Evening star., 1946-09-12
Dickey Confirms Report He'll Quit Yankee Helm
Record ScoreIess Till
with Reds Cuts Into
Buns Flag Chance
By Joe ReichIer
Assoeioted Press Sports Writer

1 Associated Press Sports Writer
Like the 1888 Pittsburgh Pirates
the Brooklyn Dodgers may lose thu
National League pennant because O.
inability to play their full schedule
The Pirates of '38, who finished II
second place, 13 percentage point
behind the champion Chicago Cubs
were rained out of four games tina
year, two with the seventh-plact
Dodgers and two with the last-plac.
Philadelphia Phils.
Back in 1908 the Cleveland In.
dians dropped the American League
flag by half game to the Detroi
Tigers because the Bengals were un.
able to play off a postponed game
with the Washington Mats.
Unlike the Pirates and Indians
the Dodgers cannot blame theil
plight on the weather. Instead, they
can point to yesterdays record.
breaking 19-inning scoreless tie with
the Cincinnati Reds.
Cards Winning Edge Heavy.
The scoreless deadlock, coupled
with the st. Louis defeat by the Phils
in Philadelphia, cut the Cardinals
hrst-place margin to game and q
half. Both teams are all even or
the losing SIDE of the ledger, but the
Cards have won three more games.
With the Reds not scheduled to
meet the Dodgers either at Ebbets
Field or in Cincinnati again this
year, the Dodgers may find them
selves needing a victory to tie the
cards for first place. That is, unless
the no-decision game is played off
Branch Hickey, head of the
Dodgers, planned to confer with
Ford Frick, president of the Ma
tional League, today, in an effort te
arrange playing date for the two
teams. Only two dates can be made
available, but whether they will is
questionable.
Hickey said he will request the
possibility of playing off the game
on September 20 or 26. He would
like to move back the Dodger- Pirate
game, only scheduled league tilt on
September 20, to make double
header with the Bucs September 49,
If that could not be arranged, he
said he would ask permission to have
the Dodgers meet the Reds on Sep
tember 26, an open date for both
| teams.
Way to Playoff Difficult.
Frick pointed out that hickey
would need the consent of: /. The
Reds, who would have to travel
from Philadelphia for the Septem-
ber 20 game and then Immediately
have to hop a train for Pittsburgh
where they are scheduled to play the
following day. 2. The Pirates, who
might be unwilling to play two
games on September 10. 8. The
Cards. 4. The Phillies, who are
waging battle with the Reds for
fifth place. S. The Cubs and Boston
Braves, who might want the same
concession in order to play off their
Trimming tie of yesterday.
The marathon game yesterday
called because of darkness, bettered
by one the previous longest scoreless
tie game, played July Is, 1909, be-
tween Detroit and Washington
However, Pittsburgh and the Braves
went 20 scoreless innings on August
!, 1918, before the Pirates came UP
with two runs in the 21st to win, 20
A National League rule forbade the
Dodgers to turn on the light yester-
day to finish the game.
Johnny Wander Nicer of double
no-hit fame emerged the pitching
hero of the lengthy game. He
pitched the first Is innings, gave
up only seven hits, allowed no run
ner to reach third base and struck
out IA while walking only two Harry
Gumbert pitched the last four in
nings for the Reds, allowing only
one hit.
Reds Twice Miss Score.
The Dodgers used four pitchers
Starter Hal Gregg going 10 in.
nings. Hugh Casey, five; Art Her
ring, three, and Hank Behrman
one. They gave up 10 hits.
Twice the Reds missed scoring by
a split second when Dodger Out
f1elders Pete Reiser and Dixie Walk
er threw out runners at the plate
Walkers game-saving throw came
in the 10Th inning.
Oscar Judd, 36-year-old south
paw, joined Pittsburgh's Fritz Oster-
muller as the only pitchers to de-
feat the Cardinals four times this
year when he pitched the Phils
to a 9-4 victory over the Cards
For the second straight day, the
Tigers forced postponement of Bos.
tons pennant celebration by hand.
ing The American League leading
Red Sox 7-3 setback. Hanl
Greenberg highlighted a five-rur
!, first inning against Dave (Boo) Fer.
riss with his 33d home run witt
two on.
The Cubs and Braves battlee
through II innings before dark
ness halted their game with thu
score tied at 3-3.
The Indians hammered four Yam.
kee pitchers for an 11-2 win ane
the ST. Louis Browns shut ou
the Philadelphia Athletics, 40
The Pirates went into seventh
place in the National League ane
dumped the Giants into the cellar
by beating the New Workers twice
7-6 and 7-5.