The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-31
MANY SPLITS AMONG HOLIDAY
 DOlJRL.E:-GAMES
BY CARL LUNDQUIST

lCd III o1 uOuudy oAAANC NAOoOAy AA Europe brought a quater of million war-weary fans to major league baseball games yesterday, but as for seeing anything definite accomplish ed in either pennant race, all of them might as we'll have stayed on their front porches.
 Two pennant contenders, the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pi- rates came to the end of long wirl- ming streaks, but each atoned by salvaging one game in 8 double header. The same practice of split ting twin bills was in vogue almost everywhere.
 Only two teams, the Washington Senators in the American and the Cincinnati Reds in the National, made clean sweeps of their twin bills and both are embedded so deeply in the second division that they were unable to get out even with two in row.
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 The largest crowd to see a base ball game since the Japanese att tacko n Pearl Harbor turned out for tack on Pearl Harbor turned out for Yankee Stadium, with the total running to 70,906, including service men. The Yankees were unable to oblige their supporters by winning as they dropped the first game 3 to 2, as the Tigers capitalized on Frank (Stubby) Overmire's steady pitching. They won the second, 3 to 2, however, on timely hitting by George Stirnweiss. He singled home two runs in the sixth to beat Hal Newfouser, lefty ace of the Tiger staff. Three double plays helped Overmire in the opener in which Jimmy Webb squeezed home Roger Crsrner with the winning run in the ninth. Before losing the opener, the Yankees had won eight straight.
 Pittsburgh had no trouble in run- ming its streak of victories to nine in the National, beating the visiting Brooklyn Dodgers, 13 to 5, in the opener. Brooklyn, apparently anxious to hold its season record of 12 straight wins, took the second game IA to 10. Five Pirate pitchers tried vainly to stop the Dodger bat ting attack, which produced IA hits, Augie Galan's three-run homer be- ing the key blow. Truett tRip) Seweu won his sixth game in the opener and Leroy Pfund, with re- lief help from Hal Gregg, won for the Dodgers in the second.
 The leading New York Giants won the first game against the Cubs at Chicago. to 6, then dropped the second, II to 2. as their ace Bill Voiselle was batted out for his sec ond straight defeat after eight straight victories. Manager Mel Ott of the Giants set new National League record for total bases when he hit double and single in the opener to bring his lifetime mark to 4,390, two better than the 4,888 total of Honus (Hans) Wagner, Pittsburgh Pirate immortal. Ernie Lombardi's 18th homer of the sea- son of Ray Prim gave the Giants their opening game victory margin. Bob Chipman, Cub southpaw pitch ed a three hitter to win the night cap.
 The Braves kept the defending champion Cardinals from gaining at St. Louis. winning the second game behind Jim Tobin's effective pinch-pitching, to 2, after the Red Birds took the opener in Trimmings, 4 to 2. Ray Sanders broke up the first game with two-run homer, his fifth Of the season, while the Braves made short work of the second, sewing it up on an early third inning rally which netted three runs.
 The Reds tock over sixth place in the National by beating the visit ing Philadelphia Phillies at Cin- cinnati twice, 4 to 0 on Ed Heus- ser's four-hit pitching. and g to s with a three run rally in the ninth of the second game. The Reds overcame an to lead to win the second.
 Washington added to the humilia- ton of the champion St. LOUIS Browns on their current road trip by winning a tWilight-night double header, 3 to 2, in 13 innings, and. 5 to 0, behind Marino Pierettls five-hit pitching. It was the first double victory of the season for the Senators who moved up to sixth place. Fermin Guerras single brought home Joe Kuhel in the opener to give relief pitcher San tiage Ullrich the win. Emil Ducn Leonard, Senator starter in the opener, had to leave after being hit on the ankle by a liner.
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 Thornton Lee of the White Sox beat the As, 5 to 2, in the opener at Philadelphia for his sixth Wln. but Russ Christopher countered that by winning, to 2, on tive- hit job in the afterpiece for his seventh victory. Bobby Estalella hit his third homer to pace the As in the second game, making three hits and singling home the winning run in the eighth.
 Ben Steiner kept the Red Sox from winning the opener when he dropped an easy pop-up Tn the ninth to permit Cleveland to score the tying run after which Pat Secrecy doubled home the winning tally TOT a 4 to 2 Indian victory. The rookie Boston infielder atoned in the sec' ond game by singling home two runs in a big eighth inning rally which netted six runs and ' to 6 win Catcher Frankie Hayer traded t the Indians from Philadelphia yes terday, caught two games to run his consecutive appearance streak to 191 games. He hit two homers