The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-26
 Hot as His
 Tigers Lead

TNtW T OIks hpIil 70 - NOEJ - HUI Newhouser, the eminent left-winger of the Detroit Tigers, was of to- day to the best early start of any major league pitcher since l942 and it was no mere coincidence that the same time his team took over first place in the American League.
 Newhouser pitched the Tigers into the lead yesterday with @ 6 to 5 victory over the Browns at St, Louis, and though the performance was mt up to the usual quality, 1t gave him his third straight victory. Not since l942 when Jim Bagby, then with the Cleveland Indians, scored his third win on April 23, has any major league pitcher made a quick getaway.
 Moreover, the triumph put him 24 days ahead of his last years pitch ing timetable when he didn't win his third game until May l9. And he finished that campaign with 25 vic- tories to lead both leagues for the second straight year. He is even ahead of his l944 pace when he won % games, but didn't come up with victory number three until May 9.
 All of which leads to the inevit- able speculation that the Tigers might move along on the brilliance of their pitching while the Yankees and Red SoX are getting nowhere by batting down each others fences
 That is precisely what put the Tigers in first place. While New houser was winning his ninth straight game from the Browns since losing to them on opening day of l945, the Red SoX were turning the tables on the Yankees at Bos- ton.
 The Red Sox won yesterdays game, l2 to which was the re- verse of the day before when the Yankees won, l2 to to take over the lead.
 Extra base hits helped Newhouser to the triumph which displaced the Yankees. The Tigers made four runs in big fourth on doubles by Eddie Mayo, Barney McCosky, and Hank Greenberg, and Roy Cullenbine'S two run homer The Browns came back to score all of their runs in their half of the inning. Len Schulte's two run single and a double by Johnny Erbardino, which put them ahead, were the big blows. The Tigers clinched 1t With two runs in the eighth. Greenbergs double and singles by Dick Wakefield, Pinky Higgins, and Birdie Tebbets did the work.
 Rookie Eddie Pellagrini kept up his sensational hitting With a homer, triple, and double in the Red Sox victory. Johnny Pesky got tive doubles and two singles in the .3- hit attack on four Yankee pitchers. Joe Dobson, shaky at ths start, stuck 1t out to win. Joe Gordon got 0 Yankee homer.
 The Chicago White Sox went on one of their infrequent hitting sprees to beat the Indians at Cleve- land, Il to 2, getting IT hits in- cluding a homer by Hal TroSky, Ed Lopat, White Sox pitcher, and Luke Appling each made three hits.
 The Brooklyn Dodgers celebrated the acquittal of their manager, Leo Durocher, on an assault charge, by taking over the lead in the National without playing. They were Pained out at Philadelphia while the Card inals ended 6 Seven-game winning streak at Pittsburgh, losing, 5 to 3 to drop to second. Rookie Ralph | Kiner, who goes for Cardinal south paw pitching, hit a two run homer of loser Harry Brecheen to pace the Pirates. Last week he homered of Lefty Howie Pollet. Ken Heint- 2leman, the winner, had to retire in the seventh because of blister on his pitching hand.
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 The Braves made 1t two In row over the Giants at New York, Win- ming s to 4 in the ninth by scoring without getting a hit-on a hit bats man, wild throw, Tommy Holmes sacrifice and @ perfect squeeze bunt by Nanny Fernandez. It was an ex- pensive defeat for the Giants, who lost the services of their $i75,000 catcher, Walker Cooper, for He suffered a broken finger from a foul tip.
 The Cincinnati Reds finally beat the Cubs at Chicago, 2 to 5, for their first victory there since Sept. IA, 1914 It was Cincinnati's second win over the Cubs in 27 games. Three runs in the seventh which were presented through three Cub errors gave the Reds the victory over pitcher Hank Borowy, the Cub ace.
 Philadelphia at Washington in the American also was rained out.
 
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