The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-13
CARDS SLIP;
 Z REASONS
 ARE GIVEN
Detroit Tigers Get Together Boost Themselves
 Into Flag Race
BY JOE REICHLER CAP SPORTS MRITER) )

b1 JOE RElCHLER CAP SPORTS WRITER)
 It is moot question today wheth- CT collapse of the St. Louis Card inal pitching staff is due chiefly to the absence of Walker Cooper, star catcher sold to the New York Giants, or 10 return of pre-war stars to tha Big Leagues. Whatever the reason, it is no secret now that CD the Redbird pitching staff is not all it's cracked up to be; C2) the Cards will not walk into the National League championship as predicted origin ally
 With one month of the 1946 cam paign gone, St. Louis two top hurl- CTS last year-Harry (The CaD Bre- cheen Q4-4) and Charis (Red) Barret t3-12)-have wone but one game between them.
 Tluin GGmes By Reds
 Both had almost two full week of rest when they tcok the hill against Cincinnati yesterday. Each failed to last and the Reds swept a double bill Az and 5-1 to move into a third place tie with the Boston Braves and Chicago Cubs. The double defeat tumbled the Cards from first to second place in the National League, one and one half games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers.
 The Reds, meantime, were the re- cipients of some masterful hurl- ing by Bucky Walters and Fresh man Ewell Blackwell. Each gained his first triumph, Walters holding the Cards to six scattered hits in the 10-inning opener and Blackwell permitting only three safeties, while striking out 10 in the nightcap
 Tigers Start Agotng Somewhat oyershadowed by the Pcston Red Sox winning streak, which ended at IS Saturday, the Detroit Tigers have gone quietly about putting together a streak of i their own to boost themselves back into the American League flag chase.
 Dizzy Trout pitched the Bengais to their seventh straight yesterday .1yi+lo a d1 ea,,a,, hit ,,arfor,,, a ', oo ever the Chicago White Sox before 43, 760 paying customers
 Trout's yin, ms third of the year, came at the expense of 45- Iyear-old Ted Lyons, who was pitch ing his 27th consecutive complete game for the Sox over a three-year span.
 Scr Keep Winning
 The League leading Red Sox re- sumed their winning ways by de- feating the New York Yankees 3-1 in the rubber game of their three game series before a tremendous turnout of 68l93, second highest single game crowd in baseball his- tory.
 Yesterdays game was a pitching duel between Boston's Mickey Har- ris and New York's Spud Chandler, with Chandler going down to de- feat mainly because of his own wildness and faulty fielding by his mates.
 Homers and Dodgers
 Brooklyn ran it's unEsaten vic- tory string at home to eight by pummeling the Philadelphia Phils, 13-4. Southpaw Vic Lonbardi notched his fourth victory aided by homers by Ed Stevens and Augie Galan.
 The Boston Braves slapped down the New York Giants twice 6-5 and 7-2 to drop the Ottmen into tke second division
 The Cubs whipped to Sevent:s place Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 behind Claude Passeau's seven-hit pitching and moved within three games of the top.
 Teller Fans
 With Stan Spence taking over the siege role, Washingtons Senators gained an even break with tke Philadelphia Athletics, winning the 3-1 after dropping the op- ener, GA.
 The St. Lois Browns extended Bobby Teller to 10 innings before to Cleveland 4-3 in the opener, then came back to scalp the Indians 9-3. Teller famed l2 to raise his seasons strikeout total to Il and give the Tribe their first home triumph of the season.
 Short scores follow:
 American League