The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-21
DodgerLeod Sliced To HaIfGome

New York, Aug. 21-tUP)-The wobbly Brooklyn Dodgers were catching it from both ends today as the Cardinals roared down the home stretch in traditional style and the Pirates kicked up their heels in the cellar.
 It was new version of the squeeze play, with the Dodgers Ma tional League lead squeezed to one- half game
 The roaring Redbirds, who have won IA of their last 19 games, cap- tured their fourth in a row last night as Howie Pollet blazed his southpaw slants past the Boston Braves, yielding only three hits for to l victory and St. Louis 14th In l9 games with Beantowners.
 Ace Responds
 Manager Eddie Dyer led with his ace in an attempt to keep the Cardinals coming and the New Or leans left responded brilliantly, striking out five and missing a shut out by one hit-ex-Cardinal Ray Sanders sixth homer of the season in the third inning.
 Pollet, shooting for the 20-game circle, breezed to his 18th triumph as Harry Walkers triple, Stan Mu- slals double and Enos Slaughter's single gave him the one-run mar gln he needed in the fourth.
 The new anti-union Pirates made almost as notable a gain, walloping the Dodgers to move within a half game of the seventh-place Phils Who dropped doubleheader to the Cubs. After rejecting the American Baseball Guild as their bargaining agent by IS to score. the Pirates sauntered onto Forbes Field and riddled four Dodger pitchers for 10 hits and 10 to victory their seventh in their last nine games.
 Manager Leo Durocher. in an at- tempt to start of the vital Western swing on a winning foot, led with hls stop-gap ace, Vic Lombardi. But the Bucs chased the little lefty to cover in the first inning with four runs as Jim Russell and Nick Strincevich combined to give the 5l,l06 fans real show.
 Russell singled with the bases loaded in the big first and again with them loaded in the seventh for two more runs while Strincevich muHled the Dodger attack with four hits for his eighth victory
 It was bad night for American League pitching aces, Teller and NeWhouser. however.
 Bobby Teller proved to Washing ton fans that he could throw a baseball 986 miles an hour in a pre-game test, but the unbelievine Senators rapped him for six hits and 5 to 4 victory over the In- dians.
 The Philadelphia Athletics turned on southpaw Hal Newhouser, rap ping him for seven hits. ? to 0 victory and their fourth in ls games with Detroit. Bob Savage held the Tigers to three hits to give New houser his sixth defeat compared with 2l victories
 DiMaggio Muffs Drive
 Joe DiMaggio muffed Bob Ken nedys long line drive with two out and the bases loaded in the sixth to cilmax pad night for the Yan- kees and the White Sox routed the New Workers, g to 2. Southpaw Ed Lopat limited the Tanks to eight hits - including DiMaggio's 2oth homer-for his ninth triumph.
 At Boston. Ted Williams waIloped his 33d homer and Chet Laabs his l4th as the Red Sox and Browns split a doubleheader. Jim Bagby's seven-hit hurling gave the Red Sox the opener. to l, while rookie righthander Ellie Kinder stopped the Bosox in the nightcap, 5 to 4, for his first victory of the campaign although he needed help from Tom Ferrick in the ninth inning
 Hank Borowy finished his fifth game in l9 starts to beat the Phil lies, to 2 in the first game and his Cub teammates easily took the second with l4-hit attack for a 10 to ? victory at Chicago.
 YESTERDAYS STAR: South
 paw Howie Pollet who pitched
 the Cardinals to within one
 half game of the Dodgers with