Evening star., 1943-07-12
Players Declare Pilot
IS Second Guesser;
Leaders Sailing
BY TED MEIER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Leo "Lippy" Durocher apparently
is on the way out as manager Of
the Brooklyn Dodgers as the after
math Of the revolt against his lead
ership that startled the baseball
world Saturday.
While on-the-surface peace reigned
today In this latest Ebbets Field
episode, involving the three-day
suspension of star Pitcher Bobo
Newsom for what Durocher termed
"insubordination," the sentiment OF
the players was reported reliably
to be that they are "sick Of being
second guessed" and that future
flare-ups can be expected unless
Durocher succeeds in restoring har-
mony. New York baseball writer's
agreed that there are strong rea-
sons to believe Leo will not last the
season as manager"
These developments overshadowed
Yesterdays furious action on the
diamond that saw the st. Louis
Cardinals and the New York Yam
KEGS sweep double-headers from the
Boston Braves and the Chicago
White Sox to widen their leads to
5h and Az games, respectively.
Cards Win Sixth in Row.
The onrushing Cardinals chalked
up their sixth in row and their
18th triumph in Is starts as Harry
Gumbert blanked the Braves, to o,
on six hits in the first game and
Whitley Kurowski doubled with the
bases full in the 18th inning for q
e-to-6 conquest in the nightcap.
The Yankees likewise wound up
their Western invasion in fine style
by making it four straight over the
White Sox and their ninth win In
IL starts.
Spud Chandler won his 10th game
with a six-hit 9-to-0 shutout IN the
opener. In the nightcap the Yanks
took 60 lead, blew 1t when the
Sox scored six in the seventh inning,
then won out, 8 to 6, in the ninth
on Rookie Bud Metheny's first homer
Of the season.
Detroit and the Philadelphia Ath-
letics split twin bill. Rookie Don
Black of the AS beat the Tigers, 4
to 8, in the opener when Pete Suder
tripled in the ninth and scored after
Bob Swift's outfield fly. The vet
eran Tommy Bridges twirled bril-
liant three-hit shutout to gain 80
triumph for the Tigers in the night
cap. He faced only % batters in
hanging up his sixth win, against
two defeats.
Cincinnati Wins Pair.
Behind the seven-hit pitching OF
Bucky Walters and Ray Starr Gin
cinnati beat the slunping Phillies
twice, 7 to 4 and IA to O. Walters
helped win his first triumph since
May Is by driving in three runs with
as many hits, one homer.
The st. Louis Browns took both
ends of their bargain bill from the
Boston Red Sox. Chet Laabs' 18th
homer of the year won the first
game, 8 to 4. In u innings. while
Nelson Potter twirled., a. five-hitter
to take the afterpiece, to 2. Bobby
Doerr, Red Sox second baseman, ran
his string of errorless chances to 306.
The Chicago Cubs and New York
Giants divided their second success
sive double header. Ernie Lombardis
10th-inning homer won the first for
the Giants, to 3. Bill Nicholsons
homer with one on
gave the Cubs the second by the
same score. Mel OFT, leading major
league home run clouter, connected
for his 14th in the second game.
Aided by Bob Elliott's sixth inning
triple that scored the tying and
winning runs, Max Butcher, Pitts
burgh right-hander, beat Brooklyn
for the first time, to 2. The
Dodgers came back to win the night
cap, to 4, with four-run uprising
in the eighth. Relief Pitcher Xavier
Rescigno, who made only one pitch,
was charged with the defeat. The
pitch was hit for a single by Billy
Herman who later scored the win
ming run on Mickey Owens one
baSer.
Arky Vaughan, third baseman who
asserted that Newsom's suspension
was unjust and turned in his uni
form Saturday, then relented after
a conference with President Branch
Hickey, played in both games. get
ting three hits in seven times at bat.