Evening star., 1943-05-17
Fireworks Due
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Crucial SET
Brooks Tune in Two
Wins Over Cubs; As,
Tribe Split Bill
BY JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer.


An early blooming crucial series"
sprouted today in Brooklyn with
the Dodgers matched against the
world champion st. Louis Cardinals
in twilight tussle at Ebbets Field.
Few doubt that these two teams
have the National League pennant
struggle entirely between them
selves and every game they play
with each other even this early in
the season, will have an irnpor-
tant bearing on the championship.
For this reason the stake in their
first three-game series is much
greater than temporary possession
of the league lead In the opener
Frank (Rube) Melton was expected
to be matched on the mound with
Lefty Howard Pollet of the Red
birds.
The Dodgers prepared for the in
vasion by cutting the Chicago Cubs
twice in double-header yesterday,
40 and 80.
Ed Head pitched the shutout.
spacing five hits in duel with Lon
Warneke, who kept Brooklyn score
less till the eighth, when the Dodg-
ers punched all their runs in one
turn at bat as Dolph Camilli singled
for two and Paul Waner doubled
for two more. Bobo Newsom re-
heved Kirby Higbe in the night
cap and propelled himself to his
fourth victory by singing home
the deciding run in the seventh.
30,S23 See PhiI-Card Split.
In the meantime the Cardinals
were held to draw In two games
with the rambunctious Phillies be-
fore crowd Of 30,823 at Philadel-
phla, the days largest turnout in
the majors and the second largest
crowd ever to see a National League
game in the Quaker City.
Howard Krist pitched six-hit ball
in a joust with Schoolboy Rowe in
the first game, but was forced to II
innings before getting a 4-3 de-
cision on Whitley KuroWsk's squeeze
bunt. The Phillies bounded back to
take the second, 81, with Rookie AL
Gerheauser. southpaW, pitching
seven-hit ball, tanning seven and
issuing no passes.
AS a ~esult the Cards slipped into
a tie for second place with the
Boston Braves, who swept double
header from the Cincinnati Reds,
81 and 6-1. In the first game Red
Barrett and Bucky Walters each
pitched a four-hitter, but Barrett
himself doubled with the bases
loaded for all the Boston runs in the
second inning. Jim Tobin scat
tered seven hits in the afterpiece
and Phil Mast his catcher, helped
out with a grand slam home run i'll
the third.
In the other National League
show the New York Giants divided
with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Man
ager Mel OFT hit his third homer in
three days, with one aboard, to de-
eide the first game, 81. Billy Jurges
hit a roundtripper to account for
New York's other run. Bob Klinger
pitched flve-hit ball to win the Sec
ond game, 81.
Browns, Yanks Divide.
The New York Yankees split at
st. Louis, but lost none of their
American League lead. Spud
Chandler pitched nine-hit ball for
his fourth victory without defeat
as the Yanks nailed the opener,
7-3, with the help of homers by
Charley king Kong Keller and
Rollie Hemsley. Then the Browns
bagged the nightcap. 4-3, in 10 in
nings although held to five hits
while New York made nine. Mike
Chartak, former Yankee farmland,
hit a tWo-run homer and in the
10th pinch single by Rookie
Floyd Baker brought in the decid-
ing run.
Cleveland's second-place Indians
also divided a double bill. They
| were beaten, 5-3, by the Philadel-
phia Athletics in the first game,
with Freshman Jesse Flores getting
credit for his fifth victory, but
retaliated with 80 verdict in the
second contest, which was decided
by Roy Cullenbine's eighth Inning
home run.
The Chicago White Sox and Bos-
ton Red Sox halved pair OF
games with identical scores 40