Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-07-31
Score With Long-Shoi
Mound Choice; Have
Two Aces in Hole
By jack Hond
Associo'ed Press Sports Writer

Leo Durocher's BrooklynS are rid
ing high today, bouncing along on
a hree-and-a-h half game lead, with
HOWE Pollet, the best st. Louis
Cardinal hurler, out of the way.
When Lippy Leos dandies dumped
Pollet in last nights series opener,
81, they struck mighty blow in
defense of their World Series aspira-
tons.
Eddie Dyer needed clean sweep
of the three-game set at Ebbets
Field to snatch first place from the
precocious Dodgers, but now the best
he can do is cut the margin to one
and-a-half games by tomorrow
night.
Rube Melton, Durocher's long
shot starting choice, got home with
his first win of the season, although
he needed bullpen help from de-
pendable Hank Behrman in the
ninth.
Once again, as is the custom in
Flatbush, Dixie Walker provided the
base hit that put the Brooks in the
ball game, his seventh-inning single
thrc ugh Whitley kurowski at third
base converting Pee Wee Reese's
triple into the tying score. Then
Carl Furillo, a paid-up member of
the Hickey Youth Society, bounced
a ground rules double into the left
field seats to apply the clincher.
Has Aces i'm Reserve.
With Pollet out of the way. Du-
rocher now can throw in his ace
lefties, Joe Hatten and Vic Lom-
bardi, with better hope of success.
Dyer is expected to counter with
hurry Dickson, a converted relief
artist, who trimmed the Brooks in
IL innings last time they met, and
Harry Brecheen.
The faithful turned out 81 ,446
strong to up the Ebbets Field at
tendance chart to 1922 400, the sixth
time the million mark has been
reached in the clubs history.
Brooklyn's all-time high of 1,214,-
903, set in the 194l pennant year,
seems almost certain to be topped,
Chicago lost ground in the race
by bowling to the New York Giants,
80, on Pinch hitter Goody Rosen's
single with the bases loaded in the
ninth. 1t was the fourth time the
Ottmen had topped the Cubs in Is
meetings. Junior Thompson taking
the decision over Bob Chapman,
another reliefer. As a result the
Bruins trail the Dodgers by seven
md a half lengths
Rowe Marks Up No. II.
Schoolboy Rowe chalked up his
18th triumph for the Phillies over
Cincinnati, "a, with Andy Semin-
ick's bat booming for four hits, in
Guiding a three-run homer Del En-
mis- also clouted a home run off
Johnny Wander Nicer. A scheduled
Pittsburgh-Boston night game was
postponed because of rain.
Interest in the American League
turned to the second-place battle
between the New York Yankees and
Detroit Tigers as the Boston Red
SoX increased their lead to 1879
games by blanking Cleveland. 40
The largest crowd of the Cleveland
season, $4,000, watched Dave Fer
riss rack up No. IT on a three-hit
verdict over Steve Gromek Ted
Williams cracked his 28th homer
and Glen Russell his fourth in the
Sox's 10th win.
Virgil Trucks famed Is Yanks in
earning his 18th success, 6-5, to the
delight of twilight throng of So
831. Four-basers by Tommy Hen
rich, Charley Keller and Aaron Rob-
inson kept the New Workers il. the
ball game. The Bengals now are
only one game behind the Yanks.
Philadelphia chased Frank Papish
with six-run seventh inning to
down the White Sox. 90. Sam
Chapman's round-tripper with two
on was the big blow that doomed
Chicago