The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-29
R|CKEY MAYLET
MEDWICK GO TO
RIVAL GIANTS
urges Would Be Handy
for Dodgers, Now in Dol
drums; AS Move Up
BY PAUL SCHEFFELS
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent


New York, May 29.-UP) The
Brooklyn Dodgers, whose current
play is strictly on the poor side,
open a three-game stand at Gin
cinnati today that may be marked
by Manager Leo Durocher's re-
turn to active duty.
The Dodgers have had poor
pitching, poor hitting and poor
fielding, with the accent on miser-
able mound work. Eight pitchers
toiled in the series with Pittsburgh
in which the Pirates won two games,
and Durocher was forced TO put the
iniield through a shakeup that
benched Able Glossop, put Dee
Moore on third and shifted Billy
Herman back TO second. Should
Moore, a general utility man, fail,
Arky Vaughan will go to third and
Durocher will resume play for the
first time since l941 when he took
part in 10 games.
But 1t won't end there, for Presi-
dent Branch hickey is trying to
solve the Dodger doldrumS In his
own way. hickey admits he is on
the trail Of a big deal-Which
conceiVably might send Joe Medwick
to the Giants and bring Billy Jur-
ges TO Brooklyn.
Cards Won 3 of 10
Ed Head, along with Buck New
som, the best Of the Dodgers pitch
ers, hurled Brooklyn TO It's first VIC
tory In the west yesterday with
40 IriIIn,tob fVnr iho Dive -, "a, IL.
Cardinals, speeding along under the
momentum of drive that has regis
tered wins In 10 starts, whipped
the Braves, 81 in ten innings.
Head allowed only six hits and
ran his skein Of scoreless pitching
to 26 innings before Pittsburgh
found him for a run in the seventh.
Vince DiMaggio hit his fourth homer
In the last inning as the Dodgers
won with four TALES in the OPEN
ing round.
Lou Klein extended his hitting
streak to 10 games with a tenth
inning triple that drove in the Car
dinals' winning run over the Braves.
Max Lanier held the Braves to five
hits for his second victory as Red
Barrett gave st. Louis six safeties,
including Stan Muaal's homer In
the first.
The Reds pounded the Phillies,
LIB, In Swing-shift morning game
that brought out 1912 war workers.
Cincinnati called on four pitchers
who handed the Phillies II hits
while the Reds nicked 3 mounds
men for H. Eric Upton belted a |
tWo-run homer for the Reds, who |
settled the game with three in the |
eighth.
The Giants edged the Cubs, 81
on the strength OF Sid Gordon's
nlnth-inning single. HI Blthorn
held the Giants to five hits while
the Bruins reached Harry Feldman
FOR nine, including two by Lou Nov
koff, his first hits of the season.
Indians at Top
CleValnd climed into tie for !
first place In the American league
with the idle Senators by defeat
Ing Boston So, behind the effective
work OF rookie right handler Jack
SalyeSon. Salveson gave up 10 |
Well-SpaCed DloWS as the TrlDC COL |
leeted ten off three Red Sox pitch
ers.
Dick Wakefield, Detroits cXpen-
sive rookie, mufled high fly ball |
to let In the deciding run In the |
fifth as tho Yankees broke a five
game losing streak by beating the
Tigers, 81. Hank Borowy went the |
route, giving up eight hits for his
second victory and first since April |
25. New York garnered only six |
Safeties off Dizzy Trout and Roy |
HenShaW.
The Athletics moved to within
~ games Of the top by kayoing
the White Sox, So with three-run |
outburst in the fifth. But Christie
pher gave up nine hits for his fourth
victory.
st. Louis at Washington was post
poned.
YESTERDAYS S'rAR-Ed Head |
who pitched Brooklyn to a six-hit,
So triumph over Pittsburgh.