The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-09
PHILLIES HAVE
CONE WELL WITH
FITzS|MMONS
By PAUL SCHEFFELS

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
New York, Aug. 9-(UP)-The
Philadelphia Phillies today were
on the way up again in the National
league and their current surge may
cast Freddie Fitzsimmons in one Of
three roles.
Since FitZSimmonS u c e d
Bucky Harris as manager on July
% the Phiilies have clicked off eight
wins agains two defeats. If they
land first-division spot in October
it may furnish proof that: Fat
Freddy is the luckiest guy in base
ball; 2-He arrived in Philadelphia
at the propitious moment; 3-He is
a first-rate major league manager.
The Philliest moved into tie for
sixth place with the Braves by beat
ing the Giants, 81 and 30 yes
terday. They are only a game out
of fifth and, if they can keep up the
pace, may pass right by Fitzsimmons
former mates, the Dodgers, who
have lost 10 in row and are how
ering on the brink of the second di-
vision.
Cliff Melton blanked the Quakers
for seven innings in the first game
but FitzsimmonS' charges cut him
down with a five-run barrage in the
eighth homers by Merrill May and
Coaker Triplett featuring the upris-
ing. Jack Kraus held the Giants
to eight hits for his seventh win.
A 15-hit barrage won the night
cap for the Phillies as Al Ger
heauser and Kewpie Barrett turned
back the Giants with five hits. Dick
Bartell with a double in the opener
and homer in the finale, extended
his hitting streak to 13 games.
The Dodgers, who haven't won a
game since July 26, lost to Boston,
5-4, in the ninth inning. Butch
Nieman tapped Bill Lohrman for
a double to win the game after
Tommy Holmes had singled and
stolen second in the ninth.
st. Louis, racing full tilt with the
league lead, ran their margin to ID
games by defeating runner-up Pitts
burgh 8-6 and So. Home runs
by Lou Klein and Walker Cooper
featured a 10-hit Cardinal attack,
climaxed by four-run rally in the
eighth, in the first game. Stan
Musial smashed out tWo-run
homer in the first inning to gave
st. Louis a lead it never lost in the
nightcap.
Cincinnati split with Chicago to
edge within half game OF second
place. The Cubs, snapped a fVe-
game losing streak with a 4-3 tri-
umph in the opener, but Bucky
Walters beat them for the second
time in this five-game series, 10,
in the nightcap. Lou Novikoff made
a brilliant shoestring catch with two
out and the tying run on the way
home to save the opener while wal
tiers scattered nine hits IN the
nightcap.
In the American league, the Yam
KEGS increased thier lead to nine
games by beating the AS, II and
"a, while the runnerup Senators
split with the Red Sox.
washington checked a delayed
double steal with men on first and
third and two out in the ninth to
nip Boston, 4-3, in the opener.
Leon Culbertson's forceout drove
home Bobby Doerr with the eighth
inning run that gave the Red SoX
the nightcap by the same score.
Rudy York raped three home
runs to take the major league lead
with 10 and lead Detroit to two
wins and a tie for third place with
Chicago, 80 and 80.
Cleveland crushed St. Louis, 6-5
and So. Pitcher Chubby Dean won
his own victory with a single to
center in the 14th inning OF the
opener. Cleveland's third baseman,
Ken Keltner, suffered a severe spike
wound on the right ankle and may
be lost for about two weeks.
Buck Newsom was belted for five
runs and eight hits, including Jeft
Heath's three-run homer, in the
first five innings of the nightcap.
It was Newsom's fourth straight de-
feat and ST. Louis 18th in % games.
Yesterdays STAR Rudy
York, who hit three homers as
Cleveland clouted St. Louis, 30