The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-08
RELIEF NURLER BEATS DODGERS
 IN NIGHT CAME
By GLEN PERKINS

United Press Stan CorreBpofidentl
 New York, Sept. 6 = (Uf) - ft's safer Co bank on two handy winners like Paul Trout and Hal NNhousef than to depend on tradition, but it was hard today to get beyond the fact that the Detroit Tigers have furnished the only three exceptions in 20 years Co the American leagues axiom that the team In first place on July { inevitably wins the pen- nant.
 The Tigers, traditional strong finiShers, have won only three peHi- nants in those two decades, but each time they came from behind Go take the lead after July {. No other team in that time has been able to defy that unwrittefl rule.
 There is . further parallel in the fact that in each of their previous pennant trlumphs they had two big winning pitchers. Tn ie40, Louis (Bobo) wBofIl and Lynwood (schoolboy) Rowe combined to win 37 games. Tn 1895 Rowe and Tommy Bridges earned 70 wins an din 1884 Rowe and Bridges won 4e.
 Thus far, Newhouser and Trout have totaied 47 triumphs to top oil their predecessors, although until lately they haven't gotten too much help from the rest of the staff wffhich has combined to give the Tigers their other % games, mean. ing that the burden has been heavy on the two aces.
 The Tigers, who haven't reached first place yet this year were only a game out today, behind the dead. locked St. Louis Browns and New York Yankees in the hectic race. Trout moved them closer yesterday with Q three.hit, 3 to 0, shutout over the visiting Cleveland Indians He took only o6 minutes to gain his 24th victory and sixth shutout while the Tigers went after Jim Bagby for 10 hits to win easily.
 The Browns regained c tic for the lead in Q story book manner at Chicago last night, scoring three runs in the ninth to win to 4 Errors had given the White sox three unearned tallies. The Browns worked on Orval Grove and Gordon MaltEberger, filling the bases before Mike Chartak singled home two runs. Gene Moore then scored the winning run with c long fly. Relief Pitcher Tex Shirley gained the victory after Dennis Galehouse and Sam Zoldal were ineffective.
 Tn the National, Mel Ott got Q three run homer, his 26th, and Ernie Lomhardi hit q roundtripper with 6 man on base to stake Bill Voiselle to his 18th victory, the Giants beat. ing the Boston Braves at New York 9 to 3. voiselle yielded only three hits.
 The Cardinals scored two ur- earned runs with two out In the ninth ct St. Louis to beat Chicago for the i4th straight time this year, 3 to 2. Pitcher Bob Chipman wild. pitched to yield the winning run after working Q strong game. Relief Pitcher Eldreth (Bud) Byerly gain- ed his first victory for the cards,
 Ed Heussed of the Reds shaded Fritz Ostermueller of Pittsburgh, winning 2 to 1 in 6 duel at Cin- cinnati. The Reds made their runs in the first inning.
 Relief Pitcher Anton Kari held the Brooklyn Dodgers to one hit for six innings to gain a to 5 victory for the Phillies at Philadelphia, with fielding lapses by the Dodgers nrovidinp three ifiearned runs.
 YESTERDAYS STAR Paul
 .(Dizzy) Trout of the Tigers, who
 won his 24th victory and sixth
 shutout by beating the Indians 3
 to 0, moving Detroit to within Q
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