The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-11
HAL NEWHOUSER WINS PATH FOR
 TIGERS, 5 TO Q
BY GLEN PERKINS Limited Press Staff COFrespOndenO

Limited Press Staff COFEespOnuentp
 Nek York, Sept, ii--(uP)-The scramble for first place among the top four American League clubs got Q chance to cool off today as the junior circuit teams travelled but ih yesterdays doubleheAdeTS everybody had O chance to gNin ground put none did,
 The four oontenders, Now York, Detroit st, Louis and Boston all split douhleheaders Go keep the sta. tNs quo, the Yankees holding on to first place by the slender margin of Q half game over Detroit,
 Detroit had Q chance to take over the top spot and did for about two hours by winning their first game with Cleveland while the Yankees were losing to Boston, Manager Steve ONeill sent the best he had after the double win when he fol- lowed Hal NewhouserS opening vice tory with Dizzy Trout, his other a. game winner,
 Newhouser had won his 2Ath In the first game on Q neat four hit. ter, beating the Tribe B.0, But Rookie Steve 0romek set the Tigers down on seven hits In the nightcap to give Cleveland Q 7-A victory.
 The Red SoX, behind the seven hit pitching of their newly acquired left-hander Clem Dreisewerd, beat the Yankees S.2 In the opener but lost the second game 4-S, Drelse- word paved the way for his second triumph over the Yankees since he joined the club two weeks ago, when he doubled In the seventh and came home on George Metkowlchs dou- ble with the winning run, The sox got off to two run lead in the nightcap but four run sixth in. ming by the Yankees gave Rookie Mel Queen all the, margin he need- cd,
 The Browns split with the White SoX, blowing 0 chance to move into a tie with the Tanks when they dropped the second game S-2 in II innings, They won the first game, Ga, Orval Grove, who relieved starter Joe Haynes in the 10th in- ming, tripled to drive Skeeter Webb across with the run that won the game, Nelson Potter pitched shut out ball after a Shaky first inning to give the Browns their win.
 The lowly Washington Senators won two from the Philadelphia Ath- leticS, 2-l and s.2, Dutch Leonard pitched six hit ball in winning the first game and Alex Carrasquel had an easy time in the nightcap.
 In the National League the Chi- cago Cubs and St, Louis Cardinals shared victories, the Cubs winning the first game behind the three hit pitching of Paul Erickson who rec- orded Q 90 shutout, Mort Cooper became the first National League hurler to win 2l games when the Cards scored four runs in the first inning for him and went on to win 4-2.
 The triumph may have been Q costly one for the league leaders however, for Stan Musial. the clubs batting champion, crashed into Debs Garms as the two outfielders at- tempted to field Q line drive. Musial was carried from the field on a Stretcher and taken to St, Johns hospital, Dr, R. r Hyland, the teams surgeon, said he was suffer- ing from shock and laceration Garms also suffered decorations about the head and an injury to his left knee.
 Cincinnati and Pittsburgh divided the Pirates thwarting Bucky Wal ters bid for his 2lSt triumph in winning the opener 7-5. Hank Ca- melli and Frank Gustine hit home runs off Walters for the Martin of victory, Rookie Arnold Carter won 20 shutout for the Reds in the second game.
 Brooklyn split with Philadelphia the Dodgers winning the first game 3-4 and the Phillies the nightcap 3-2.
 In a single game the New Yok Giants beat the Boston Braves To- 4. Ewald Pyle, after allowing three runs in the first inning, settled down and pitched two hit ball the rest of the way.
 YESTERDAYS STAR - Stan Spence, Washington outfielder who collected six hits in seven appear. ances at the plate as the Mats won two games from Philadelphia.