The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-02
Dodgers Have Indian Sign On PhiIIies

New York, July 2@UP)-The honeymoon" was over today for the Philadelphia Phillies.
 It was nice while it lasted but 1t ended as soon as they tangled with the Dodgers at Brooklyn last night.
 Things had been wonderful since the Phils last encountered the Dod- gers. They had won 20 and lost only nine and they had risen to a posi- tion of responsibility in the Ma tional League, going into a middle class fifth place tenancy after va eating their basement home.
 But the Dodgers, who have a special magic touch whenever the Phils are around, beat them for the ninth straight time this season, II to 6, starting off with a siX-run first lining Their 11-run total was the largest amasSed against the Phils since the Dodgers beat them l3 to 4 way back on May 12
 Phils, Braves Easy Meat
 The Dodgers, who now have 28 wins and three defeats for the past two season against the Phils, pro bably would not be in first place if 1t were not for their mastery over them and the Boston Braves, whom they have beaten nine times in II starts.
 Last nights 15-hit victory was Brooklyn's sixth straight, four of the previous wins having been racked up against the Braves, the other against the Reds. Ed Stevens and Cookie Lavagetto with three hits apiece paced the attack. Rookie Hank Behrman went. all the way for his fourth victory
 The Cardinals dropped 6l2 games behind when eX-team mate Harry Gumbert of the Reds beat them, 5 to 4, in l3 innings at St. Louis for his second relief victory in as many days. The shoe was on the other foot for Cardinal Al Brazle, who lost his second game in two days He filled the bases on Al Libke's single, force-out, Bert Haas two base hit and an inten- tional pass to Bob Usher, and Ray Mananno's long fly scored the win ming run. Harry Walker of the Cards and Al Libke of Cincinnati hit home runs.
 Truett (Rip) Sewell crossed up critics who said he didn't belong on the National League team by pitch ing Pittsburgh to fur-hit, to 0 victory at Chicago. It was his top job of the year after a stretch of medciority. Billy Cox tripled off Hank Wyse in the second and came home on Lou Stringer's error for the Pirate run.
 Pays In Dividends
 Jittery Joe Berry, bought from Toronto earlier in the day, paid a quick dividend to the Indians when his four-inning relief job beat the Browns at Cleveland, to f. Pat Seerey hit three-run Cleveland homer in the first inning but the veteran Mel Harder couldn't hold the margin and Berry came on to gain the victory. Walt Judnich homered for the Browns.
 Virgil Trucks gained a 3 to 0 Detroit victory over the visiting White Sox for his second shutout in twilight games this season. Roy Cullenbine hit a Tiger homer after a misjudged fly enabled Hank Greenberg to score from first with the other run Trucks was in trouble frequently, but bore down in the pinches, stranding II Chicagoans on base.
 The Yankees beat the Giants, 3 to 0, in an exhibition game at the Polo Grounds for a trophy offered by Mayor William O'DWyer. Tommy Heinrich hit a homer as Bill Wight and Mel Queen collaborated in a seven-hit blanking job.
 There were no other games scheduled.
 Yesterdays Star-Truett (Rip) SeWell of the Pirates who held the Cubs to four hits in a l to 0