Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-23
pennant HopesDarke
As Cards Skid 10 Six
TiIts Back Of Bruins
By Joe ReiehIer

Assoeiofed Press Sports Writer
That glossy pennant picture, as
painted only the other day by Eddie
Dyer. master manipulater of the st.
Louis Cardinals, appeared today to
have become somewhat blurred.
Despite Dyer's assertion following
st. Louis recent series with the
Dodgers, that it would be a fight
right down to the wire with the
Cards winning It," 1t was doubtful
whether the unpredictable Redbirds
ever have been worse of than at
this moment.
Beaten for the second time in
three games by the lowly Phillies In
Philadelphia last night, the Cards
skidded to six full games behind the
front-running Brooklyn team In the
hectic National League race. Al
though they have trailed by more
games on other occasions, they now
have so little time to make I'D the
deficit.
With only three more cracks left
at the Dodgers, the Cards have but
IS more games left to play, to 80 for
the Brooks.
Brooks Cop in 18th Round.
The Brooks, unlike the Cards,
continued to fatten up on the Sec
ond division outfits, eking out a
6-5 victory over Cincinnati in u
hard-fought innings at Ebbets
Field. A muff of q thrown ball by
Catcher Ray Lamanno enabled
Dixie Walker Of the Dodgers to
score the winning run.
A triple by Walker had high
lighted a two-run eighth-inning
rally which gave the Dodgers q
So advantage, but the Reds tied
the score in the ninth on two
singles, an error and double by
Bobby Adams.
A ninth-inning home run by AL
Lakeman with one on won for the
Philles, AZ. The four-base blow
was q climax to pitching duel
between Dutch Leonard of the Phils
and Harry (the Cat) Brecheen of
the Cards. There was one out
when Lakeman, .l43 hitter filling
in for the injured first baseman,
HOWE Schultz, cracked the ball into
the left-feld seats.
Bob Teller pitched his 18th vic
tory of the season as the Cleve-
land Indians swept a double header
from the American League leading
New York Yankees, 4-3 and 6-l
before 52,105 fans at Municipal Sta
dunn. Feller allowed four hits In
winning the afterpiece, making
three wild pitches, walking seven
and striking out five. His own err
ror In the seventh led to the lone
Yankee run.
Ted williams collected six hits in
seven times at bat as the Boston
Red Sox divided a double-header
with the White Sox in Chicago.
Williams got two hits IN three times
in the first game and four for four
in the second which was won by
Boston, 6-3. The White Sox, behind
Ed Lopat, won the opener. To. The
Red Sox now trail the Yankees by
IL games.
Kush Wins First Start.
after appearing in 81 games IN
relief roles for the Chicago Cubs,
Emil Kush held the Boston Braves
to four hits for ST. victory while
making his first 1947 start. The de-
feat dropped the Braves to seven
and a half games back of Brooklyn.
The New York Giants increased
their season home run output to
1866 when Will Marshall, Walker
Cooper and Mickey Wick slammed
four baggers to lead them to an 81
win over the Pittsburgh Pirates at
the Polo Grounds.
A three-run double by Walt Jud-
Mich in the eighth inning enabled
the Browns to come from behind
and defeat the fast travelling Phil
adelphia Athletics to 5 in a night
game at Philadelphia.