Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-07-22
Pirates Eye Runnerup
Spot After Taking 6
OF Last 7 Games
BY JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer

The house cleaning of the Brook
lyn Dodgers may have made them
as neat as pin, but not nearly as
sharp.
Even before their rebellion they
practically had no chance of captur-
ing the National League pennant
from the St. Louis Cardinals, but
now they look likely to have trouble
finishing second or third.
Their immediate danger looms
from the Pittsburgh Pirates, who
may yet get revenge for the 1856
trouncing that the Dodgers admin
istered the day of the revolt in
Brooklyn.
The Pirates are the hottest thing
in the senior circuit at the moment
and have won six of their last seven
games, including four out of five
from the Cardinals. Yesterday the
Buccaneers battered the falterlng
Phillies, 1912, with Bob Klinger
pitching five-hit ball and Pete Cos
CARAT and Maurice Van Robays
leading a 14-hit attack.
This shaved their distance behind
the Dodgers to mere three games
and gave them a chance to move up
this week end when Brooklyn comes
to Pittsburgh for four-game series.
Dodgers Unimpressive.
The Dodgers divided a double
header with Cincinnati and were
hardly impressive in either game.
They were smothered, ILL, in the
opener as Elmer Riddle annexed his
18th victory and they stumbled to a
81 decision in the nlghtcap with the
help of fielding lapses by the Reds.
Three times when the Dodgers
sacrificed the Reds tried to catch
the leading runner and failed and
two errors also figured in Brooklyns
scoring.
The Cardinals, meanwhile, length
ened their margin on top of the
Dodgers to four and one-half games
by sweeping a double bill from the
New York Giants, 81 and 1916 The
Redbirds were held to three hits on
the opener, but made all of them
count for runs while Rookie George
Munger, drawing his first starting
assignment of the season, kept nine
hits well spaced. In the second game
the champions made up for their
earlier hitting deficiency with 10
solid blows and sailed the game
away with nine runs in the fifth in
ming. Stan Musial topped the bar
rage with five hits and four runs
batted in.
In the other National League game
Hiram Bithorn, the Puerto Rican
right-hander, bagged his 18th
triumph and seventh in eight de-
cisions as the Chicago Cubs beat
the Boston Braves, Al.
Browns Turn on Yankees.
The st. Louis Browns, who lost an
entire series to the New York YAM
KEGS recently in the West, gained a
10 verdict over the American
League champions at Yankee Sta
dunn in the 10th inning when Ver-
non Stephens opened with a double
and scored on a wild throw by
Pitcher Charley Wensloff on Mike
Chartak's sacrifice. Wensloff gave
only five hits to nine the Yanks
made off Steve Sundra.
Lefty Al Smith pitched and batted
the Cleveland Indians to TO shut
out over the Philadelphia Athletics,
allowing only two hits and getting
a triple, double and single himself.
Chicago and Boston divided
double-header, Tex Hughson taking
the first for the Red Sox, 80, with
the help of Leon Culberson's hit
ting and Oryal Grove getting credit
for the White Sox's 8-6 triumph in
the nightcap as Luke Appling batted
in four runs with three hits. 1t
was the ninth victory without de-
feat for Grove, although he failed
to finish.