The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-18
LEADERS LOSE TWIN HEADERS
 OVER SUNDAY
BY CARL LUNDQUIST United Press Staff Correspondent

New York, June 18-(UP)-Two youngsters and two old men brought the ambitious Pittsburgh Pirates and Detroit Tigers down to earth today and made it apparent that any ideas of runaway pennant races are extremely premature.
 The Pirates and Tigers, after steady climbing, took over the lead in their respective races last week, but they looked like anything but pennant winners yesterday in drop ping double headers.
 Two young Cardinal pitchers, rookie Ken Burkhardt and sopho- more Ted Wilks, humiliated the Bucs at Pittsburgh before 32,936 fans, the ! rgest crowd of the sea son, to and 6 to 2. Burkhardt, pitching his first complete game, gave up five hits. Only one Pirate got to third, Johnny Barrett on a triple. The Cards made 15 hits off Truett Sewell and Xavier Rescigno. Wilks, starting slowly, yielded two runs in the first, then was invinc- ible. The Cards made 12 hits, talk ing the lead with three runs in the second.
 Twice Tanned
 It was a different story for the Tigers at Chicago, as they were tanned by oldsters, Thornton Lee and Joe Haynes, to l and ' to 5. Lee, gaining his eighth victory, ef- fectively scattered six hits, equalling his winning record for the past two seasons he had only three victories in 1914 and five in 1943. Haynes had given up only one hit and one run before he had to retire in the second game with an ankle injury suffered in slide to third base. Previously tnls season he had pitch ed a one-hit victory over the Tigers, who made four hits and four runs off his successor, Orval Grove. Since the league leading batter, Tony Cuccinello, left the second game with a pulled muscle after making three hits, it was a costly double win for the White Sox.
 The amazing Dodgers took over the lead undisputedly, benefitting by Pittsburgh's lapse and the MaSsa- chusetts curfew Playing at Boston, they handed Morton Cooper his first defeat after six straight vic- tories, g to 6, then were saved-at least temporarily-when the second game was suspended in the eighth with the Braves ahead, 4 to l. The game will be completed in August. Hal Gregg, aside from two bad in- nings when his control failed him, had little trouble annexing his ninth, He also contributed homer at bat.
 The bale of hay bit the horse at New York where the last place Phillies knocked the Giants out of first place tie by drubbing them twice, II to g and 6 to 2. Jimmy Wasdell hit two run homers for the Phils in each game and Glen CraW- ford contributed a four baser in the second Despite seven run rally the Giants couldn't win the opener be- cause the Phils had cored six in one inning previously and picked up others along the way. Bill Voiselle, who hasn't won since May 20, drop ped his sixth straight after starting the season with eight wins in row.
 The Cubs scored all their runs in the ninth at Cincinnati to beat the Reds to l, for the eighth straight time this season. Paul Derringer who pitched only one inning, got credit for his eighth victory. The second game was rained out.
 As Mound Star
 Russ Christopher, who has won Il out of the 20 games the Athletics