The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-02
'PHILLY STRIKE CANCELS TWIN
 BILL TUESDAY
By CARL LUNDQUIsT Limited Press Stan Correspondens

United Press Stan Correspondent
 New York. Aug. 2 = tUp) The Idea was unacceptable today that the small crowd which saw Morton Cooper of the st. Louis Cardinals beat his old enemy Whit Wyatt oi the Brooklyn Dodgers, i4 to yes- terday was In on the end Of a base ball era.
 From the lesi season until mid- way last year. the Cards and Dod- gers represented about all that was powerful in the National League and Cooper and Wyatt were their respective pitching aces.
 Until the Dodgers began to crack up in the middle of the i9l3 season. a duel between Cooper and Wyatt was sufficient to draw capacity crowds and the big right-handers never failed 10 provide a full meas ure for the admission price. Tn l94l. late in the season. Wyatt won a 1 to 0 duel over the Cardinal flre- ball expert that was regarded as the turning point in the race. with the Dodgers going on to win the pen. nant. Likewise in i9s2. Cooper was an li-inning victor in a to duel at St. Louis in which both teams went scoreless for 10 innings. That the Cards went on from there to capture the pennant was more than slightly significant.
 The Cards played their role Rs overlords of the National League to perfection. pummeling Wyatt and his four successors for i7 hits. Yet the idea persisted that the game found the Cards at their peak and the Dodgers at lowest ebb. The Cards. liquidatirg some of their far flung farm holdings are not likely to go on dominating the league in- definitely.
 Cooper. in his second appearance in as many days. lacked his usual speed and control but had to trou- ble winning his i4th game against five defeats. the last Of which oc- cured when the Dodgers batted him out in three innings Monday night.
 The Cincinnati Reds defeated the New York Giants 5 to with First Baseman Prank Mccormick contin- uing his hitting spree with a three run homer to pace the offensive. The Giants maintained a bare lead in fourth place over the Chicago Cubs who were idle at Philadelphia in the midst of a seven game win- ming streak because of transporta- ton strike which caused postpone ment Of a double header.
 The suspended game bugaboo complicated the standings again at Boston with Pittsburgh leading the Braves l2 to in a game called in the eighth inning to permit the Bucs to catch a train. Babe Dahl- gren of the Pirates batted in six runs in the hit-fest, which will bt completed when the Pirates nexi visit Boston
 The St. Louis Browns moved flv' and a half games in front in thu American League by winning theil fourth straight from Washington T to 6, with Don Gutteridge and VeTT Stephens. their keystone combina' ton getting seven hits. Each mad' two doubles. with Stephens getting two singles and Gutteridge one. Sig Jalsncki. with relief help from George Caster, won his ninth game
 Detroit defeated the New York Yankees 0 to 1, knocking Ernie Bon- ham out in the third inning. Paul (Dizzy) Trout won his 10th game and his second in three days against the Yanks. Rudy York hit his iith homer. While Joe Hoover got three hits to drive in three Tiger runs Frankie Crosett made his first ap- pearance of the season with the Yankees. relieving at shortstop tn the seventh.