The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-24
Veteran Fans
Groggy as Club
Rests in Fourth
Team Wins IL Of IA;
Yonk Streok Ended;
Bosox FinoIIy Win
BY JUDSON BAILEY
Associated. Press Sports Editor

James LutneT Luke SeWell,
the 4i-year-old pilot of the st.
Louis Browns, is being spoken
e these days as the manager of
the year and while this may be
premature, it couldn't happen
to a nicer guy as the saying
goes.
Probably no manager of a
fourth place club ever has been
considered for any such recog-
milton before, but it has been
long time since the Browns have
been in the first division at this
extended stage of the American
League pennant race.
The fact that the Browns now
not only are in fourth place, but
have won II of their last IA
contests and are just four games
back of the second place Boston
Red Sox, is a glowing tribute
to the leadership of the soft
spoken University of Alabama
AlumnuS
JUDICIOUS TRADING
The Browns have given up
half dozen players to the arm
ed services, but in spite of this
the club has improved due to
judicious trading. Instead of
selling off stars the club has
been able to deal for its own
benefit.
In addition to his skillful di-
rection of the club, SeWell has
made one other recent move of
importance to his club. He has
put himself back on the active
list and caught parts of two
games in the last week to give
the veteran Rick Terrell a rest
while Frank Hayes is ailing.
SeWell worked five innings
while the Browns
went about beating the Phila-
delphia Athletics 90. Chef
Laabs, who has developed into a
star recently, made three hits
and Vernon (Junior) Stephens,
who has developed into one of
the outstanding shortstops in the
Major Leagues in one season
under Sewell's guidance, con-
tributed homer.
YANKS FINALLY LOSE
This happened while the New
York Yankees were ending their
11-game winning streak at
Cleveland and dropping a full
game of their ample lead to
all the first division teams in
the league.
The Yanks had a 20 lead and
Big Ernie Bonham was within
a whisper of his fifth Shutout,
with two out in the ninth, when
Phil RizZuto made an error to
give the Indians an opening.
They promptly tied the score
with three singles and then won
the game 80 in the, eleventh on
two more singles, one a pinch
hit by Otto Denning to drive
over the deciding run.
The Boston Red Sox halted
their losing streak by nosing
out the Chicago White Sox 5-4
with two runs built around Dom
triple in the seventh
inning after Joe Cronin and
Pete Fox had homered in the
fourth.
TIGERS LOSE AGAIN
Washington whipped the De-
troit Tigers again 5-3 for Alex
Carrasquels third tri u m p h
a week. Bob Repass hit
home run in the ninth, but the
glory belonged to Rookie Short
stop Johnny Sullivan, who
cleaned the bases with a three
run double in the sixth and then
knocked in one run with anoth-
er two-bagger in the eighth.
In the National League the
New York Giants took over UNI
possession Of third
place by out homering the
Pirates Ga. Johnny
Mize notched his 10th round
tripper of the year with one on
in the first inning and Babe
Young, recently converted into
a centerfielder to get him into
the lineup, hit his first of the
season with two on in the fifth.
Young also had two other hits
and drove in run with sim
gle in the third. Vince DiMaggio
hit a three-run homer for Pitts
burgh.
In the only other contest
scheduled, night affair at Phil
adelphia, the last-place Pills
knocked off the st. Louis Cardi-
nails, 4-3, and put them seen
games behind the league leading
Brooklyn Dodgers.