The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-31
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 New York, May 31-(UP)-They said the big boy was through, that he had given his best baseball years to Uncle sam and that by July 1 he probably would be out of the Detroit lineup.
 Today Hank Greenberg left these gloomy prophets with no choice but to sit down at a not-too-palatable meal of their own words.
 He admits he ls tired, that his legs aren't as spT1ngy as before he went into the service. It isn't easy for him to take the beating Q big man gets at first base every day and maybe the hits don't come as often as they once did. Just the same he was tied with Joe DiMag- gio for the major league homer lead, with il. His batting average of .26T isn't imposing, but 24 of his 36 hits have been for extra bases, giving him a Slugging percentage of 603, second high in the league. And he has driven in 9 runs, tops for 
 the team.
 Spoiled Clubhouse ShutOut
 It was Big Hanks day yesterday at St. Louis where he hit three hom- CTS as the Tigers divided with the Browns. He hit two of them in the first game and drove in four runs to back up Dizzy Trout's pitching in 2 to 3 win. His third homer spoiled a shutout for Denny Gale house, who pitched Q six-hit 2 to l victory for the Browns in the sec: o1ld game.
 At Boston, the rollicking Red Sox stayed 6h games ahead of the Yam kees by trouncing the skeptical Sena- tors, 6 to and 2 to 3. Washing ton Manager Ossie Bluege, who in- Sists the Red Sox are playing over their heads, found that they were playing over the Senators heads, too. Boston won the opener with five runs in the lest two innings, Bobby Doerr scoring the winning run from second in the ninth on Q force out while the bewildered Nat infield was trying to complete c double play at first. Lefty Mickey Harris won his eighth game in the afterpiece, pitching seven-hitter. Glen Russell and Ted Williams got Boston homers and Je6 Heath hit one for Washington.
 The Yankees kept pace by beat ing the Athletics twice at New York, 6 to l and 6 to 3, getting hits for the day. Spud Chandler won his seventh game in the opener, hofners by Tommy Heinrich and DiMaggio backing him up. The Yankees made IS hits, all singles, as Floyd Bevens gained the second victory.
 Bob Teller pitched his fourth shutout and seventh victory at Cleveland, banking the White Sox, 3 to o, to end a four-game winning streak which began with the debut of Ted Lyons as Chicago pilot. He gave up eight hits. Bill Dietrich and Ralph Hammer counted by pitching a 4 to 0 Chicago shutout. Hammer took over when Dietrich got a "tummy ache" in the fourth and preserved the Shutout. He got credit for the victory in which he also drove in two runs with g single, Frankie Hayes of Cleveland and Hal Trosly and Waly Moses of Chicago hit homers.
 Phillies Have Big Day
 The no longer futile PlilS were the only National league team to profit from the holiday, winning both of their games from the Giants at Philadelphia. 8 to 5 and 3 to l. It was their first twin win of the season. Hugh Mulcahy and Oscar Judd turned in the victories. Johnny Wyrostek and Ron Worthy of the Phils and Buddy Blattner of the Giants hit homers.
 Sour pitching plagued the Car dinals at Pittsburgh where 1ive St. Louis Ringers were used in each game as the teams split. The Bucs, getting g hits for the day, won the opener, 9 to 3 as Fritz Oster- mueller cashed in on . six-run rally in the eighth to win his third game. Pittsburgh almost won the second game the same way, scoring seven runs in the eighth, but the Cards CdIUG DECK WIbIl 41VC HI v4kO 44A44vAA " win, 12 to Il. The Pirates added two more in the ninth, but fell one short of a tie. Ralph Kiner homer ed for Pittsburgh and George Kur- owsld got 8 three-run homer Tor the Cards.
 The Dodgers stayed two games in front of st. Louis by dividing with the Braves at Brooklyn. Kirby Higbe gained a 5 to o five-hit shut- out for his third straight Dodger victory in the opener. Boston got of to a 9 to 2 lead in two innings and coasted to a 10 to 8 second game victory in which Johnny Hopp set the pace with two singles and @ double.
 Hank Wyse pitched g four-hitter to give Chicago 6 6 to 2 win at Cincinnati and Hank Borowy ap- peared to be following suit in the nightcap when he blew up in the ninth and the Reds got six runs to win, 2 to 6. Borowy had famed III and allowed only six hits when he lost his stuff. Ray Mueller cracked a two-run homer in the big Red rallys
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