The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-29
PIRATES, CUBS :. GET GOING IN
 PENNANT CHASE
BY CARL LUNDQUIST United Press Staff Correspondent

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 New York, May 29.-(UP)-Thers was a mathematical housing prob- lem in the National league today which may get worse-the Pirates and Cubs are trying to live on the same percentage point and both want to move in on the elite first place Giants.
 Currently tied for second place with IT victories and IA defeats apiece, Chicago and Pittsburgh have begun to play the brand of ball that was expected of them at the start of the season. The Pirates now are riding seven-game winning streak after getting off to such a slow start that their home fans rebelled against them with wild demon stration when they lost an early season double header. The Cubs made good headway to begin with, then slumped into the second di- vision, and now are beating their way back. They have won four in a row and seven of their last eight games.
 Last season the Pirates gained reputation for their ability to beat the high-flying Cardinals, even though it was like trying to bring down a superfortress with a bean bag. They started the anti-card campaign too late, succeeding only in securing themselves in second place.
 The Bucs have adopted the same technique of going after the leader this year, showing profitable ledger of four victories and one defeat against the Giants. That is better than they have done against any other club except the laggrdly Braves whom they have beaten four straight.
 27 Runs, B Hits
 It took the Pirates only one inning to make it victory No. ' in the string yesterday as they fin- ished Sundays business by beating the Giants, II to 5. Play was sus- pended in the 8th because of the Sunday Pennsylvania curfew law ard Xavier Rescigno held the Gi- ants to one hit in the ninth after the Pirates made run in the 9th yesterday. They gave them sweep of the double bill, in which they took the first game, 16 to 4, for a total of 27 runs and B hits against the leaders. Yesterdays regular game was called off after four in- nings with Pittsburgh aheda, to 0.
 Paul Derringer beat the visiting Dodgers, 5 to 3, to enable the Cubs to keep pace with the Bucs. It was his sixth victory. He had only ona bad inning, the third, when ths Dodgers made three runs on threa singles and Dixie Walkers double. Wildness cost rookie Ray Hathaway. former Guadalcanal Seabee, a vic- tory in his debut. He walked four men and threw wild pitch to give the Cubs three runs on one hit in the first inning.
 The Reds won their third extra inning game in as many starts this year, topping Boston in the 12th, 2 to 1. on Eddie Miller's third hit, single which scored Frank McCor- mick. Rookie Howard Fox, last of three Red pitchers, was the winner, beating Nate Andrews, who went all the way. Tommy Holmes got Bos- tons only run, first inning homer.
 Tony Bats 1000
 The Chicago White Sox, who left home ill first place and promptly ran into a sx-game losing streak, ended it against the Red Sox, get- ting some much-needed hits to win, to 6. Veteran Tony Cuccinello. with double and three singles for a perfect batting day, led the 15- hit attack. Bob Johnson gave the Ped SoX an early lead with a three- run homer his sixth of the year, out Chicago Whittled the margin with a thre2-run fifth inning in which six successive singles were hit.
 Philadelphia at St. Louis in the National and St. Louis at New York, Cleveland at Philadelphia, and De- troit at Washington in the Amer ican were rained out.
 YESTERDAYS STAR-Shortstop Eddie Miller of the Reds, whose thnd hit, 18th inning single, beat the Braves, 2 to l. Previously he had two doubles. He mad been hitless in three games since joining the club after long holoout.