The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-26
NE:WH0USER, GREENBERG
 Al II AGAIN
Put Detroit at Top of Amer. League Dodgers Climb
 Up-450- Foot Homer
BY JOE REIcHLER GAP SPORTS WRITER }

hamn.sring Hank Greenberg, "a pair of old hands at coming through in tEe clutch for the world champion Dstrcit Tigers, are still up to their old tricks and as Q result the Bengals are reposing un- molested today at tke top of the American League.
 Th2 two Tiger stalwarts, who cemhircd their special talents - Greenberg with a grand slam hom- CT and Newnouser with splsndid relief job--to defeat the St. Louis Browns in the final game of the l945 season for the American League flag. collaboratad once more yesterday to vanquish the Browns again 6-5.
 The victory enabled the Tiger to take over undisputed possession of first place from the New York Yankees who dropped into a seconc, place tic with Boston by losing tc the Red Sox 12-5.
 Newhouser, despite one inning in which Le yielded all the enemy runs, southpawed his way to his third straight triumph of the young season. He gave up seven hits in pitching his third complete game and famed seven to increase his strikeeut output to 22 to 27 francs.
 Grecnberg enjoyed perfect day at the dish with two doubles, 6 single and free ticket to first.
 Dodgers In First Spot
 Prooklyn's dazzling. Dodgers nov ed into undisputed possession O. first place in the National league, when the St. Louis Cardinals, who shared the top berth with the hard playing Brooklyn team, slid down to second spot by lowing to the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3. A long home run telt by Pittsburghs Ralph Kiner that travelled fully 45O feet literally knocked the Cards out of the lead.
 The Cincinnati Reds squelckcd their 1945 nemesis, the Chicago Cubs. for the first time in four meetings this season with a 7~5 victory. Three Cub miscues gave the Reds as many runs in the sev- enth inning and chased starter Hank Borowy for the ssconG straight time this year. Cooper Hur;
 The New York Giants suffered a double blow as they not only bowad to the Boston Braves, for the sec ond straight time, 5-4. but lost the services of their ace catcher, Walker Cooper as we'll Cooper suffered 2 fracture of his finger on his right hand when Carvel (Bama) Rowell fouled off one of Monte Kennedy $ pitches.
 After x-ray exam nations, pr Francis Sweeney, the New Yolk cub physician, said Cooper would he out of the lineup for at least four weeks.
 Tie Chicago White Sox finally combined tight pitching and stout hitting as they thrashed the CleFe- land Indians 11-2 on l7-hit as sault.
 The scores:
 National League
 St. Louis ...... COZ GOO 10o-3 [ 2 Pittsburgh <. lo2 oo2 0ox-5 9 ?
 Brechesn, Dickson (6), Krist tS) and Rice, Wilber (6) Heintzelman Roe CD and Smith, Camelli C7). Cincinnati '. 200 010 30l-7 10 Chicago ... 0lo 300 01o-5 Il !
 Walters, Hetki (5), Lambert (8) and Meuller; Borowy, Erickson CD Rush 60 and Livingston, Schef- fling (9.
 Boston ............ 100 o03 Co0-5 12 New York ........ 1O2 900 01O-4 6
 Lee and Masi, Kennedy, Feldman t6), Trinkle (8) and w. Cooper Lombardi (4), Kluttz (9).
 American League
 Chicago ........ 005 0l0 113-ll IT , Cleveland =. 0C0 900 0l1- 2 g Lopat and Fresh; Reynolds, Gen. ter (3). Johnson (6) Podgajny (0) and Lollar, Hogan (6).
 Detroit 900 400 020-6 10 C St. Louis ........ 900 5c0 000-5 Il
 Newhouser and Tebbetts; Mil Ter, zoldak t4, Ferens t5), Kram- CT f9) and Mancuso.
 New York '. 200 020 010- 5 g C Boston ...... 432 012 00x-l2 13
 Roser, Zuter CD, Stanceu (6) Wight (8) and Robinson, Silverstri 1 (6); Dobson and Pytlak. | An eNnnT(