The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-04
Dodgers, Red
 Sox to Repeot 1916 Series?

balls big B" teams. the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Red SOx. were playing a brand of grade "A" base. bell ioday that made it worth won- dertng whether the l9ls World SefieS might be a belated encore of the dramatic meeting of the same club just % years ago.
 Tn, Do6Reis ana Red Sox. both moving along a; a pennani.winning pace. sipniiicantlv enjoyed the wid. cs; leads today that they have held since the season began in April. And though the collapse or at least relapse os both has been freely pre- dicieG there has been nothing in ;he Cards LOT Yankees, to indicate that their second place rivals are ready to move in if such blow-ups do occur.
 Tweniy-elaht years l. long time. but that is how long the Red Sox have been waiting for that treasured triangular piece Of goods known as pennant 10 wave on the fiagpole q, Fenway Park. The Dodeers have been a little more fortunate. getting into the classic in 1920 aeainsi the Indians and in l9li against the Yankees. although they won neiih- CT.
 Sweep Twin Bill
 The Dodgers also were on the short end in that 1916 meeting against the Red Sox dropping four out oi five games.
 The Red Sox cashed in on en- other "two-for-one" sale at Boston yesterday. winning their fourth double header this year. 6 io l and 5 10 ? over the White Sox. The twin win fattened Boston's lead over New York to seven games. Dave 'Boop Ferriss won the opener for his ninth straight victory wi'h- cui a l0ss and he just missed hi' fifth shutout when Chicago scored twice with two men out in Inc ninth. Ferriss gave up 10 hits but was miserly with men on base. Joe Dobson gained his sixth vi"tory aeainst one defeat by holding Chi cagO 10 five hits in the second game. Rudy York hOmered in the opener
 The Yankees lost ground bv win. ming at New York getting lS hits 70 shake of a batting slump in q I2 to ? batterine Of the Browns Seven runs in the first inning made it breeze for rookie Clarenct ,Cuddlesp Marshall to win his sec- ond game. The handsome yo'lng- ster also chipped in three hits Charlev Keller and Nick Etten eoi iiomers. II was Rollers 10th. pu'- ting him one un6 Scr Joe DiMaegiO for the league lead.
 The Senators beat Detroit. tO { ai Washington but much more costly than the defeat to the Tigers was the loss Of three players. Eddie Mayo. Hoot Evers. and Prank Over mire in two accidents. Mayo in. iired his leg and Eyers his jaN when they bumped head-On. chas' ing 8 hy. Oyermire. the starting pitcher. sprained his ankle when hs slid into second base. Emil 1Dutchl LeOnard, trying for his sixth straight victory. was batted out if inc fourth and lefty Bob Kennedy gave up only one hit thereafter tt win his first game. The Mats made four in the fifth. two on George Myatts single. to clinch Ii,
 Giants Aid Dodgers
 Tine Indians and As divided a' philadelDhia. Cleveland won. ( to ] despite a four-riln rally by the As in the ninth. TWo-rln homer' by Les Fleming end Sherman Lol- lar gave the Indians 3 margin that barely stood I'D. Dick Fowler edged ex-outfielder. Bob Lemon in the second game Ditching battle which the As won. 3 10 ?. Elmer yalo's two-rln double beat Lemon
 The slIrpFisine Giants did th' idle Dodgers a biz favor al s' Louis by beating the Cardinals, to on Willard Marshall's nintf nnine homer with man on base The Giants, unbeaten at St. Louis have won four games there thii season. Buster Adams hit a Card inel homer as a bineh-hitter, Thi defeat put st. Louis four full gamei cehind Brooklyn,
 The Phils, itehine to get out O last place, won their fifth game iI six starts. 8 to { at Pittsburgh ol the strenpth Of a fOur-rlIn rally II the sixth which Andy seminiel snarked with a three.run homer The Phils made 10 hits On three Piti sbureh pitchers,
 There were no other Nati0na Leaque games scheduled