The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-04
RICKEY DROPPING HIGH SALARIED OLDER PLAYERS
BY PAUL SCHEFFELS United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
 New York, Aug. 3. UP)-For once, the baseball situation at Brooklyn-only asylum in the world run by its inmates-is clearly de- fined. The Dodgers border today on a collapse of such proportions that it may become unparalleled in major league history.
 The 1925 New York Yankees were considered history's greatest accor- dion club at one time. After click ing for three straight pennants, the Yankees wound up second in 1924 and then sank to seventh in '25. Those Yankees, however, with es- sentially the same squad-except Tony Lazzeri and Mark Koenig- recovered to register three more successive flag triumphs.
 By no stretch of the imagination can the Dodgers hope for such miracle of recovery. Brooklyn, with some of the best players in the game-Billy Herman Dolph Camilli, Pee Wee Reese, Arky Vaughan. Mickey Owen and Pete Reiser- bowed to the Cardinals in 1942 only after bitter stretch fight.
 The current collapse can hardly be called a surprise-it just comes later than expected, for all but Reese, Reiser and Owen were play CTS working on borrowed time. Camilli, Fred Fitzsimmons, Joe Medwick and Johnny Allen have left recently in a new deal instituted by President Branch Hickey.
 His policy, regarded as penny pinching in some quarters, is per- fectly sound. No team could hope to come back as winner with 7o per cent of the squad made up or candidates for a home for the aged. Rickey may not be able torebu1ld from the current market but his acquisitions most certainly will be younger than the current crop, which was outlived its usefulness.
 Fifteen for Mort
 The Cardinals ran up their fourth straight at the expense Of the Dodgers, "A, in a night game. Mort Cooper spaced 10 hits and won his 18th triumph when the Cards ran I'D seven runs on six hits of Max Macon and Rube Melton in the first two innings. The Cards failed to get a hit after their opening two- | inning surge.
 The New York Giants broke a six-game losing streak by downing the Reds, 5-3. Elmer Riddle, the losing pitcher made his first error in 1O2 games to hang up major league fielding record for mounds men. The former standard had been set by Ted Lyons of the Chicago White Sox at 88 games.
 Nate Andrews pitched the Braves to a 6-1 decision over the Pirates. holding the losers to five hits.
 Philadelphia at Chicago was post poned.
 Tn the American League, the Sen- ators continued their comeback py running their winning streak to seven in a row, beating the Browns for the sixth successive time. 7-4 and 80.
 Candini Wins
 Early Wynn, with help of Rae Scarborough, bested Buck NeWsom and George Castor in the opener. Milo Candini registered his eighth win with four hitter in the finale.
 The Yankees wound up thelr home stand by splitting with the Tigers. Virgil Trucks and Roy Hen shaw pooled their talents to shut out the Yankees with three hits for a 40 triumph in the opener. Trucks had to leave in the sixth be- cause of pulled shoulder muscle. The Yankees mauled three pitchers for 16 hits in the second game to take a 12-4 decision.
 Cleveland staggered through to an 11-9 triumph over the Boston Red Sox. The Indians racked up seven runs in the first five frames and needed all of them as Boston broke loose for all their runs in the final three innings, belting Jim Bagby from the box with six-run surge in the ninth.
 YESTERDAYS ST A R-M o rt Cooper, who won his 18th victory as the Cards Clipped the Dodgers, "A