The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-13
Chicago Cubs Threoteninq
 In nNotionoI

NeN 1OTh, July l3 - (UPl - IL began to look today as though the St. Louis Cardinals or Brooklyn Dodgers, all set to move into the National League lead, will have trouble with the Chicago Cubs.
 Preseason ratings handed the league, lock, stock and barrel, to the Cardinals. The Cubs, 1945 champions, were lucky to be men, toned in the same breath with the first division. After the season started and the Dodgers showed early foot and staying power, and the Cardinals showed a couple of holes in the lineup left by Mexican League raids, the Dodgers began to look like the new owners of the crown.
 But the Cubs played along stead- fly, five or six games behind Brook lyn and about three behind St. Louis, and refused to move into a less desirable neighborhood
 Dodgers Ineffective
 The Dodgers apparently can't do anything about it. Yesterdays 13 to ? victory over Brooklyn was as humiliating whipping as Leo Du- rocher's boys have taken all season, and 1t was the fifth straight that the Dodgers have lost in Wrigley Field.
 Chicago now is six games behind the faltering leaders, and 2 1-2 behind the Cards, who in turn are } 1-2 in back of Brooklyn.
 Harry LoWrey was the chief tfeublemaker for Brooklyn yester- daE batting in seven runs with homer and two singles, and scoring three runs. The Cubs got l5 hits off loser Rex Barney and reliefers Art Herring and Hal Gregg, while Hank Wyse gave up only four hits Mary RiekeFt also hemered for the Win ners.
 The Cardinals finally found the range on the New York Giants in Sportsmen's Park. and whipped the invaders there for the first time this season, 2 to l and to 4. The double victory enabled the Cards to pick Up a game-and-a-hal on Brooklyn Howle Polletis fiye-hit pitching gave St. Louis the opener, with the help of Enos Slaughters bat. Slaughter doubled home the win ming run in the eighth inning.
 Slaughter also started an eight inning rally to win the second game. His single was followed by a double by Harry Walker and two walks off Bob Joyce. forcing in the winning run. Pollet came in to pitch the ninth inning of the second game.
 B0StonS Braves beat Cincinnati, l to 0, as Johnny Sain missed a per- feet same because of a fielding lapse by his support. The only blow off him was pop fly tht fell safe while leftfielder Bama Powell shortstop Dick Cutler and third baseman Connie Ryan each waited for the other to catch it Singles by Rowell, Billy Herman and Johnny Hopp gave Boston it's run.
 Frank Gustine batted in two runs and scored another as the Pitts- bufgh Pirates broke a six-game los ing streak with a to victory over the Philadelphia Phils. All the Phils runs came on homers. Charley Gilbert hit for the circuit in the eighth and Vance DInges got an inSide-the-park home with man on base in the ninth.
 The Boston Red Sox increased their American League lead to eight games over New York with to ? conquest of Detroit Rudy York, a Detroit easteff. won the game with a tWo-run homer in the eighth.
 Dave Ferriss went the route for his 18th victory against four losses. Virgil Trucks was the loser.
 Philadelphia defeated the St. Louis Browns, to ?, batting Jack Kramer out in the fourth inning. Two errors by Brownie catcher Hank Helf helped the As to runs. Dick Fowler scattered eight hits to win his sixth game against seven losses.
 Chicago at Washington was rain- ed out and the Yankees and CleVe- land Were not scheduled,
 YESTERDAYS STAR - Harry
 LoWrey of the Cubs, who batted
 in seven runs with a homer and
 two singles and scored three times
 himself to account for 10 runs
 against Brooklyn,