
their American League lead to six
and one-half games by scoring their
second straight shutout, 40, against
the Cleveland Indians on the four
hit hurting of Atley Donald. Buddy
Hassett made three hits and Joe
Di Maggie stretched his modest
hitting streak to IL games.
The Boston Red Sox split with the
Chicago White Sox. Tex Hughson
beat unlucky Ed Smith in the
opener, 10-1, for Smiths 18th set
back. Then the Chisox took the
nightcap, 11-6, although Ted Will
liams hit his 18th homer.
Rip Sewell pitched six-hit ball
and Vince Di Maggie hit a three
run double to spark Pittsburgh to
So triumph over the New York
Giants. The st. Louis Cardinals
swept a double-header from the
Phils, 7-3 and ga. The tail-enders
made three errors in the first game
and five in the second besides letting
Johnny Hopp steal home in the
nightcap.
Cincinnati and the Boston Braves
divided their double bill, with Bucky
Walters winning the opener for the
Reds, 60, on five-hit pitching and
Nanny Salvo retaliating with a
seven-hit performance as the Braves
bagged the second game, To, with
Clyde Kluttz batting in three runs
with a double.