The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-21
Browns Sweep Series With
 Boston Sox

New York, June N = CUP) - Brooklyn, believe it or not, was mixed up in the American League pennant race today because of two homegrown leftys who got away from the far-fung Dodger scout ing system and went to pitch for the Browns and Red Sox.
 The pace-setting Red Sox first were glad but now they're mad at the Brooklyn bird dogs who go chas- ing talent all over the land but couldn't find a prize pair of lads who were little more than a trolley hop from Ebbets Field.
 The Red Sox chortled when fat Mickey Harris from Queens Village, N. Y., came back from the Army and started winning ball games with regularity. That the Dodgers had overlooked him didn't concern them in the least.
 But when Brooklyn-born Sam Soldak prolonged their road trip slump at St. Louis last night by shutting them out with four hits, 3 to o, the Red Sox had reason to wish that the Dodger scouts might have found him first.
 SOx Shut Out Again
 Zoldak, the kind of pitcher that batterS swear at because he seems to have plenty of nothing" was the second straight Brownie to shut them out as they dropped all three games of the series, in which they scored only one run. Jack Kramer beat them, to l, and Bob Mum crief blanked them, I to 0 before Zoldak's performance last night. zoldak permitted only one runner to get to second and he was picked off base. A walk and singles by Johnny Berardino, Jeff Heath and Chet Laabs gave the Browns both their runs in the first inning. Joe Dobson, the loser lost his second game against seven wins and struck out nine men in doing so.
 The Yankees cut Boston's lead to 6 1-2 games by dividing at Chi cago. The Whate Sox beat Spud Chandler, to 1 in the opener, get ting all their runs on 8 double by Hal Trosky as Bill Dietrich missed a shutout when Charley Keller hit a homer Floyd Bevens turned in a 6 to victory in the second game and clipped in homer. The Yan- kees made 1t safe for him with three runs in the first inning.
 Detroit accounted for seven of its runs by homers by Eddie Lake, Hank Greenberg, Bobby Swift and Pitcher Dizzy Trout in beating the visiting Athletics, 9 to 2 for the ninth straight time this year. Trout's victory was his seventh.
 Ex-mate Brings Defeat
 Hank Edwards singled home George Case with the winning run in the ninth as Cleveland won a night game at Washington, 4 to 3. Case started the rally against his ex-mates with 8 single and was sacrificed to second. Relief pitcher Joe Krakauskas was credited with his first victory.
 The Cardinals exploded for an tight-run inning at Boston, beat ing the Braves 9 to 1. Stan Musial hit two doubles and Harry Wall ker smashed double and single in the big eighth inning as Murry Dickson, formerly a relief artist won his second straight assignment as a starter.
 It was the fourth straight Cardi- nal victory at Boston.
 Brooklyn's Kirby Higby won his seventh straight and luckless Nick Strincevich lost his seventh in row as the Dodgers topped the visit ing Pirates, 2 to 3 to stay game and hald ahead of St. Louis. Pete Reiser led the winners with two doubles and a single, batting in four runs while Bob Elliott with two doubles and two singles paced Pit tsburgh.
 The Chicago Philadelphia double header in the National was rained out.
 Yesterdays Star-Hal Trosky of
 the White Sox, whose three-run double beat Yankee ace pitcher, Spud Chandler, 3 to 1.