Evening star., 1944-08-28
Home .Windup Gives
PAGERS Big Break;
bosox Recover
BY JOE REICHLER,
Associated Press Sports Writer

Associated Press sports Writer.
Beaten almost to their knees the
bewildered st. Louis Browns rose
from near-knockout blow yester-
day to slug out a draw.
Keeling from a So setback by the
Detroit Tigers for their fourth loss
in a row and their ninth setback
in the last II games, the league
leading Browns recovered their
equilibrium to pound out a 1872
nightcap victory over the Tigers.
The split enabled the American
League pace-setters to retain their
three and one-half game lead over
the second-place New York YAM
KEGS, who got no better than draw
with Washington.
The Boston Red Sox, however,
moved into a tie for third by a dou-
BILE victory over the Philadelphia
Athletics.
Having emerged from their worst
slump of the season with a sizable
lead the Browns can look forward
to the future with optimism. OF
their 80 remaining games % will
be played at home, where they've
won 38 and lost 16 for a .704 per-
centage. And they've still to meet
the Chicago White Sox, whom
they've beaten nine out of 13 times.
Rivals Finish on Road.
The Yankees and Red Sox on
the other hand will have to finish
on foreign soil. Joe McCarthy's
men must play % of their remain
ing "a games away from home. while
the Sox will engage in 80 of their
30 contests in rival fields. Both
have played under 500 ball away
from home thus far.
The Tigers have % of their re-
naming 80 games at home. But
they've managed to win only 20
games while dropping % home
games.
And the Tigers must uncover an
other hurler to go with Hal New
houser and Dizzy Trout. Newhouser
gained his 2lst victory before 5l,376
fans, Detroit's largest crowd OF the
season, yesterday though he was
nicked for l3 hits. Trailing 81. the
Tigers pounced on Bob Muncrief for
four runs in the sixth to win.
The Browns came to life in the
nightcap, pounding five Tiger hurl-
ers for six runs in each Of the second
and third innings and four in the
seventh. George McQuinn paced the
Browns with four hits, as Nelson
Potter doled out five hits for his
18th victory.
The Yankees missed an oppor-
tunity to gain a full game on the
Browns when they dropped the sec
ond game, 5-4, after winning the
opener from the Senators AZ.
Red Sox End Losing Streak.
The Red Sox double win over the
Athletics 8-5 and To, ended a five
game losing streak. Joe Cronins
men had lost nine of the ten earlier
games at Philadelphia this year.
Bob johnson paced the Red Sox with
five hits, three in the second game.
For the first time this season. the
st: Louis Cardinals failed to win at
least one game on Sunday, when
they dropped the opener 1916 to the
Pittsburgh Pirates and tied the Sec
ond IL in 10 innings, halted by
darkness. On the 18 previous Sun
days, they swept nine twin bills,
broke even in seven, won and tied
in another and were triumphant in
the only single Sunday game.
Mel OFT hit two homers as the
New York Giants won two from the
Brooklyn Dodgers, 81 and AZ. to
increase their fourth-place lead over
the Chicago Cubs to one and a half
games. The Philadelphia Phillies
and Boston Braves split, the Phillies
winning the opener. 8-5. and the
Braves taking the nightcap, 4-3. The
Cubs and Cincinnati Reds were
rained ont