The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-22
Dodgers, Cardinals Still HTied

balls most valuable player awards won't be handed out until long after the World Series, but Ted Williams of the Red Sox and Stan Musial of the Cardinals were doing all they could today to make the final an- nouncement a mere formality.
 A lot could happen but probably won't to alter their position in the stretch weeks of the pennant cam paigns, but their work to date stamps them as heavy favorites to gain the award.
 Yesterday was a typical day for both as they led their teams to double triumps Thumpin's Theo- dore, getting seven successive hits in Boston's to and to victor ies over the Browns, boosted his batting average 12 points to 1885, taking over the American League lead again. Slammin' Stan made five hits in eight times up to pace the Cardinals to to l and to 4 victories over the braves at St. Louis.
 Does Everything in Second
 In Boston's opening victory, Will Hams hit two singles and double, going out only in his first time up, to give Dave Ferriss key hit ting support in achieving his fifth shutout and his 18th win against four losses. He really opened up in the second game, hitting homer, triple, double and single. He now is Major League leader in homers with 27, runs batted in with 90, and runs scored with 94. He leads the American in hits with 118. Dom Dimaggio also hit Boston homer and Walt Judnich delivered one for St. Louis.
 Musials first game home run with man on base game Howie Pollet the two runs he needed for four hit victory, his 11th of the year. The slender young sWatter from Donora, Pa, who won the player award with the l943 Cards, raised his average six points to
 369, second in the National. He now leads the majors in hits with l30, and the National In doubles With 27, triples with 10, and runs scored with Fl. He is third in runs batted in with 67. Another Cardi- nal, lefty, Harry Brecheen, won the second game, scattering 10 hits while Musial with three led 8 l2- hit Red Bird attack on six Boston fingers. Fry Dusak hit a three run Cardinal homer.
 Brooklyn stayed exactly even with the Cards in the first place deadlock by topping the Pirates, 3 to 0 and 6 to , at Pittsburgh. Vic Lombardi became the first Dodger pitcher to win 10 games. pitching his first big league shutout, and holding the Bucs to three hits. He also drove in two runs, one with a squeeze bunt. the other with a single. Carl Furillo's two-run ninth inning homer saved the Dodgers in the second game since Pitts burgh put over three tallies in the home half to finish one short of a tie
 Cubs Split
 The third place Cubs dropped live games behind by splitting with the Phils at Chicago. Hank BoroWy going the distance for the second time in l5 starts, pitched 3 to 0 eight-hlt shutout, but the Phils won the second game, to be- hind Ken Raffensberger's cool pitching. Rookie Del Ennis hit a two-run homer to give him the victory after delivering four singles in the first game
 Rookie EWell Blackwell pitched his third shutout. beating the Giants 10 0 at Cincinnati on five singles, The Giants then ended a seven game losing streak. Giant Johnny Gee pitching a ? to 1 game for his first victory after late start due to arm trouble. Willard Marshall and Ben Warren scored the only Giant runs with homers. Eddie Lukon hit first game Cin- cinnati homer
 The Yankees lost ground in their virtually hopeless task of chasing the Red Sox and now trail by II 2 games after dividing with Chicago lieS CoPped tlle WllIle oo8, IO for their sixth straight victory as Floyd Bevens pitched seven-hit ball and won his game with a two-run homer Then the roof fell in and the White SoX put on an eight-run second inning rally to win the nightcap. to 3, ending six game losing streak. Joe Kuhel hit a three-run homer in the big inning and added the final run with a homer in the ninth. Three Yankee | ,,i+ +ck,