The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-25
BroveS Much proved by SouthWorth

were calling Boston Billy South
 wortn's new ball club the Cape Coo
 Cardinals today-and with good
 reason.
 They certainly weren't the Braves
 of old yesterday when they hot
 footed 1t to a 10 to 2 victory over
 the Giants at the Polo Grounds
 Tn fact with the bright new red
 emblems on their road uniforms
 and with Billy the Kid signaling his base runners like a traffic cop from the third base coaching spot, 1t was hard to believe that 1t was the Braves and not the Cardinals in the ball game.
 Were going to play the same kind of game that worked in St. Louis," Southworth said. Every" body hustles on thiS club"
 From the opening play 1t looked
 nothing at all like an outfit that had been the victim of a Ilo-hit no-run the day before. They got l4 hits against five Giant pitchers including successive homers in the eighth by Tommy Holmes, with two men abase, and by eX-Cardinal Ray Sanders.
 On the base paths they cut down Giant pivot men twice to prevent being caught in double play nets an old Cardinal trick.
 Afield they worked their speed to advantage the other way, clicking for five double plays, one of them sparkler in which shortStop Whitey Wietelmann raced into left field to haul down & blooper that looked like a certain hit--So cer- tain in fact that the Giant base runner had already rounded second. Wietelmann lobbed toss to Sar- ders to catch him by a hundred feet.
 Each Won
 The vigor got the Braves I1o- where in their efforts to move up on the leading Dodgers and Cardinals, however. Both teams won their seventh straight victories to remain deadlocked in first place.
 The Dodgers made l6 hits In an ii to 3 win at Philapelphia in which rookie Carl Furillo got @ homer and three singles, driving in three runs and scoring twice. Pete Reiser got 8 homer and a single and scored twice and Ed Stevens batted in four runs, three with Q a bases full triple,
 Lefty Howie Pollet won his sec" ond well-pitched game for the Cardinals at Cincinnati, 3 to 2, but he needed batting help from Stan MuSial who drove in two runs With timely singles and scored the third himself on Harry Walkers safety. The Cards made only six hits but put them to efficient use.
 Truett (Rip) Sewell singled home the run that gave him & { to 5 pitching victory aS the Pirates edged the Chicago Cubs at Pitts burgh. He gave up nine hits, put only Don Johnson, who got three, rave him any ConSiStant trouble.
 Joe and Ted "Cold"
 The Yankees slugged their way Into first place with a l2 to 5 vie- tory ct Boston. They got no help from their key hitter, Joe DiMag. Vio. wlob went 70 for 6" but didn't need 1t in e 15-hit maltreatment of four Red Sox pitchers including staff ace, Cecil CTex) HughSon, who was batted out in the fourth. red Williams didn't do SO well, either. The Boston hitting star was booed noistly in the ninth when he hit into fis third double play. Nick Et' zen and Aaron Robinson each nat- ted in three Yankee runs.
 Cleveland Catcher Frankie Hayes, who holds the major league record 'or baclSstopS with 3i2 consecutive appearances, ended his string and his successor, rookie sherman Lo. lar. paced the Indians to 6 5 to victory over the Browns at st. Louis. Lollar got two hits and has three.run double in the eighth won the game for rookie pitcher Charley (Red) Embree, who yielded only i've hits.
 Washington made all of its runs In the eighth inning to beat the visiting Philadelphia Athletics, 1 toI 3, breaking up 6 tight duel be- ;ween Senator pitcher, Rae Scar borough and Herman tAunD Bee- ,e.. The As took on 0 lead on Hal Peck's homer in the first ot rhe eighth, but the Senator rally aullified that blow.
 There were no other American League games scheduled.
 Yesterdays Star. - Snortstop Whitey Wietlmann of the Braves the teams weakest hitter, who made four sharp singles and a sen- ,ational catch of a blooper ny ln ;hort left to double runner Tn a 10 to 2 win over the Giants.