The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-10
TEAM OF MUCH PROMISE LOST
 F OF LAST 16 Pitching Goes Sour in Sudden Fashion; Mun=
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BY PAUL SCHEFFELS United Press Staff Correspondent

New York, June 10. - (UP) - The Cleveland Indians perennially win rating as the American Leagues most consistent morning glorieS" but their current flop seems des- tined to provide the major leagues biggest disappointment of 1943.
 The circuit has been having one of it's closest races in years and for time, the tribe seemed likely to be the team to knock the New York Yankees out of gear, but in little less than two weeks, Manager Lou Boudreau's club has lost the knack of winning.
 Cleveland's collapse may go down in the records as one of the sWiftest diamond disintegrations in history unless the pitchers come to life. The Indians are in seventh place after losing 12 out of their last 16 games and the moundsmen, so ef- fective earlier, have been largely to blame.
 Only four pitchers have gone the distance in that stretch, and one turned in losing effort. Boudreau has had to use total of 36 hurlers.
 Slick Stuff
 The last place St. Louis Browns cut the Indians to measure yeSter- day, 60 as Bob Muncrief unfurled tWo-hitter to bring Cleveland within three games of the bottom.
 George McQuinn sent the Browns off to fast start with a three-run homer in the second. St. Louis shoved over three more in the third. Jim Bogby was relieved in the third by Vern Kennedy who pitched the rest of the way for the Browns. Jeff Heath and Roy Cullenbine were the only Indians to garner hits off Muncrief. Each scored hit.
 The Boston Red Sox upset the Washington Senators, 3-2, the Mats losing a chance to climb with half a game of the idle pace setting Yan- kees. Boston collected only six hits off Dutch Leonard and Alex Carras- quel but homers by Tony Lupien and Jim Tabor in the first inning and an error by Mickey Vernon in the seventh accounted for the Red Sox' runs.
 Tex Hughson gave the Senators eight hitsj including a homer by Alex Kampouris, for his fifth vic- tory.
 The idle Philadelphia Athletics moved into third and Chicago's White Sox moved into a fourth place tie with Detroit by winning over the Tigers, 3-1, in a twilight game.
 York Boots" Three
 Johnny Humphries, although he had to give up the hil lin the face of a ninth inning Detroit threat, registering his fourth victory. Rudy York, Detroit first baSeman, com mitted three of his clubs four er- TOTS and his first-inning lapse with two out cost the game. He lost Wally Moses fly, one run scoring and runner racing to third. Luke Appling'S double sent in two more but he was out trying to stretch the hit.
 In the National League the Card inals went out in front by half a game with a 4-3 decision over the Pirates. Rookie Lou Klein's fly drove home the winning tally in the ninth. Whitey KuroWski doubled, advanced on sacrifice and tallied on Klein's poke. KuroWski, back in the lineup for the first time since May 28, because of eye trouble, also singled and tripled to pace his clubs 10-hit attack.
 Mort Cooper won his seventh vic- tory by holding Pittsburgh to seven hits.
 Philadelphia at New York and Boston at Brooklyn were postponed while Cincinnati and Chicago were unscheduled.
 YESTERDAYS STAR Bob Muncrief who allowed only two hits