The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-20
 BEC0MESFAN;
 GIANTS LOSE
BY CARL LUNDQUIST Emitted Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent,
 New York, June 20.-(UPl-- Americas No. G. I. Joe, Gen. Dwight uke) Eisenhower, sat in the grandstand munching peanuts and applauding.
 On the field the Braves squared off against the Giants in a rela- lively unimportant ball game and if was overshadowed for this oc- casion along with the red-hot major league pennant races. For on this day it mattered not who won or even who played.
 What did matter was that at the historic old Polo Grounds was being enacted the perfect symbol of what Eisenhower and the millions of G. I. Joes he represents, were and are fighting for-the great American general at the great American game.
 For the record the Braves won the game, g to 2, extending the "iitters" slump of the Giants, who now have lost four straight, 10 out of 12, and IT out of P in one Of the most colossal collapses of a contender in recent times.
 Medwick Hitse 3
 Jim Tobin, exponent of the soft, "sneak-up" pitch, was tagged for successive homers by John Fucker and George Hausmann, but had no other troubles in winning his 7th game. He made homer himself, while Joe Medwick, traded last week to the Braves. made three hits in his first game against his eX- mates.
 Roger Wolff of the Senators pitched the sixth one-hit game oi the season in beating his ex-mateS. Philadelphia's Athletics at Wash' incton. 6 to o. He yielded only one walk and a blow over shortstop that Hal Peck stretched to double bv fast base-running. Good pitch- ing also was the measure of dif- ference as the Senators also took the second game, 5 to on little Marine Pieretti's siX-hitter. It was Wolff's seventh victory and Pler- etti's sixth.
 The other -hitters were pitchs ed by Hank Yyse and Fly Vanden.. berg of the Cubs, Hal Newhouser o1 the Tigers, Dave Ferriss of the Red Sox, and Joe Haynes of the White Sox.
 The Tigers stretched their Ameri. can league lead to two games by beating the Indians at Detroit, to 3. Rudy York drove in two Tiger runs with a triple and scored an- other himself. Feb Eaton, with re- lief help, was the winner while Steve Gromek, who had beaten the Tigers twice before this season, way the loser. &,,
 The Red Sox moved within ht tr a a game of the second place Yankey by beating them l to 0 at BostoLl as Clem Hausmann pitched his sec- ond straight three-hit shutout and his fourth victory in a row. The Sox scored of Hank Borowy in the first on a walk to Eddie Lake, 9 safe bunt by Ben Steiner, double play and Johnny Lazors single. It was BoroUy's third loss against eight wins.
 Earl Caldwell, 3e-year-old right handler, won his first start of the season for the White Sox at Chi cago beating the Browns, to 4. although needing relief help from Orval Grove.
 Pitchers Battle
 The Cincinnati Reds won their fifth inning game in as many starts this season, l to 0, In the 18th from the visiting Cardinals in bitter battle of ex-Bostonians. Joe Bowman, 35-year-old waiver priced castoff from the Red Sox, won his fourth straight since coming to the Reds. However, except for the final ming, Charley (ReO Barrett, the ex-Brave pitcher, shaded him. Bow man gave up eight hits while Bar rett yielded only four, two of them by Woody Williams who singled in the first and doubled in the 10th. A walk, a safe bunt by Al Libke and single by Al Unser broke up the game.
 Brooklyn at Philadelphia in the National was postponed and Pitts burgh and Chicago were not sched- uled.