Evening star., 1942-08-17
Braves String Bean
Unscored On in His
Last 19 Frames
Dodeer Defect and Twin
Win by Cards Puts Life
In Pennunt Chase
BY GAYLE TALBOT.
Wide World Sports Writer,

After what happened to their
pitchers in last months all-star
game the National League master
minds should be giving themselves
good mental kicking every time
they read Al Javery's name in a box
score these days.
The Boston Braves String Bean
currently is about the hottest pitcher
in either league, fast living up to
Manager Casey Stengels solemn
prediction of the spring that he
would be recognized as one of the
games great hurlers before the sea-
son ended. On his present form
AL would have been a real orna-
nent to the Nationals all-star
lineup.
Unscored on in 19 Innings.
When he blanked the Dodgers,
to 0, in seven innings yesterday,
setting the league leaders down with
a single hit, Javery completed his
10th consecutive inning without ha-
ing allowed run. In his last four
games, in which he has defeated
Brooklyn twice and Cincinnati and
New York once each, the tall young
man from Auburn, Mass, has given
up exactly one run. Five of his 10
victories this year have been shut
outs, which is tall pitching for a
seventh-place outfit.
The Dodgers setback, taken In
conjunction with the St. Louis Car
dinals' double victory over Cincin-
natl, 1915 and 6-3, breathed little
life into the National League race,
The cards were back within eight
games of the top today and their
"a hits off the cream of Cincinnati's
mound staff yesterday indicated they
still were a going concern.
Cubs Turn Tables.
After absorbing double licking
the previous day the Chicago Cubs
came back behind some tight pitch
ing by Bill Lee and Les Fleming
to hand Pittsburgh the same dose,
81 and Al. Fleming allowed only
two hits in the second. Bill Mich
olson of the Cubs slammed his fifth
homer in three days.
Mel Otis Giants frightened their
hold on third place in the National
by trimming the Phils 6-5 and
sweeping the four-game series They
did it despite Van Lingle Mungos
unusual feat of issuing five consecu-
tive passes before he was jerked in
the fourth inning.
The Boston Red Sox took
f1rn1er grip on second place in the
American League as they swept
their second double-header with
Washington in as many days. They
held three-game lead over Cleve-
land today.
Home Runs Pace Yanks.
Home runs by Joe Di Maggie and
Joe Gordon, each with a mate on
base, paced the Yankees to an 11-2
victory over the Athletics in a six
inning affair at Shibe Park. After
the game Tommy Heinrich, Yankee
rightf1elder, left the team tempo
rarily and headed for Cleveland to
take physical examination for
enlistment in the Coast Guard.
Heinrich recently was re-classif1ed
Ia py MS dra1t DOard at MaSSllon,
Ohio.
Detroit came from behind twice
to win two decisions over the Chi
cago White SoX, 80 and 7-3, the
first game going II innings before
Hal Newhouser bested Ted Lyons in
a pitching duel. Lyons had won
seven in row before single by Ned
Harris unhorsed him in the eleventh.
Cleveland and the ST. Louis
Browns battled all afternoon to a
stand-off, the Indians winning the
first game, 80, in II innings and
the scrapping Browns taking the
second. 6-1. Singles by jeff Heath
and Les Fleming and Manager Lou
Boudreau's outfleld fly enabled the
Indians to win the extra-inning
game.