The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-12
DODGERS TEN UP IN AUGUST NOW
 CHOPPED TO ONE
Mort Cooper Brilliant in BIO ShutOut Against
 Wyatt; Yanks Lose
BY PAUL SCHEFFELS Limited Press Staff COrreSpOndent)

BY PAUL SCHEFFELS United Press Staf COrrespondent)
 New York, Sept. 12-(UP)-The National Leagues entry in the World Series may be decided at Ebbets field in Brooklyn this afternoon where the Dodgers were meeting the St. Louis Cardinals.
 It was the last game of the sea- son between them and the Dodgers were only one game ahead, pulled down from a 10 Ia game advantage in the short space of a month by Billy Southworth's raging Red Birds who had won 28 of their last B games.
 If the Cardinals win again as they did yesterday the teams will be tied for first place, but the psycho- logical edge will be with the Cards. All season the Dodgers have been the outstanding favorites and have held lead varying between i've and 10 games for most of it. The numbing reaction of the Cards stretch drive already is showing in their feeble hitting and wobbly pitching. There are IS games left to play for both teams.
 Big Mort Cooper became the first pitcher in the majors to win 70 games as he propelled the Cards to within one game of the top by stop ping the Dodgers, 80. on three hts yesterday.
 A crowd of 2s,774 watched Cooper aid his own cause with two hits, which both developed into runs. The Dodgers ace, Whit Wyatt, was nicked for seven safeties before re- tiring for a pinch-hitter in the ninth.
 Won In Eighth
 Cooper singled, advanced on a sacrifice and scored the first run cn Enos Slaughter's single in the sixth. The Red Birds wrapped up the game in the eighth when Cooper beat out a hit to start rally that included Jimmy Browns double and Terry Moore's long single scoring ootn runerS.
 Hiram Bithorn walked Hank Lei- her to force Johnny Mize in with the winning run that gave the New York Giants a 4-3 decision over the Chi cago Cubs. Paul Gillespie drove 1n two of the Chicago runs, one with homer in the second, and the other with a single that scored NoVlkol1 Len Merullo batted in the other run
 The Giants outhit the Cubs, 12-7 and received 10 bases on balls put Mize was the only one who scored on a free pass. Ace Adams worked in his 57th game of the season to es- tablish a new National League rec ord for relief pitching in single season. Hugh Mulcahy, former PniLs pitcher now in the army held the former mark.
 Cincinnati racked up three run! in the 11th to break a 5-5 tie ane 1 defeat the Phils, 8-5. Ray Lamann' opened the final inning with homer into the left field bleachers Wal Goodman then douoleo U score two more.
 The Pittsburgh Boston double header was postponed.
 Tanks Blanked
 Tn the American League, E' smith shaded Alley Donald in brilliant mound duel to give tn White Sox To triumph over tn Yanks. Smith allowed seven hit and Donald was nicked for six. Eacl hurler was stingy with walks, Smitl passing out two and Donald onl one but it cost him the game George Dickey walked to open tn eighth, advanced on sacrifice an scored on Don Kolloway's single.
 The Boston Red Sox rapped tn Cleveland Indians, 15-2. making l hits of three pitchers. The Red So were aided by nine walks and fiv errors. Ken Chase recorded his nit victory with a nine-hitter.
 A five run attack, featured D two homers in the fifth, gave tn st. Louis Browns enough to bea the Washington Senators, 10-4. Tn Browns kayoed Sid Hudson in tn fifth with five consecutive hit four of them for extra bases, in cluding homers by Chet Laabs an Walt Judnich. Fred Ostermuelle allowed the Senators nine hits. The Philadelphia Athletics out hit 10-7, defeated the Tigers, D.. Russ Christopher gave up 19 hit but went the route for the As 10 his fifth win.