Evening star., 1947-06-07
|Ex-Card Puts Led
By Old Boss in Race;
Browns Nip Yanks
By jack Hond
Asseeiaisd Press Sports Writer

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By Jack Hond
Asseeiaisd Press Sports Writer
Maybe Billy Southworth knew
something" when he grabbed Johnny
Beazley OF the st. Louis Cardinals
scrap heap and gave him another
chance with his Boston Braves.
Although the screamed right
handler has yet to approximate his
1912 form when he won Il as a
Redbird freshman, he has copped
two in a row for his old boss, South
worth, who now shippers the Boston
crew.
They had Beazley In New York
during the week for treatment by a
New York specialist who must have
known what he was doing. In his
first outing since May 8, the 28-
year-old veteran" turned back Gin
cinnati, So.
Beazley allowed II hits, but he
scattered them along the way and
all but one were singles. He walked
only two. great improvement on
his first start, and was able to come
through In the pinches:
Purchased from st. Louis In mid
April, right after opening day,
Beazley defeated Pittsburgh In his
first outing and then worked only a
total Of three relief innings before
last nights test. II he can take a
regular turn, even on, a once-a-week
basis, he'll be just what Southworth
needs to make real pennant threat
of his club. Behind Warren SPAIN
and Johnny Sain. the Braves pitch
ing has been spotty. Occasional
good efforts by Red Barrett, who
has won his last two, and Mort
Cooper and Ed Wright have not been
enough to give, the club a smooth
pitching rotation.
Beazley Gets Hitting Help.
Beazley had hitting help from
Catcher Phil Mast, who hammered
a three-run homer off Rookie Kent
Peterson in the Braves big inning,
the four-run fifth.
Brooklyn took a half-game lead
in that wild National League
scramble by defeating Chicago, 6-2,
breaking out of tie with the New
York Giants, who had moved UP
even with the Dodgers in an after
noon game thinning win over ST.
Louis, IA.
Lefty Joe Hatten kept the Cubs
under control in the Ebbets' Field
night game after a four run second
inning had ruined Hank Wyse. 1t
was Hatten's sixth win. Wyse has
tened his own downfall in the sec
ond with wild peg that let in two
additional runs after Jackie Robin
sons single with the bases loaded
had accounted for a pair.
Big Jawn" Mize kept the Giants
in the ball game with the Cards,
spelling Howie Pollet's prospective
shutout with grandslam homer in
the sixth. Although the Redbirds
came back to tie, knocking Bill
Ayers from the hill, New York
finally won on Willard Marshalrs
homer after Mize and Walker
Cooper walked in the 18th. The
homer came off Ken Burkhart, but
the loss went to Rookie Jim Hearn.
Junior Thompson, the third Giant
hurler, was the victor.
SchuItz's Homer Beats Bucs.
HOWE Schultz continued the davis
specially, game-winning homer,
when he hit one into the left-field
seats with the score tied in the last
OF the ninth at Shibe Park. As
result, the Phils' Fred Schmidt de-
cisioned Pittsburgh's Art Herring
4-3. Herring threw to Just one
batter, Schultz. His last previous
defeat was a one-batter job in New
York when Lloyd Gearhart nudged
him for homer.
Rain and the st. Louis Browns, "A
win over the New York Yankees
stretched Detroit's American League
lead to III games. The Tigers dav
game with Boston was washed out.
jeff Heath hammered a pair of
triples to spark the Brownies attack.
One was followed by Vern Stephens
fifth homer in the sixth and the sec
ond was followed by AL Zarilla,s
single to break a 3-3. tie in the
eighth. Although Joe Di Maggie
boosted his average to 1862 with a
homer, double and single and Bill
Johnson homered, the Browns Fred
Sanford took the pitching decision
over Joe Page, who hadn't lost since
April 10.
Mel Harder received credit for his
2l9th major league victory although
he was knocked from the box by Sam
Chapman's two-run homer in the
eighth-inning of Cleveland's IA
romp over Philadelphia. Ed Klieman
finished, hanging third loss on Bob
Savage who failed to survive the
third inning. Hank Majeski of the
AS and Jim Hogan and Dale Mitchell
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