Evening star., 1943-08-13
Umpire Chases Bucs,
|rked by Loss; Yanks
In Stride Again
BY JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer

The Phillies are throwing a smoke
screen around the conflict now 60
ing on in the National League.
The only thing of Importance still
to be decided in the senior circuit,
of course, is second place, and this
is the dispute which the Phillies,
who are not concerned, are clouding
up with their smoke.
Last night for the first time in
more than decade. forA the first
time since the Phillies under Burt
Shotten finished in the first division
in 1882, the Philadelphia National
League ball club fashioned seven
game winning streak.
They beat the Pittsburgh Pirates
for the third straight time, 4-3,
after the bold Buccaneers had taken
80 lead and in spite of the fact
that the Phillies were held to five
hits. Ron Northey hit a two-run
homer in the fourth and cluster
of three singles in the seventh pro-
duced two more runs.
Dodgers Trim Wander Nicer.
The occasion of the Phillies WIN
ming their seventh straight was
practically of earth-shaking i'm
portance in itself, but in addition it
allowed the Cincinnati Reds to con-
tinue in tie for second place with
the Pirates and so incensed the
gladiators from Pittsburgh that
Manager Frank Frisch, Pitchers Bob
Klinger and Hank Gornicki and In
fielder Al Rubellng all were BAN
ished from the game for protesting
Umpire Tom Dunn's judgment of a
ball in the fourth inning.
Cincinnati, which came to Brook
lyn two days ago in third place, lost
it's second successive game to the
Dodgers, 80, but through the mag
nificence and munificence of the
Phillies continued in the tie for
second.
Johnny Wander Nicer, who never
has beaten Brooklyn in its own ball
park since his second no-hitter in
1898, started for the Reds because
Manager Bill McKechnie had no
other choice and except for the first
inning pitched shutout ball. The
only trouble was that in the OPEN
ing frame he walked two men, usu-
ally reliable Eddie Miller made an
error, and two singles followed for
three runs. Kirby Higbe, pitching
fve-hit ball and tanning eight,
BANKED the Reds for his eighth win
OTIS Homer Fails to Help.
Meanwhile, the st. Louis Cardi-
nails conquered the New York
Giants, Al, with Mort Cooper
pitching three-hit ball for his 18th
triumph. One of the blows against
him was Mel Otis 18th home run,
but the Redbirds made nine hits,
including two by Harry Walker, who
extended his batting streak to %
games.
The Boston Braves again beat
the Chicago Cubs, 80, in IL innings
on a triple by Elmer (Butch) Me
man and fine pitching by Al Javery
In the American League. the
New York Yankees turned the ia
bles on the st. Louis Browns after
consecutive lop-sided setbacks and
won night game, So, behind
Rookie Charley Wensloff's six-hit
hurting. Newsom, who hasn't won
a game in six starts for the Browns,
forced in two Of New York's runs
with walks.
Rudy York hit two home runs
to bring his total to 81, matching
his production for the entire 1912
season, as the Detroit Tigers
thumped Washington, 1913
Lou Boudreau had a perfect turn
at bat with four hits, two of them
triples, as Cleveland nosed out the
Philadelphia Athletics, 4-3, and the
Chicago White Sox divided a dou-
ble-header with the Boston Red Sox.
Boston took the first game, 1916,
with Bobby Doerr batting in three
runs, two on homer. but a triple
by Luke Appling in the 14th led
to 7-6 triumph for Chicago in the
nightcap after Joe Cronin of Boston
had hit his fifth pinch home run
of the year.