The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-16
CARDS RECORD AGAINST WEAK
 TEAMS POOR
By CARD LUNDQUIST United Press Stan GorrcspOndentI

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 New York. Aug. l6 - tUP) n Failure of the St. Louis Cardinals to win consistently from teams that are pushovers for the rest of the league probably will cost them their fourth straight pennant.
 Last night, for example, they had a fine opportunity to gain on the Cubs in a double header against the forlorn Phillies. All the cards could manage to do was to split, leaving them with a net loss of half game against the Cubs, who mauled the Dodgers at Brooklyn, 20 to 6.
 The 1945 Cardinal record fur nishes baseball with one of it's major oddities. Admittedly not up to the standard of other Red Bird teams, this one has done better than all right against the so-called better clubs in the league, winning 43 and losing only B against the Cobs, Dodgers, Giants and Pirates. But against the three laggards. the Braves, Reds and Phils, they have won only g while losing p, barely above the 800 mark.
 Tn contrast, the Cubs have only an even break against the Cards, Dodgers, Giants and Pirates with 26 wins and 26 losses. But they have gone to town against the Braves, Reds and Phils with A victories and only Il defeats, a percentage of exactly 300.
 If there is any hope for the Cards, now six full games behind the Cubs. 1t should be in the 12 games they have left with the league leaders. St. Louis has won seven out of ID games with the Cubs to date and might well overtake them If they maintain that pace.
 The Cards were Shaky in losing the opener at Philadelphia, 8 to 5, yielding five runs in the fifth on just one hit. Pitchers Al Jurisich and Jack Creel walked five batters and hit another. A passed ball plus wild throw by Ray Sanders coni- pleted the damage. Four hitless re- lief innings by Anton Karl protect ed the victory for Jack Kraus. Rookie Glenn Gardner saved the night by pitching a three-hit, 2 to 0 shutout in the second game for his first gig league triumph. Elvin (Bus- ter) Adams got first game homer for the Cards and George Kurowski got his fifth homer in five games in the night-cap.
 The Cubs made 19 hits, including four homers, in their rout of the Dodgers. Paul Gillespie got two of the homers, one with the bases filled, while Heinz Becker and Andy Pafko got the others. Hank Borowy scored his third National League victory against one defeat.
 The Pirates won two at New York, Il to 9 and to 2, to move within a game of the first division. They chased Bill Voiselle with six runs in the first although the Giants tied it at 7-all in the seventh when Dan- ny Gardella hit his second homer of the game. Mel Ott also got Giant homer, but the margin wasn't enough because Pitcher Harry Feld- man weakened in the ninth to yield a walk and four hits for four runs.
 Tommy Holmes took over the major league home run lead, hitting two to make his total 20 as the Braves beat Cincinnati at Boston, 10 to 5 and 13 to 3. Homers were key blows in both games as Cin- cinnati's losing streak was extended to 13 games. Morrie Aderholt got g first game Boston homer while Chuck Workman got his 18th and Whitey Wietelmann got his second in two days and third for the sea- son in the second. Boston made 3l hits in the two games.
 Emil (Ditch) Leonard maintained his mastery over the Tigers, beating them for the fourth straight time, 8 to 0, at Detroit to put Washington within two and a half games of the lead. Four errors gave Washington five unearned runs.
 The White Sox got fine pitching from Bill Dietrich and Orval Grove to beat the Red Sox at Chicago, 5 to l and Il to o. The Sox made 10 HlCS III the opener ana 1z Tn the nightcap for their 1lth win in IS games.
 Steve Gromek won his 18th game as Cleveland Indians topped the visiting Athletics, 8 to 3. Les Elem ing, recently back with the Indians hit his first homer.
 The Browns sent the reeling Yankees into the second division with 10 to defeat, the sixth in a row for the New Workers. The Browns made IS hits, handing Charley Rufing his first loss since returning from military duty.
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 YESTERDAYS STAR - Pitcher Emil (Dutch) Leonard of the Sen- ators, who won his fourth straight game against Detroit, 8 to 0, mov-