Evening star., 1942-06-06
Browns Prevail
In 10Th on Lone
Yankees and Dodgers
Increase Margins;
Bucs FinoIIy Win
BY AUSTIN BEALMEAR,


Sympathetic baseball fans can
shed a tear today for Rookie Rich
ard Fowler of the Philadelphia
Athletics, who might have been
pitching yet If it hadn't been for
Walt Judnich of the surging st.
Louis Browns.
For Is innings last night, the al
year-old Canadian-born right
handler blanked the Browns on eight
hits. At the same time, however,
his mates were finding Johnny Mig
geling just as tough. Then George
Caster relieved Niggehng after IL
frames. and he proved even tougher.
So the teams moved into the 18th
inning in the longest game in the
major leagues this season and Jud-
mich opened with a triple against
the ht-f1eld wall, only extra-base
hit of the game.
Chef Laabs scored him with an
outfield fly, Caster retired three
men in order in the last half of the
inning to gain the 10 decision and
the Athletics dropped back into the
American League cellar, passing the
Washington Senators on their way.
1t was a tough one to lose for any
pitcher, let alone a rookie, and
Connie Mack was quick to sympa-
thize, but the old boy himself had
cause to be pleased. He sensed an
almost sure-fire star In the young
ster and scented an extra bundle OF
kale at the boxoflce when Fowler
starts again.
Griff Win Helps Yanks.
1t took the Senator'S 10 innings
TO wrest a 81 verdict from the
Detroit Tigers in another OF the
three night games on the major
league slate.
The Tigers 80 ten-inning loss to
the Nationals helped the New York
Yankees add full game to their
American League lead. The Yanks
stopped the second-place Cleveland
Indians, 6-3, stretching their mar
gin to 91a games over both Cleveland
and Detroit and notching their
twenty-fourth victory in % games.
The Boston Red Sox protected
their first division berth, half
game ahead of the f1fth-place
Browns, by turning back the Chicago
White Sox, AZ. Lou Finney drove
in three Of the Boston runs.
In the National Leagues only arc
light tilt, the New York Giants
moved into third place by whipping
the St. Louis Cardinals, 81, on the
four-hit pitching of Dave Koslo.
Mel OFT, Mickey Witek and Johnny
Mize led the eight-hit attack on
Max Lanier and John Beazley. Mize
hit home run in the sixth, his sixth
Of the year.
Dodgers Split But Gain.
The Cardinal loss boosted the
lead Of the Brooklyn Dodgers to
six and one-half games, although
Brooklyn split a double bill with the
Chicago Cubs.
The Dodgers ran their winning
streak to four games as they downed
the Cubs, 6-3, in the opening game,
| but the Cubs came from behind to
tie the score in the eighth inning
Of the nightcap and push over
/ 10th-inning run to win. 4-3.
Joe MedWick led the Brooklyn at
tack in the opener, driving in three
runs, and Phil Cavarretta dupli-
Gated that feat in the second game,
including both the tying and win
ming markers.
The Cincinnati Reds pulled the
Boston Braves down into a fourth
place tie with them by taking both
ends of a double-header, 80 and
6-1.
A two-run rally in the ninth In
ming brought the Reds and Johnny
Wander Nicer the decision in the
first game, but the second was a
breeze for Ray Starr after Cincin-
natl scored six runs in the first
| frame.
At Pittsburgh, the Pirates broke
a 10-game losing streak. but they
had to come from behind twice
to nip the Philadelphia Phils, 6-5.