The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-02
WORLD SERIES
RIVALS o. 1879
TO MEET AGAIN?
BY PAUL SCHEFFELS
United Press Satn Correspondent

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New York, Aug. 2. CUP) Forget
all that talk about close races ~
the major leagues and make ub
your mind today that the Brooklyn
Dodgers collapse will become hi
toric in the National League and
the New York Yankees margin /
the American League will grow
bigger daily.
The second set Of Intersections
games in the major leagues come
to a close tomorrow and, despite
numerous wartime losses and varl-
GUS injuries, both pace-setters have
virtually stamped out all semplance
of opposition to their continued RUE
as champions.
The Yankees, although four
games off the pace OF 1912 When
on this date they showed their hees
by IL 10 games are moving last
and trimming off ambitious opposI-
ton as soon as 1t comes along.
During the current invasion OF
the West, the champions won every
series, knocking off the White SOY
Indians and Tigers in that order.
Excluding Washington, who the
Yankees have whipped nine times
in Is starts, that just about taxes
care of all the opposition in the
American circuit.
Tn the National League, the Car
dinals have spread-eagled the field
to lead by II games over tne
Pirates, a performance that puts
them exactly 20 games ahead OF
their position at this same time las1
year when they trailed Brooklyn by
nine games.
The Red Birds wrapped up the
Giants. Braves and Phillies with
almast monotonouS regularity ana
delivered virtual Knockout punch
to the Dodgers with a double VIC
tory yesterday, IL and "a, 70 as
sure them of victory IN every series
on this western tour which con-
cludes with final game against
Brooklyn tomorrow night.
The double defeat dumped the
Doeders into third place only hall a
game away from fourth and helped
the Cardinals pick up fun game
on the Pirates, who split with the
Braves.
A brief fistic flareup almost start
ed a riot In the first game. charges
of cluster were flung at Les Web
Der when he apparently threw four
malls at Stan Musial. Then Walker
Cooper. the next man up, spiked
Augie Galan in close play at first
and Brooklyn backstop Mickey
owen tangled with the Cardinal
catcher. Police separated them IN
general melee involving both
teams, and Umpire AL Barlick BAN
ished both participants.
The Cards sewed up the battle
with four runs in the first. Trail
ing 81 in the nightcap, st. Louis
rallied for four runs to put the game
in the bag in the sixth. A wild
pitch sent Johnny Hopp across with
the final and winning. run in that
| frame.
Boston braked the Pirates, 6-3, IN
10 innings, but then fell before the
almost unbeatable Rip Scwell In the
nightcap, IL. The Braves showed
across three runs in the extra
frame. Sewell allowed only three
hits for his 18th triumph and llth
in succession.
Cincinnati dubbed the Giants, o-3
and 80 in 10 innings. Ed Heusser,
although kayoed In the sixth, won
his own game with two-run single
in the fourth inning of the opener
Bert Haas long fly tagged home
the winner for Cincinnati In the
nightcap.
Kewpie Barrett, former Cub,
pitched the Pnillies to Al triumph
in the first game with the Bruins
and the Quakers checked in with
four runs in the eighth OF the night
cap to win. SO.
Nick Etten hit three home runs
to raise his league-leading runs
batted-in total to II as the Yankees
whipped Detroit, 5-4 and 81. He
hit pair in the first game to drive
in two runs and connected for his
10th of the year in the sixth OF the
nightcap with one on for the win
ming edge.
Buck Ross pitched an eight-hit-
ter as the White SoX nicked the AS
81 in the first game and then went
on a 17-hit batting rampage TO
notch the finalwe, 1873.
Washington moved past Detroit
with So and POS triumphs over the
Browns.
A five-run fifth-inning burst
gave Cleveland an 8-6 win over Bos-
ton in the first game OF a double
bill, but Dick NeWsorne held the
Tribe to six hits AS Boston took the
second contest, Al.
YESTERDAY,S STAR Rip