Evening star., 1942-06-01
392,280 Fans
SeeBdrgdin
Encounters
OFT Equals Hornsby's
League Record for
Driving in Runs
BY AUSTIN BELMEAR,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Associated Press Sports Writer.
Major league baseball enjoyed a
rest today after the busiest week end
OF the season, which brought disaster
in double doses to many OF the pen
nant contenders and success in the
same quantities to those who could
Withstand the pressure Of four games
in two days.
A total Of 392 ,280 fans swarmed to
the ball parks, 1880 Of them on
Decoration Day and 1914 ,460 OF them
yesterday. And that didn't include
the hundreds Of servicemen who
were admitted free.
Here are some of the more i'm
portant happenings witnessed:
The New York Yankees stretched
their American League lead to eight
games, although their eight-game
winning streak was snapped by the
Philadelphia Athletics In yesterdays
second game.
The Brooklyn Dodgers boosted their
lead in the National League to six
games by stopping the Boston
Braves twice yesterday after dividing
a pair with the New York Giants
the day before.
The Cleveland Indians skidded
into fourth place in the American
League while the Detroit Tigers
took over second place and the Bos-
ton Red Sox moved up a notch to
third.
Cards In Second Place.
The st. Louis Cardinals replaced
the Boston Braves in second place
in the National League by winning
two out Of three over the week end
while the Braves managed only an
even split in four games.
Mel OFT, playing his 18th year in
the maJors-all with the Giants
tied Rogers Hornsby's National
League record Of 1882 runs batted
in by driving two runs across in
yesterdays twin triumph over the
Philadelphia Phils. 1t took Hornsby
% seasons to establish the mark,
which is considerably lower than
Babe Ruth's major league record
Of 2,209.
Max West Of the Braves. who
had hit only two home runs this
season and both of them last week,
raped four in two days.
Clyde Vollmer, recalled by Cincin-
natl from Syracuse to relieve an
outf1elder shortage caused by three
injuries. arrived in time to play the
second game against the Pittsburgh
Pirates yesterday and hit the first
ball pitched to him for a home run.
AS for the games themselves. two
Of yesterdays scheduled double
headers were cut in half by the
weather, but five Of the six played
resulted in double victories.
Yanks and AS Divide.
The lone exception was at Phila-
delphia. where the Yankees came
from behind with a seven-run sixth
inning rally to whip the Athletics,
Ill, then bumped into Luman
Harris. who checked them on four
hits, for Az decision in the after
piece.
Eden Auker and Johnny Niggeling
shared the pitching honors as the
st. Louis Browns stopped the Cleve-
land Indians, 5-4 and 8-3. with Don
Gutteridge collecting six hits in eight
tries and Chet Laabs. Vern Stephens
and George McQuinn chipping in
home runs.
Aging Ted Lyons pitched and
batted the Chicago White Sox to a
ga 10-inning triumph over the
Detroit Tigers, getting three hits in
five appearances and touching off a
flve-run rally in the 10th. The sec
ond game was halted in the third
inning with no score.
Curt Davis pitched the Brooklyn
Dodgers to a 1912 triumph over the
Braves as Dixie Walker hit a grand
slam homer and Whitlow Wyatt
tossed a six-hitter in the nightcap
to make 1t unanimous, 81.
Lohrman Keen on Mound.
Bill Lohrman pitched the Giants
to a 30 decision over the Phils in
the first game holding them to four
hits, and Bob Carpenter yielded only
seven blows in the second game. won
by the Giants, IL. with Willard
Marshall showing the way on a
three-run homer.
The f1oundering Pittsburgh Pirates
were no trouble for the Cincinnati
Reds, who won the opening game,
80, on the five-hit pitching Of
Bucky Walters and scored 80
Shutout in the nightcap as Ray
Star scattered six safeties. The
double defeat ran Pittsburgh's losing
streak to nine.
Pollet pitched the st. Louis Car
dinals to a 80 triumph over the
Chicago Cubs, although he was
tagged for 10 hits. A scheduled sec
ond game got no further then the
last half of the first inning.