The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-28
kNuCKLE BAL-L.ER| | LEONARD STILL D ET R OFT 'JINx'
By CARL LUNDQUIST United Press Staff Correspondcnt)


 New York, June 28 - (U.P) - Pitcher Emil (Dutch) Leonard moved to the top of the list today as Detroit Tiger enemy number one.
 As if it weren't enough to beat them out of pennant on the last day of last season, the bald Belgian knuckle-baller for the Washington Senators was back again, doing his best to knock them out of first place this year.
 His best was good enough for a four-hit. g to 1 Senator victory in the Detroit twilight. Then when the Yankees beat the Browns at St. Louis later in the evening, the Tigers had to share first place with the men of Joe Mccarthy.
 Leonard, whom the Tigers prob ably would like to see almost any, where except on the pitching mound makes it hobby to beat the tough teams, especially when it counts. In 1889, before the war broke up one of the most fearsome of all Yankee teams, Leonard beat them four straight times with the tantalizing knuckler, something no other pitcher in the league was able to do.
 Finger Tip Delivery
 The knuckler, which he doesn't deliver with his knuckles at all, but which he sails of his finger tips, was working to perfection yester- day. Paul (Dizzy) Trout, the same pitcher he beat in that 1914 finale that gave the Browns the pennant, got the only hit that hurt, a homer. Trout's pitching was another story. Before going out in the sixth, he gave up eight hits to lose his eighth game.
 The Yankees won their seventh straight and their second in a row from the Browns at St. Louis, ' to 2. Held hitless by Jack Kramer for five innings, they scored twice in the seventh and live times in the ninth to give Floyd Bevens his seventh win. Vern Stephens hit his 12th homer for St. Louis.
 The Indians handed Russ Christo- pher Of Philadelphia his first loss in six games and his third against II victories, winning to at Cleve- land. He was tagged for IA hits. in- cluding a homer by Mickey Rocco, before Joe Berry took over in the sixth.
 Dolph Camilli, making his first appearance since leaving the Coast League as manager of Oakland. pinch-singled in the ninth to high light three-run rally which gave the Red Sox an II to g win at Chi cago. Boston made r hits off three White Sox pitchers.
 The Dodgers increased their Ma tlonal League lead to four games. beating Chicago at Brooklyn, 6 to 5, when Luis Olmo atoned for missing g pop-fly by singling home the win ming run in the ninth. His fielding mlscue gave the Cubs two runs. Rookie Ernie Rudolph, third Dodger pitcher, gained his first win.
 The Giants came out of their slump and the Pirates prolonged theirs at New York. A double vic- tory, 10 to and 3 to 3, moved the Giants into third place while the Pirates dropped to fifth. Van Lingle Mungo, given 17-hit support, won he opener for his eighth decision of he season, while Jack Brewer gave ID only two homers to Lee Handles md Bill Salkeld in taking the sec- 'nd. George Hausmann got seven 1its for the day and his last, a double which sent home two runs, peat Elwin Roe in the nightcap.
 Best For Blk"
 Sylvester (Bfix) Donnelly of the Cards pitched the finest game of his ;areer, beating the Phils on one-hit to o, after the Quaking Quakers won the opener, 8 to 3. Donnelly, who has three victories, all of them hutouts, held the Phils hitless after Vance Dinges singled in the second. Ted Wilks was leading, to 2, for he Cards in the eighth of the first game when he filled the bases and 1ince DiMaggio greeted relief man Al Jurlsich with his third grand lam homer of the year. Andy Sem nick made it six run inning by de- | ivering a two-run homer. Elvin BusteD Adams set up Donnelly's hutout by hitting two-run homer gainst his ex-mates.
 Despite Tommy Holmes, the Reds 1on two at Boston, 5 to 4, in 10 innings and, 4 to 2, with a three un seventh inning in the nightcap. iolmes sent the first game into ex- "a innings with three-run homer, while his double gave the Braves oth runs off Howard Fox in the ightcap. The blows extended his hitting streak to 23 ames. Al Libke's double and Frank 1cCormick's single gave veteran 'ern Kennedy his first win with the 'eds in the extra inning of the pener.
 YESTERDAYS George [ausmann of the Giants who made even hits in a double victory over ne Pirates.