The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-23
St. Louis Hos
 6Gomes Left: RivoIs Have 5


 New York, Sept. 2s-(UP)-The Dodgers may be team of des- tiny" but they still have to prove it today to SkepticS who can't forget that Brooklyn teams since 1940 have had an irritating habit of folding up in the stretch.
 Five times in the past seven years, Brooklyn has been in first place at the July mile post, but the 194O, AZ, and AS teams faded in the final going.
 And the odds were increasingly heavy today against the 1946 outfit joining the 1941 team which man. aged to squeeze through to the pen nant.
 Always Bouncing Back
 The embattled "Bums," who have bounced back countless times this season when it appeared they were through, were bare half game be- hind the first place Cardinals. But the race wasn't quite as close as 1t appeared to be.
 The Cards have six games to go and have suffered one less defeat | than Brooklyn. Hence any com bination of six Cardinal victories and Dodger defeats will bring St. Louis the pennant. Eff the Cardi- nals win five and lose one of their games, the Dodgers still will have to win all of their five even to gain 8 tie. The Cards can win four and lose two and the Dodgers still would have to win all five to take the flag without playoff.
 The one hopeful sign for Brooklyn and it might be wiShful thinking is that the Cardinal pitching staff seems weary. Only two members have been able to go the route in the past 12 days and Pollet was bumped around like batting prac- tice pitcher yesterday in dropping a to decision to the Cubs.
 Harry Brecheen, who is slated to go against the Cubs today has lost his last two games and four out of his last six starts. George Munger, after a good start, has been batted out in his three most recent ap- pearances. Alpha BraZle, Ted Wilks, and Ken Burkhart are effective only for short stretches. Only Dickson is consistent.
 Cubs Smack Pill
 The Cubs pounded Pollet and three successors for 12 hits. Bot Sturgeon hit a double and a homer while Bill Nicholson smashed a triple to start of three-run sixth inning rally.
 A team of lesser stuff than the Dodgers might have folded after a bad break which gave the Braves 4 to 2 victory in the first game yeS- terday, but the Buns" fought back and took the nightcap, to l behind li1 Vic Lombardfs four-hit pitching. The break came in the sixth inning of the opener with Higbe pitching superbly.
 After Tom Neill, rookie, had started the inning with a single, Tommy Holmes hit hard bounder toward Ed Stevens, Dodger first bas4man. It looked like double play ball, but it took a weird hop over his head and went for single. Whil Masi scored one run with fly and pinchhitter Jack Barrett put over two more with a single. Pitch CT Johnny Sain, who won his 20th game, drove in the fourth run with an infield out.
 A four-run second inning rally, which was highlighted by Lombar- dis double and singles by Carl Furillo, Peewee Reese. and Bruce Edwards, put the Dodgers over in a hurry in the second game. Danny Litwhiler's homer was the only run of Lombardi. Dixie Walker hit a first game Dodger homer.
 Reds Lose Manager
 The Reds won a double header at Pittsburgh, to and 6 to 5, but lost their manager, Bill McKechnie, who resigned after the game.
 The Phils, who come to Brooklyn for series today, tuned up by top ping the Giants, to and l to 0. Tommy Hughes pitched a six-hitter to win the second game shutout.
 The Tigers ran their winning streak to eight games by beating the Indians at Cleveland, 3 to 0 and 4 to 3. Hal Newhouser who pitched a two-hitter and struck out nine, had the better of Bobby Teller who gave up eight hits and struck out seven in the years first duel be- tween baseballs big aces. It was Newhouser's 26th victory. tops for the majors. Al Benton pitched the second victory for the Tigers.
 The Yankees defeated the Ath- leticS, to 3 and to at New York, Spud Chandler winning his 18th game in the opener. Rookie Larry Bera, just up from Newark, and Charley Keller hit Yankee homers.
 Red SOx Top SolOns
 The Red Sox topped the Senators, 4 to l at Washington as Tex Hugh son scored his 18th victory, giving up six hits.
 Fred Sanford, Brown rookie, won his second straight shutout, defeat ing the White Sox at St. Louis, ? to 0 after which Chicago put on a 15-hit attack to win the second game, 8 to 5.
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