Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-18
Deal Cooper His First
Defeat 10 Gain Top;
Tiger Edge Cut
BY JOE REICHLER,

ASSOCIATED TTeSS Sports WRITER.
Those "ferocious gentlemen" from
Brooklyn are in undisputed possess
sion of first place in the National
League today for the first time this
season.
Chosen by baseball writer's to fin
ish near the bottom, the surprising
Dodgers climaxed a great early June
drive by humbling Mort Cooper and
the Boston Braves 9-6 in the opener
of yesterdays scheduled double
header to sweep past both Pitts
burgh and New York The BUGS
and Giants now are tied for second
place, one game behind.
In pitching the Dodgers to their
ninth victory in the last II games.
Hal Gregg gained the distinction of
becoming the first hurler to take
decision from Cooper, who had
won six straight. The victory was
the ninth for Gregg, although he
had to have help when the Braves
rallied for three runs in the eighth.
The second games was halted by
the Massachusetts $50 pm. curfew
law with the Braves ahead Al after
seven innings. The game will be
completed in August.
BUGS, Giants Twice Beaten.
The Pirates and Giants each
dropped twin bills, the Pirates to the
oncoming St. Louis Cardinals TO
and 60, and the New Workers to
the last-place Philadelphia Phillies
11-9 and 60.
Ken Burkhardt BANKED the BUGS
with five hits in the opener, while
Ted Wilks gave up the same amount
of hits in the nightcap. The double
triumph moved the fourth-place
Redbirds only half game behind
the BUGS and Giants.
The lowly Phus surprised the Off,
men with a l6-hit outburst in the
opener and continued their winning
ways in the nightcap with the aid
of brilliant scoreless fve-heat re-
lief job by Anton Karl. Jim Wasdell
paced the winners with two homerS,
one in each game to drive in 5 runs.
Giant Ace Bill Voiselle suffered his
sixth straight setback in the after
piece, following a string of eight
triumphs.
The league-leading Detroit Tigers
took it on the chin twice from the
Chicago White Sox 81 and Us, but
retained first place in the American
League, although their lead was cut
to one and one-half games.
Veteran Thornton Lee won his
eighth in the opener with a neat
six-hitter, while Joe Haynes gained
credit for his fifth in the nightcap,
although he suffered a fractured
leg sliding into third in the fifth
frame.
Christopher Wins No. IL.
The New York Yankees and Phil
adelphia Athletics split. After Floyd
Bevens won the opener for the
Yanks I'll from Buck Newson, the
Mackmen' S Russ Christopher notched
his 18th triumph 40. The victory
not only made Christopher the big
geSt winner in the majors, but gave
him the unique distinction of gain
ing more than half the total tri-
umphs of the entire Philadelphia
Club 600.
Boston's rampaging Red Sox took
two from Washington 81 and I'll to
pull up within a game and a half
of the second-place Yankees.
A 3-run rally in the ninth gave
the Chicago Cubs their eighth vic
tory over Cincinnati 81 in the
opener Of what was supposed to be
doubleheader. The second game
was postponed by rain as was the
Cleveland-St. Louis Browns twin
bill. Harry Lowrey's single scored
the tying and winning runs for the
Cubs to give Paul Derringer, who
had relieved starter Hank Wyse, his
eighth triumph.