Evening star., 1945-09-27
Grimm Protests Game
Taken by Cards With
Aid Of Freak Play
BY JACK HAND,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

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Cincinnati,s forlorn Reds, a sew
birthplace ball club that never was
a factor In the National League
race, probably will decide the pen
nant duel between the Chicago Cubs
and st. Louis Cardinals.
Two games with the Rhinelanders
today mean the difference between
an early clinching or last-day
finish for Charley Grimm's, Bruins.
Three Saturday and Sunday dates
with the pesky Reds hold the key
to Billy Southworth's hopes for a
fourth straight st. Louis flag.
The punchless RedlegS have been
pushover for the Cubs all season
long, dropping 19 of 20 meetings,
to rank as one of the main reasons
Chicago has been able to stay out
front while losing 16 of % to the
defending world champs.
If the Bruins can maintain their
spell and knock off the Reds twice
today, they would need only one
more victory to be sure of a tie
even if st. Louis downs Pittsburgh
tonight and sweeps its final three
from the Reds.
Grimm Protests Gard Win.
But if the. brow-beaten Cincys
should kick over the traces and
flatten the Cubs twice while the
Cards whip the Buccos, Chicago's
l l1a-game lead would melt into a tie.
Grimm has protested yesterdays
l1-6 loss to st. Louis on the grounds
that one umpire (Babe PinellD
wasn't looking and another Dutch
Henline) said he refused to change
his mind despite an official reversal
by Umpire in Chief Dusty Boggess,
changing a double play into a ST.
Louis base hit.
After Whitley Kurowski opened
the seventh inning with a single,
Ray Sanders drove long fly deep
into right field that Bill Nicholson
apparently caught as he hit the
wall, dropped and caught again on
the rebound. Kurowski had waited
half way to second, to see whether
the baul would be caught and then
sped to second, waving Sanders back
to first. Nicholson whipped the ball
to second base
An original decision ruled double
play, prompting a Cardinal protest,
and reversal gave Sanders a hit
and placed both men on base, re-
sulting in long argument climaxed
by Grimm's official protest.
st. Louis went on from there to
cement a 6-5 lead with five more
runs as the Cubs fell apart. Ken
Burkhardt who replaced Red Bar
rett in the fourth was the victor
over Claude Passeau.
Tigers Finish at Home.
Detroit polished off its home busi-
ness for the year by splitting a
pair with Cleveland, winning Ito
behind Hal Newhouser, and losing
80 to Steve Gromek, an old Detroit
boy.
The results assured the Tigers of
a tie for first, even if they lose
their final two at st. Louis Sat-
urday and Sunday. Meanwhile,
Washington continues to practice
for phantom foe, its only hope a
double Brownie victory forcing a
playof Monday.
That was the only business in the
American League as rain Cancelled
a date between Chicago and St.
Louis and the other clubs were not
scheduled.
National League tilts having moth
ing to do with the flag race but
directly concerned with third place
found Brooklyn downing New York,
81, and Pittsburgh splitting a pair
with Cincinnati. After the Reds
had taken the opener, So, behind
Freshman John Hetski, the Pirates
evened matters, 81, for Nick
Strincevich's 10th victory.
The Dodgers clinched at least a
tie for third by their triumph over
the Giants. engineered by the 4-hit
pitching of Ralph Branca, and the
Pirates kept alive their dim hopes
of catching the Brooks. Other clubs
were idle.