The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-24
pHILLIES IM
 SPOTLIGHT BY RECENT WINS
BY JOE REICHLER CAP SPORTS WRITER


 Baseball fans, ever ready to cheer the underdog, have switched their allegiance from Tom Yawkey's mill lionaire Boston Red Sox to Bob Carpenters from-rags-to-r c h Philadelphia Phillies, who treaten- ed today to bout the National Leagues second division where they have held an ironclad lease for l3 years.
 They are now in sixth place, cnly one and a half games away from fourth place.
 The Phils earned victory and tie in their doubleheader with the Cincinnati Reds yesterday.
 Beth contests were overtime dusls, with the Phils winning the first game 5-4 on Jim Tabor's l2th- inning home run for their fourth in row. and the second halted by Fonnsylvania' Sunday curfew law with the score tied at 3-3 at the end of II frames.
 The American League leading Red Sox appear to be back in their win ming stride after their double drub- ping of the Cleveland Indians 5-l and 6-0
 The sweep enabled the Red Sox to increase their first place lead to seven games over the Yankees, although the Bronx Bombars de- feated the Detoit Tigers 10 to 8 in Il innings.
 .Brooktyn Keeps Spot
 Brooklyn increased it's National League lead to two and half games over the runner-up St. Louis Cardinals by taking the rubber game of the three-game series with the Redbirds Az.
 The third place Chicago Cubs all even after a torrid slugfest with the New York Giants by winning the second game 9-4 after dropping the first, 15-l0. In all, 55 hits were made by both sides. Is for extra bases, including five hone runs.
 BraUeS MoUC Up
 The Boston Braves moved into fourth place with a double vic- tory over Pittsburgh, 4-3 and 40, with Johnny Sain racking up his eighth triumph in the second game. Washington and St. Louis Browns split a twin bill, exchanging "A scores with Joe Grace, an ex- Rrownee starring for the Mats in his first game with four hits. and Jeff Heath, ex-Nat, knocking in two runs for the Browns in the night cap.
 After absorbing an 8-l lacing by the Chicago White Sox, the Phila- delphia Athletics came back to win the second game, 6-1. Pitcher Lum Harris helped his own cause in the nightcap with a three-run homer
 The scores and batteries:
 National League
 First game-Cincinnati 4; Phila- delphia 5; (12 innings) Beggs and Lamanno; Jurisich, Rowe CD, Raf- fensberger CID and Seminick.
 Second game-Cincinnati 3; Phil adelphia 3; Game called at the end of the l1th on account of the Sunday curfew law) {; Shoun, Lam bert (8), Blackwell 10) and Muel- Ter; Schanz, Hughes (S); Raffens- berger CID and Hemsley.
 First Game-Chicago 10; New York 15 Meers, Bithorn (3), Elem ing (4), Olsen CD, Adams l8) and Mccullough, Scheffing (5); An drews, Kraus (4), Fischer t5), Ken nedy (9) and Cooper
 Second game-Chicago g; New York 4, Borowy and McCullough; Budnick, Kraus CD, Voiselle (9) and Cooper.
 First Game-Pittsburgh 3; Bos- ton 4; Heintzelman, Gables @, AL hosta (5), Gerhauser CD, Lopez, Samalli (8); Lee, Posedel CD and Masi.
 Second Game-Pittsburgh 0; Bos- ton 4; Roe, Gables CD and Cam elli; Sain and Masi.
 St. Louis 2; Brooklyn 4; Brech- cen, Wilks CD, and Rice; Garagi- ola CD Hatten and Edwards.
 American League
 Fist Game-Boston 5; Cleveland l. Harris and Partee; Gromek Lemon CD, Klieman (8) and Lol- lar, Hayes f8).
 Second Game-Boston 6; Cleve- land 0; zuber and Wagner; Black, Lemon (4) and Hayes.
 First Game Washington T; St. Louis 4; Haefner and Evans; Kin