The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-25
MIzE DEAL NOW MAKES RICKEY
 LOOK VERY BAD
Former Cardinal May Cost St. Louis Club Pennant
 ChanCe-Wagner Stars
By PAUL sCHEFFELs

By PAUL SCHEFTELS
 United Press Staff COrrespOndent)
 New York, June 25.--(UP)-Tales of Branch Rickey's Strewdness in baseball bargaining are legion but the swap that sent Johnny Mize to the New York Giants is generally acknowledged today as the deal that cost the St. Louis Cardinals this years National league pennant.
 Mize went to the Giants last Dec. Il for Pitcher Bill Lohrman, Catcher Ken O'Dea and cash-and when Johnny suffered 8 recurrence of shoulder trouble during the spring, the deal looked like pure gravy" for the Cardinals general manager. But unfortunately for St. Louis and Hickey, Mize recov- cred so well that his batting aver- age is increasing daily and each time it goes up, the Cardinals vic- tory chances drop.
 The choice of the Cards as flag favoriteS this summer was almost unanimous but the club has failed to click for one pig reason-lack of long-range punch. And everything the six-foot, two-inch Georgia born Mize is doing makes him appear the man to ill the breach. He's hitting .302 and leads the league in home runs and runs batted in three accomplishments which have be- come Red Bird rarities.
 Braves Take Two
 St. Louis suffered heavily in more than prestige when they went into sickening ta!lspin and dropped four out of five, to Brooklyn, but yesterday Billy Southworth's squad hit a new seasonal low when they lost wo games to the seventh-place Boston Braves.
 Jim Tobin, after losing his last seven games, hurled Boston to a 6-2 victory in the first game and South paw Willard Donovan notched his first major league victory, complet- ing the Cardinal rout, 3-1. Tobin yielded Il hits but the Cards only runs came on . Lwo-run homer by O'Dea. Paul Waner received his l,000th pass in the sixth inning of the opener.
 Homers by Chet Ross and Frank Demaree won the nightcap. De- maree stroked his with one on in the fourth and Ross rapped one with none on in the eighth. Dono- van issued but one pass and retired the first IA men in order.
 Rookie Bert Haas belted a homer in the 10th and gave the Cincin- natl Reds Az triumph over the Giants in the first combination twi- light-night game at the Polo Grounds. Babe Barna clouted homer of Bucky Walters with one on in the fourth giving the Giants a one-run edge. Frank McCormick's four-bagger with one on tied the score for the Reds in the eighth. A crowd of 12,915 watched Walters go the distance against Hal Schu- machcr for his eighth victory. He allowed six hits and Schumacher nine. Mize singled twice in four trips and stole base.
 Claude Passeau pitched the Chi cago Cubs to four-hit, 3-1 triumph over the Phils before 4,309 night game spectators at Philadelphia. The win was Passeau's 11th. A. sin gle by Rip Russell and successive doubles by Jimmy F'oxX and Lou LNovkoff gave the Bruins two runs, enough to win, in the third.
 Picking Up Steam
 Joe DiMaggio, who collected three hits in Tuesdays night game, cracked out pair of singles and drove in two runs, leading the New York Yankees to 8 6-4 win over the St. Louis Browns. Every man in the Yankee lineup but Frankie CroSetti hit safely. Marvin Breuer, with the help of Johnny Murphy won his third decision. Don Gut teridge and Manager Luke Sewell of St. Louis were elected after an argument with Umpire George Pip grass.
 Al Milnar pitched five-hitter and Cleveland collected IS blows, drubbing Philadelphia 90. Mill mar gave up all his hits in the first three innings and only two men reached base thereafter. Milnar and Les Fleming hit homers.
 Chicago's White Sox blanked the Washington Senators. 60, behind Johnny Humphries' eight hit pitch ing. Tom Turner hit a grand slam homer for Chicago in the eighth.
 Ted Williams 17th homer gave the Boston Red Sox their third in a row, 10 over Detroit in twi- light game before 12,193 at Briggs Stadium. Williams wallop enabled Charley Wagner to win his seventh victory. Wagner allowed only three hits, retired the side in order for the last seven innings and allowed no runner farther than first. Virgil Trucks gave up eight hits.
 YESTERDAYS STAR-Charley Wagner of the Red Sox, who pitch ed & three-hitter, allowed no run ner farther than first and retired the side in order for the last seven innings. blanking Detroit, 10.