Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-08-03
Stephens Sag al Bal,
Poor Pitching Help
Upset 81. Louis
BY SID FEEDER,
Associated Press Sports writer

II Messrs. William Il used to play
for Yale) Cox and Bucky Harris will
step into the laundry closet or some
such sanctuary to continue their
debate on just who Is the "all-
American jerk" the meeting will
take up the rise and fall Of the
Brownies Of st. Louis. Especially
the fall.
For what has happened to the
Brownies Of late should happen to
an Axis partner. A couple Of weeks
ago they zoomed into the American
Leagues first division and were
bouncing along as merrily as guy
who's had his gas ration raised and
Is going home to steak dinner.
Then the bubble busted-and
Luke Laughing Boy) Sewell sud-
denly found out there's nothing to
laugh about. Or can you sec sou,e-
thing funny In seventh place.
because that's exactly whore the
Brownies are after having dropped
their NTH straight decision. This
one was a 4-3 sinner pinned on them
by Southpaw Mickey Haefner and
the Washington Mats last night.
As Debate White Sox.
Incidentally. Mickey's six-hit win
put the. Washingtons In . virtual
second-place tie with the Chicago
White Sox in the American League,
since James Joseph Dykes. Windy
City warriors had lot Of the wind
taken out Of them In Philadelphia.
There the Athletics put on two
run rally in the eighth to take a So
verdict, which left the Mats only one
percentage point out Of the second
slot.
In the only other big league lawn
party, Frankie Cuisine sin0ied home
a ninth-inning marker to dive the
Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 WIN over
the Boston Braves and move the
BUGS up to 10z games sway from
the st. Louis Cardinals h the
National League parade. ~
The Brownies five-game losing
streak isn't even the half Of It. AS
matter Of fact, they've now blown
IL out Of 16 since they hit fourth
place on July II.
The chief reason the Brownies
have come apart at the seams is
that Vern Stephens bat has become
a bouquet of sweet peas for Susie
for all the good It's done the Browns
at the plate lately.
There was q time Vern had thu
same effect on American League
pitchers rs the income tax man.
But since the bottom dropped out
for the Brownies, he's everybody,s
cousin. In two weeks his average
has skidded from 1856 right down
to 1902.
Browns Huriers Break Down.
But that's hardly the only ailment.
For instance, the pitching has held
up about as well as the platter of
chops on a boarding house table,
In that 16-game flopola, only three
elbowers have managed to 60 the
IuH nine innings record that has
Laughing Boy Luke looking into
unused corners Of his bullpen and
behind the dugout water cooler for
throwers.
But mostly it's not getting on the
scoreboard often enough because. In
their slide, the Browns have been
shut out twice, lost three games by
one run and another trio by two
tallies.
For comic relief, however, yester-
days leading laugh came when
Harris, the deposed manager Of the
Ph1llies, announced that, In his
opinion. William q used to play for
Yale) Cox, the Pills president. was
the all-American jerk" To which
William q used to play for Yale)
replied that Bucky must have been
looking IN a mirror when he made
+, the remark. Bucky, however, claims
priorities. He said it first.