Evening star., 1943-06-07
.Wabb|y Brooks
Save Standing
.AsCards Tie
Get Split With Cubs
Despite Shortstop
Ills; Yonks Take z
Bv JUDSON BAILEY,

HSSoSldtcN HTcSs opOTtS writer.
The Brooklyn Dodgers are out of
nrst place and in a dither The
curious club which led the National
League from the start of the season
until last week end, when 1t slipped
into the shadow of the st. Louis
Cardinals. is afflicted with a malady
known As acute sensitivity of the
shortstop.
This has been sore spot all the
while the Dodgers have been STUN
bling through the West. Manager
Leo Durocher, once one of the flash
lest flelders of them all, has re-
mained on the active list this season
presumably just to step into situa-
tions such as this. vet for reasons
best known to himself he has not
PLAYED single game this season.
In recent days he has shuffled
Arky Vaughan, Rookie BOYD BARLEY
and Reserve Catcher Bob Bragan
in and out of the job, with no credit
to anv one. Yesterday the Dodgers
managed to beat the Chicago Cubs
in the first game of a double hea der.
but were shellacked. LIS, in the
nlehtcap, and misadventures by
Bartley and Bragan. sharing the
shortstop role. set up situations
which enabled the Cubs to score
OF their II runs. They clustered
five tallies in the fourth inning and
four in the sixth.
Cards Play Curtailed Tie.
In the first game Whit Wyatt held
the Bruins to four hits in 7is innings
but was removed in a surprise bit of
strategy with the score tied at 3-3
after all the Chicago counters had
| been scored on Dom Dallessandro's
triple with the bases loaded in the
first inning. Max Macon. who took
Wyatt's place, allowed only one hit
thereafter and in the l1th inning
himself singled home the deciding
run for 4-3 victory.
Meanwhile weather limited the
Cardinals game with the Phillies to
flVe innings and IL tie. Their
second game was postponed. leaving
/ the Redblrds high. if not drv, and
hall game on top of the senior
circuit.
Weather also forced postponement
or the Boston Braves second game
at Cincinnati. but the two teams got
IN l4-inning opener which the
+ Reds finally won 4-3 on Eddie Mil
lers single with the bases loaded
Elmer Riddle. going the route. al
/ lowed no Boston runs after the first
/ inning.
In the other National League ac-
tion Pittsburgh made Is runs to the
New York Giants one in sweeping a
double-header. 1871 and 10. Bob
kllnger pitched flve-hit ball behind
the Buccos 18-hit barrage in the
/ first game and Jack Hallett fol-
lowed with a four-hit shutout.
Yanks Trip Browns Twice.
The New York Yankees preserved
their margin in front of the Ameri-
can League with a pair of victories
over the St. Louis Browns. 81 in II
innings and 1915. The first game
which was st. Louis seventh over
time tussle in eight contests. was
1 :" NNSA OClNCCll TlGCIleIS Al f1Ollln0S-
worth and Alley Donald and was de-
clded on three singles in the 1lth.
Two home runs by John Lindell and
one by Nick Etten. who together
drove in eight runs, easily took the
nightcap.
Boston's Red Sox nosed out
Chicago twice. 4-3 and 80. with
nlnth-inning rallies. and Cleveland
divided double header with the
Philadelphia Athletics. The AS
scored 10 runs in the seventh and
eighth frames of the first game to
win, l2-5, and then were shut out
SO. in the second by John Salveson
The weekend skirmishing ended
the intersectional round in the two
leagues and all clubs will be idle
today and tomorrow except BROOKLYN
and Pittsburgh. which are billed for
a night game tonight on the Pirates
grounds.