Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-23
Lose Five Out Of Six,
Then Reverse Il 10
Gain Second Spot
BY JOE REICHLER,

AoooCldLeQ FUSS opoEIs WrlseT.
The faces may be new but the
st. Louis Cardinals once again are
like the champions of old.
Stripped almost bare by the loss
of Outfielders Stan Musial and
Danny Litwhiler, Catcher Walker
Cooper and Pitcher Max Lanier to
the armed forces, and the transfer
Of Mort Cooper to the Boston
Braves, the world champions were
confined by their followers to the
list Of "also rams"
AS late as q week ago it appeared
the experts" were right as the
Redbirds lost their nth game In
their last six starts and dropped
into the second division. Then
came an about face. They won the
next S out Of 6, including yester-
days So decision over the Chi
:ago Cubs to vault into second place,
81 games behind the league lead
ing Brooklyn Dodgers.
Freshmen Star in Drive.
Outstanding in the Cards drive
to capture their fourth consecutive
pennart were Freshmen Al Schoen-
dienst and Ken Burkhardt, and
Buster Adams. brought back to re-
place Musial. Schoendienst spanked
four safeties and tailed 3 of the S
Cardinal runs, while Adams drove
in four with double and two sim
giles and scored the other. Burk-
y WI E1yo t.;fe r.
register his seventh victory of the
campaign.
The Dodgers retained their 3la-
game margin by shading the Braves,
81, tallying the winning run in the
ninth when HOWE Schultz singled
in Augie Galan. A crowd of 27,478
night patrons saw both starters, Hal
Greg Of the Brooks and Cooper OF
the Braves, forced to the sidelines
with mishaps. Cooper left the
mound after two innings with arm
trouble and Gregg quit because of
recurrence Of his back injury.
Sixth In Row for Dodgers.
Trailing, 7-3, the Braves tied the
game with one in the sixth and
three in the ninth, but could not
prevent the Dodgers from register
ing their sixth straight triumph
and their 18th in the last IA engage
ments.
The New York Yankees moved to
within q game and a half Of the
league-leading Detroit Tigers as the
Bronxites defeated the Athletics,
20, while the Tigers were thumped
by the st. Louis Browns, 8-4.
Floyd Bevens registered his sixth
triumph as he whitewashed the
Mackmen with four hits. Tuck
Stainback homered of Steve Gerkin
to help post the fifth straight defeat
against the AS. rookie.
Dizzie Trout walked three batters,
gave up three hits and committed
an error to allow the Browns to tally
four times in the nth and win. 8-4
Sig Jakucki gave up II hits. but left
nine Tigers stranded on the base
paths.
r" BUGS End Losing Streak.
+ Pittsburgh moved back into third
place in the National League by
beating Cincinnati, 81, ending a
flve-game losing streak. Nick Strin-
cevich outdueled Ed Heusser, who
had defeated him twice previously.
The New York Giants and the
Philadelphia Phillies divided a dou-
ble-header, the Giants winning the
opener, 80, behind the two-hit
pitching Of Van Mungo and the
Phils coping the nightcap. Sd. The
opening-game victory was Mungo's
seventh and ended the Giants FIVE
game losing streak.
In two finely pitched games,
Cleveland and Chicago White Sox
split. Allie Reynolds dealt the Sox
three hits to win the opener for the
Indians, FL, but Orval Grove came
back with neat siX-hitter to reg
lister shutout for the Sox, 80.