Evening star., 1946-09-03
Relief Jobs by BrazIe
Raise ST. Louis Lead;
Bosox Close 10 Flag
By Jock Hand
Associated Press Sports Writer

National League fans long may re-
member the 1916 pennant race as
the battle of the bullpens" with
Manager Eddie Dyer of the st. Louis
Cardinals uncovering Al Brazle as
his latest relief ace to match Leo
Durocher's crew of Brooklyn fire.
men.
The Dodgers had a monopoly on
the relief pitching business until the
Cardinal regulars began to totter,
but now Dyer can match Durocher
man-for-man in the parade from
bullpen to the pitching rubber.
Thirteen relieferS have seen duty
in the last 10 Cardinal games in
which only one starter, Howie Pollet,
has gone the route. Murry Dickson
and Ted Wilks have been active
f1remen, but Brazle is the latest dis
covery.
The lean lefthander'S greatest day
of the season came yesterday when
he received credit for both ends of
double win over Cincinnati, GA
and 81, although he, too, needed
held from the bullpen In the late
STAGES of the second game.
Race Get Tough for Dodgers.
The twin victories established
the CARDS lead at 21a games because
Brooklyn, after winning the opener
from the Phillies, So, ran afoul of
Oscar Judd's left arm and dropped
the 80 finale.
Although the schedule still favors
the Dodgers. who have 20 at-home
dates in their remaining % games,
time rapidly is running out and the
ST Louis lead becomes more formid-
able every passing day.
Enos Slaughter deserved at least
half the credit with Brazle for the
two victories over the Reds. His
tWo-run homer provided the VIM
ming margin in the first game and
his two homers in the second helped
counteract the effects of a six-run
squirt by Cincinnati in the sixth
inning.
Durocher got away with one pitcher
in the first game success against the
Phillies as Rube Melton edged Ken
Raffensberger with the help of three
base hits by Carl Furillo, a homer,
double and single. Judd actually won
his own game in the nightcap, OPEN
ing the seventh inning with single
moving to second on sacrifice and
scoring the tie-breaking run on Del
Ennis single. He was in a jam in
the ninth when the Brooks had the
bases loaded with one out, but he
got out of it without allowing a run.
Cooper Brothers Duel.
Walker Cooper was the big noise
for the New York Giants in their
eight seventh inning that earned
an 8-3 edge and an even break with
Boston, which had won the opener.
So. Cooper spoiled Brother Mort S
shutout bid in the first tilt with a
two-run double. 1t was the first time
he had appeared against his brother
since they left st. Louis.
Pittsburgh and Chicago swapped
decisions, the Pirates grabbing a Al
opener for Rookie Edison Bahr. The
veteran Russ Bauers, a former Pirate,
earned his first victory of the season
on 7-3 job for the Cubs in the
second.
New York's largest crowd of the
season, 70, ,551 paid, watched Boston's
Red Sox sweep both games from the
Yankees, So and 81, moving the
Red Sox toward mathemati tical flag
clinching with 1512 game lead.
Hank Greenberg's two-run homer
provided the scoring punch for De-
troits 81 edge over Chicago in the
first half of a double header. Frank
Papish outpitched the Tigers A,
Benton to square matters, g.
st. Louis thrumped Cleveland, 80,
on an eight-run squirt in the eighth
inning of the opener and the teams
played 13 innings to % deadlock
before darkness forced the second
game to be called