The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-13
NutionaZ Pennant FaUorites Double Victim of Reds

From mESuuout Team Glass
 New York, May 13-(UFD-Ths rest of the American League stiII searched for . way to harness the runaway Red sox today, but there was brighter outlook in the Na- tionaI where opponents of the Card inals dared to hope that the pre- season favorites might wind up as 1 "aIso rans" in the baseball pennant derby.
 The Yankees tried to stop the Red Sox by cooling off their reds hot hitters, but it didn't work. Bos- ton won two out of three games in the important series, cashing in on fine pitching and tight fielding to offset a sudden batting deficiency. The Red Sox were held to 14 hits for the three games and only two were for extra bases. The great Ted Williams, who suffered . touch of temperament when Yankee fans started razzing him, failed to get . hit in the three games and other key Boston sluggerS were similarly impotent.
 The Red Sox got only three hits off Sturgeon (SpuO Chandler yes- terday but beat the Yankee ace, 2 to because their own pitcher. Lefty Mickey Harris, also gave up only three hits and received better defensive support. Two straight er- TOTS by shortstop Phil Rizzuto led to one unearned Boston run while a pebble by substitute third base man Hank Majewsd produced another.
 Increase Lead 51S Games
 The victory was the 18th in IT games for Boston and increased its lead to five and @ half games over the second place Yankees. Harris won his sixth straight game while Chandler lost his first after five wins.
 Meanwhile, there were startling National League developments. The Cards wound up an unsuccessful home stay in which they won only four games and lost six by dropping a double header to the Reds, 4 to 2 and to l. Their old nemesis Bucky Walters, beat them in the 1O-inning opener while Rookie Ewell Blackwell stopped them on three hits in the second game. Gin. cinnati, which has won nine of it's last 12 games, moved into tie with Boston and Chicago for third place. Eddie Miller got first game homer and Grady Hatton hit one in the second gamee for the Reds.
 What makes the Cardinal situa- tion is that the team opens an east. ern road trip against the leading Dodgers tomorrow and Brooklyn hasn't been beaten at home in eight starts this year. XesterdaNb the Dodgers topped the Phils, lS to 4 and Manager Ben Chapman be- came so upset that he came out of retirement to pitch the last tw0 innings. He held the Dodgers SCoreA less, but before he came in the Dodgers had made 12 hits off threa bother fingers including home Tan1 by Augis Galan and Ed Stevens.
 Braves Clip Giants Twice
 The up-and-coming Braves won two at Boston, beating the Giants to 5 in 10 innings when pitcher Bill Lee walked to force home the winning run, then coaSting to an easy to 3 victory behind the steady pitching of Ed Wright. Ray Sanders got two-run homer, . double and two singles to pace the Braves in the opener in which pitcher Bob Joyce and Johnny Mise of the Giants also hit homers.
 Claude Paseeau of the Cubs ot1t- pitched Ken Heintzelman of the Pirates to win 8 3 to duel at Chic- ] ago. It was Passeau's second victory and Heintzelman's first defeat after three straight triumphs.
 The Tigers frightened their hold , on third place in the American by winning their seventh straight game. 4 to over the White Sox at Detroit. Paul (DizZy) Trout got all the mar gin he needed to edge Ted Lyons in 8 pitching battle when the Tigers scored three runs in the third. Doubles by Trout and Hank Green- berg and singles by Eddie Mayo and Barney McCosky accounted for the scoring.
 Teller Checks Browns Bob Teller struck out 12 batters , as the Indians beat the Browns at } Cleveland, 4 to 8 in 10 innings. The Browns hit hard and often to win the second game, g to g., Teller had Shutout going into the ninth of the opener, but eased up and the : Browns scored three runs, two on Johnny Lucadello's single with the } bases full. Mickey Rocco's homer was the most damaging blow off Brownie pitcher Tex Shirley in the nighcap. He scattered nine hits to win his second game.
 The Athletics and Senators split at Philadelphia. The As took the opener, 6 to 4 as young Dick Fowler won his first game since pitching a no-hitter late last season. Wash- ingtonss veteran knuckle- -baller Johnny Niggeling, gave up only four hits to win the afterpiece 3 to l. getting all the hitting support he needed from Stan Spence who made three doubles to bat in two runs. Spence also hit first game homes.