The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-20
Braves May
Gust Dodgers
from MI Lead
Boston Wins Seven
Stroisht; Cop Two
from Pittsburgh
BY JUDSON BAILEY
Associated Press sports Writer


Associated Press sports Writer
The Brooklyn Dodgers are in
the position of the noisy tenants
who are going to get kicked out
Of their top floor apartment as
soon as the lease expires.
The Buns have been occupy
ing the penthouse of the Nation
al League ever since the season
started, but two consecutive de-
feats by the St. Louis Cardinals
have placed them in jeopardy of
losing their first place perch -
not to the world champions but
to the Boston Braves.
Boston, with good pitching
and surprisingly well-bal-
anced attack. has won seven
straight games, including a
double header yesterday from
the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-l in
ii innings and 5-3.
If the Braves should win
again today and the Dodgers
lose, Boston would move into
top place by percentage mar
gin Of .652 TO $50.
This is enough to boost the
blood pressure in Brooklyn TO
the berling pernt, because the
Dodgers have not shown TO adj
vantage in the first three games
of their four game series with
ST. Louis.
They were smothered by
southpaw pitching again yester-
day 80 as Max Lanier and
rookie Harry Brecheen combined
to hold them to six hits. The
Cardinals counted a run in the
first inning when Stan Musial
scored all the way from first
base on terrific single by
Walker Cooper and they cinched
the game on Coaker Triplett 5
two-run homer in the sixth.
At this stage Lanier showed
signs of weakening as Brook
Iyn bagged one run in the sixth
and another in the seventh,
but Brecheen rushed to his
rescue and allowed no hits the
remainder of the way. He now
has pitched six hitless innings
in relief in two days.
Brooklyn'S hopes for today 5
final game rested chiefly IN the
( fact that they would be facing
%hthanded pitcher for the
first time in the series - but
the rlghthander happened TO be
Mort Cooper, the leagues lead
ing pitcher last year.
In move of desperation
Manager Leo Durochcr planned
10 call on RUDE Melton to pitch
for the Dodgers on two days
rest. 1t was the former Philly
ace who beat the Redbirds l-O
in twilight game Buck New
som would have drawn the as
signmcnt except that he was
called to his home IN South
Carolina by illness IN the fam
lily.
The Braves had difficulty
downing the Pirates in their
first game, although Nate An
drcws kept nine hits well
spaced and allowed no runs
after the first frame. However,
the Braves weren't able to
score against rookie Xavier
RescignO from the third till
the 18th, when johnny McCar-
thy singled, stole second. and
sped home on a single by
Whitley Wictelmann. McCar-
thy made four of the Braves
/ eight hits.
In the second game the flrs'
four Braves who came TO bal
against Hank Gornicki h i
singles and knocked him out OF
/ the box IN the midst of three.
run rally. George Jeffcoat, pitch
ing fivc-hit ball, muzzled the
Pirates on one run till the ninth
when they tailed twice ano
! forced Jeffcoat TO have help.
In the days only other game
Mel OFT hit two-run homer of
Johnny Wander Nicer in the first
inning TO lead the New York
Giants TO a 80 conquest of the
! Cincinnati Reds. New York was
outhit Il TO 5, but the Red.
were unable to take advantage
Of their opportunities till the
ninth, when two-run rally fell
! short.
All games in the American
League were postponed for thu
third day in row because o.
/ weather conditions and the
Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia IL
the National League also wer,
postponed.