Evening star., 1946-07-06
Regaining Ai|ing Stars
1igers.Capture { Of
Their Last 8 Games
By Joe ReichIer
Associated Press Sports Writer


Steve O'Neills battered and
bruised Detroit Tigers, all but
counted out of the American League
pennant race, were back on their
feet today ready to resume their
quest for their second straight flag.
Handicapped by injuries to their
star players which at various times
forced them to play without the
services of Outfielders Dick Wake
field and Hoot Evers, Second Base
man Eddie Mayo, Catcher Paul
Richards and Pitchers Dizzy Trout
and Stubby Overmire, the Tigers
have been lowering around the 500
mark practically since the start of
the season.
But during the past week, the
third-place Tigers, with true cham
pionship spirit, have come back to
win six of their last eight games to
cut two and a half games off the
Red Sox awesome lead and now
trail by II games.
1912 Cards Set Precedent.
On the surface it may appear next
to impossible for the Bengals to close
the wide gap that separates them
from the Red SoX, but stranger
things have happened in baseball,
Back in 1912, the st. Louis Cardinals
trailed the Brooklyn Dodgers by
101a games late in July and won the
| pennant by two games.
tn wit h n
three and half games of second place
yesterday by whipping the Cleveland
Indians, Us, in a twilight tussle,
Roy Cullenbine continued his terrific
slugging since his return to the
regular lineup 10 days ago. He
smashed a pair of homers against
his former teammates to lead the
Tigers attack.
The Red Sox increased their
margin to seven and half games
over the runnerup Yankees, coming
from behind to defeat the Athletics,
So, with a four-run rally in the
eighth. Joe Dobson went the route
for his eighth victory as his battery
mate, Hal Wagner, former Phila-
delphia performer, clinched the ver-
dict with tWo-run single.
Another to gain revenge on his
former mates. was Goody RoSen,
who was sold by the Brooklyn
Dodgers to the New York Giants
earlier this season. Rosen singled
in the ninth to score Johnny Mize
with the run that gave the Giants
7-6 victory over the Brooks The
Dodgers had just tied the score in
their half of the ninth when Pee
Wee Reese homered. The defeat
narrowed the National League lead
ing Dodgers margin to six games
over the runnerup ST. Louis Car
dinals, who shaded the Chicago
Cubs, 10.
Brecheen Hurls Shutout.
Harry Brecheen tWirled the shut
out for the Redbirds, besting the
Cubs Claude Passeau, who lost de-
spite giving up only two hits.
Brecheen won his own game when
he scored Erwin Dusak from third
in the eighth inning with fly
ball.
In another pitching duel between
Pittsburgh's Rip Sewell and Gin
cinati's Bucky Walters, the Reds
outlasted the Pirates, 4-3, to dump
the Bucs into the National League
cellar behind the Giants. Walters
had just enough to quell the up
rising Pirates, who almost overcame
a 40 deficit with one tally in the
eighth and two in the ninth.
Cliff Fannin. making his first
major league start, turned in splen-
did shutout achievement as he
pitched the st. Louis Browns to a
10 decision over the Chicago White
Sox. In addition to holding the
opposition to two hits, Fannin
scored the winning run, counting
in the ninth on a single by Vern
Stephens. Ralph Hammer of the
Sox gave up dozen hits, but was
unScored llpon until the final frame