Evening star., 1943-05-19
Phi|s Gain Most
Publicity, Cubs
Top Failures
Record Night Throng
At Quokertown Tilt;
A. L. Again Stalled
BY JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press SPORTS Writer


A thumbnail description of the
National League goings-on can be
given in one paragraph-the leaders
are the Brooklyn Dodgers, the best
team probably is the st. Louis Card
inals, the most surprising is the
Boston Braves and the most pub
licized the Philadelphia Phillies.
If anybody wants to extend this
survey to a callover of the entire
field, we might add that the Gin
cinnati Reds are a first division
team still having growing pains,
Pittsburgh is running true to form,
the New York Giants are groggy,
and the Chicago Cubs are the big
gest disappointment.
The Cardinals came surging back
at Brooklyn yesterday to retaliate
for the 10 loss of their series open
er by overpowering the Dodgers,
IL. Unlike the day before when the
margin of victory was a bit of grid
iron tactics on the basepaths, yes
terday's tussle between the two ri
vals for the National League pen
nant was entirely one sided.
Cooper and Musial Slug.
The Redbirds raided three Brook
lyn pitchers for II hits, half dozen
being divided equally between Walk
er Cooper and Stan Musial, while
two southpaws, Ernie White and
Harry Brecheen, smothered the
Dodgers on three hits. The game
was in the fifth inning before the
Dodgers ever got a man to first base.
White eventually was removed be-
cause of a sore shoulder after the
first two men had hit safely in the
seventh for Brooklyn's only run, but
Brecheen finished with hitless re-
lief job.
1t was entirely top flight base
ball display of the Cardinals, who
have two more games to go in their
present series with the Dodgers
Manager Billy Southworth chose an
other lefthander, Max Lanier, to
face the Dodgers today, with Lefty
Max Macon taking the mound for
Brooklyn.
Although the Cardinals won i'm
pressively at Brooklyn they were un-
! able to regain second place in the
standings because the bumptious
Braves battered the Pittsburgh Pi-
rates, 40. AL Javery pitched five
hit ball to shade Rip Sewell, even
though the latter allowed only five
safetles in absorbing his first defeat
/ OF the season. The tide of victory
was a pair of home runs by Rookie
Charley Workman and Johnny Nc.
Carthy, each with a man on base
for all of Boston's runs.
Big Crowd See Phils, Cubs.
The Phillies pounced on the Chi.
/ cago Cubs. Sd. in a night game ir
QuakertoWn viewed by 20,82O fan.
biggest nocturnal turnout of the
season. for their third straight sue.
cess and eighth in IL games. S
johnson was tight in the pinches
although allowing II hits to hi
teammates six, and Babe Dahlgrer
batted in three runs. In addition
Ron Northey hit a homer, although
he later slipped in right field anc
cut his knee so badly he may b,
out OF action a week.
The victory raised the Phillie
into tie with Cincinnati for fourth
place and also sent the Cubs stag
gering to their seventh straight loss
The Reds nipped the New Yorl
Giants again, 81, in 10 inning
with a pair of errors by Manage
Mel OFT and Dick Bartell of tn
Giants contributing to Cincinnati,
two deciding runs in the overtim,
frame
For the second successive day al
American League clubs were KEEP
idle by weather conditions.