Evening star., 1947-07-29
Southpaw Scores Sixth
Win Over Foe, Wants
To Extend Il 10 Nine
By Joe Reiehler
Asseeioted Press Sports Writer

Strange are the workings OF base
ball.
Joe Hatten, the stylish southpaw
of the Brooklyn Dodgers, who has
beaten Chicago six times without a
setback this season, needs only three
more triumphs over the Cubs 10 tie
the record for most victories over a
club in one year. The record of nine
is held by Ed Reulbach of the 1908
Cubs.
And who do you think were the
Cub right-handers' victims? Why
the Dodgers, of course And just to
make it more fictional Reulbach cur
rently resides in Brooklyn.A
Hatten, who has beaten the Cubs
eight straight times, two of his wins
coming in the last half of the 1916
season, pitched three-hit, 40
shutout over his cousins" yesterday
to extend the Dodgers winning
streak to 10, not counting the pro-
tested 80 victory" over the St.
Louis Cardinals July 20. 1t Is the
longest winning streak of the season
in the National League.
10-Game Winner This Season.
Hatten has won 10 games all sea-
son, three of them against Philadel-
phia and one against Cincinnati.
He waged a beautiful pitchers bat
tie with Chicago's Johnny Schmitz
for eight scoreless innings yesterday
until the Brooks broke loose with
four runs In the ninth to hand
Schmftz his 18th defeat.
The win enabled the Dodgers to
maintain their seven-game lead
over the runner-up St. Louis Cardi-
mails, who staged one of their custo-
mary fast finishes to nip the Bos-
ton Braves, 81. The Braves drop
ped to nine games behind the Dodg-
ers and one percentage point be-
hind the third place New York
Giants.
In the only two American League
games, the New York Yankees in
creased their first-place margin
over the idle Boston Red Sox to 10
games by defeating the Detroit
Tigers, 5-l, and the Philadelphia
Athletics won over the Chicago
White Sox, 5-3. The three National
League games all were played dur
ing the daytime while the American
League contests were played at
night.
Schmitz Grants Three Hits.
Held to three hits by lefthander
Schmitz, the Dodgers started the
ninth inning assault when Jackie
Robinson drew a walk and raced to
second when the fourth ball was
wild pitch. Pete Reiser also walked
and Carl Furillo bunted safely to
load the bases. Robinson scored
the first run when First Baseman
Phil Cavarretta fumbled Dixie WAL
ker's grounder. Singles by Bruce
Edwards and Pee Wee Reese off
Relief Pitcher Emil Kush brought
in two more tallies.
Two Cardinal catchers, Del Rice
and Joe Garagiola, spanked the
Redbirds' win over the Braves.
Rice's three-run homer off Left
handler Warren SPAIN tied the score
in the eighth Garagiola's pinch
hit single sent Enos Slaughter home
with the decisive marker off 81
Johnson in the ninth. Ted Wilks,
fifth Cardinal hurler, pitched one
inning and was credited with the
victory. The Braves scored six of |
their runs in fourth inning up
rising that included two-run homers 4
by Earl Torgesone and Tommy
Holmes. 1@ ..r-
Johnny Wander Nicer, beaten in his
last five appearances. regained his
old-time form in handing the Giants
their third shutout of the year,
SO, in addition to holding them to
six hits. Vandy halted the Giants
homer hitting streak which had
gone through Is straight games,
one short of the National League
record. The Reds got to Mort
Cooper for run in the first inning
and added two more in the fifth
before the veteran Highlander was
lifted for a pinch hitter.
Rookie Vic Raschi, young impor-
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