Evening star., 1945-06-04
Once Runaway Giants
Only 81 Games Up;
Yanks Hold Edge
BY JOE REICHLER,
Associofad proee Snorts XUritar

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The National Leagues four East
ern clubs today had lost their faith
in Horace Greeley's advice to young
men to go West.
After yesterdays debacle, when
they lost six of seven games Zone
was suspended because of Pennsyl-
vania's curfew law the senior loops
Eastern teams left the inhospitable
West with an embarrassing record
of only II victories in 50 games.
This compares with the American
Leagues Western clubs showing in
the East of % wins against 80 de-
feats.
The league-leading New York
Giants won six and lost eight in the
West. This sub-.500 ball cut their
once eight-game lead to 81 games
over the second-place Pirates, who
won IL OF their last IA, nine against
the East.
Cards Reach Third Place.
The world champion st. Louis
Cardinals edged into third splace by
winning nine of their last IA games.
including yesterdays double header
from the Giants, 11-3 and 80.
Charley CReO Barrett, whom the
Redbirds received from Boston in
the Mort Cooper deal, accounted for
his third straight victory in the
opener. His mates collected IS hits
off four Giant hurlers, with Short
stop Marty Marion driving in six
runs on two hits. Ted Wilks handed
the Giants their seventh loss in the
last nine games by holding the
Ottmen to six scattered hits in the
nightcap.
Cincinnati's Reds extended their
winning streak to eight straight by
downing Brooklyn twice, 6-2 and
81. The double triumph placed
them on an even 500 basis, max
Tag six teams in the loop with 500
or better.
Joe Bowman, acquired from Bos-
tons Red Sox last week on waivers.
spaced eight hits to triumph IN his
first start for the Reds, while Frank
Dasso dropped the Brooks into
fourth place with a six-hitter.
Pirates Take Third Straight.
The Pirates took their third
straight one-run decision from
Philadelphia. rs, in the opener of
tWln-bill. The second contest was
halted by Penn's TOO pm. curfew
law with the Phillies leading. ll-e,
after six innings The game will be
concluded July IL when the two
teams clash again at Pittsburgh.
Boston's Braves gained the East's
only victory, defeat ting the Chicago
Cubs, 81, in the opener and drop
ping the nightcap, 81. Bob Logan
spaced II hits effectively to gain
his second triumph in the first game,
While Claude Passeau spun a gaudy
two-hitter in the afterpiece.
The first place New York Yankees
retained their two-game lead over
the runner-up Detroit Tigers in the
American League by dividing two
games with Cleveland. The Yankees
won the opener, 30, for Hank
Borowy's seventh triumph against
one loss, and the Indians annexed
the nightcap. Al, behind Steve
Gromek's six hitter.
Tigers and Boston Divide. w
Detroit and Boston exchanged
pair of 4-3 scores. The Red Sox
humbled Dizzy Trout in the opener
for his fourth defeat. while Hal
Newhouser returned the compliment
for the Tigers in the second for his
sixth victory Jack Tobin singled in
the winning run for the Sox in the
opener while Paul Richards homer
provided for winning margin for
Detroit in the nightcap.
Penn's curfew law broke I'D
spectacular 13-inning scoreless
pitching duel between the Phila-
delphia Athletics and St. Louis
Browns, after Russ Christopher had
hurled the AS to a 81 triumph in
the opener for his eighth victory.