Evening star., 1947-06-05

Tigers, Red Sox, Cubs
And Dodgers Suffer
Serious Seibacks
BY fhs Associated Press


Injuries the first week in June
may have been the turning point of
the campaign for the major baseball
league 1947 race winners.
In the last few days the Detroit
Tigers and Boston Red Sox in the
American League and the Brooklyn
Dodgers and Chicago Cubs in the
National have been crippled by in
juries which might prove damaging
to their pennant aspirations.
Pete Reiser, Dodger star center
fielder, suffered a '1aceration of the
skull" in a collision with the con-
crete center field wall at Ebbets'
Field.
DR.. Dominic Rossi, the Dodgers
physician, said Reiser had a "
shaped cut on the top Of his head,
but could pot Immediately deter
mine the seriousness Of the injury.
Three Tigers Injured.
Three Detroit regulars were In
jured in yesterdays double header
with the New York Yankees. They
were George Kell, hard hitting third
baseman; Dick Wakefield, slugging
left fielder, and Paul Dizzy Trout,
one of the Tigers first-string pitch
ers.
Kell suffered cuts on the left knee
and right hand from the spikes of
New York's George Stirnweiss, on a
close play at third. Wakefield
twisted his left knee sliding into
second. Trout, leading, 6-2, in the
last of the seventh of the same
game, gave way to Freddie Hutchin-
son after a recurrence of an old
groin injury.
In Tuesday nights game at the
Polo Grounds the Cubs suffered
three mishaps. Third Baseman
Stan Hack twisted a leg while chas-
ing Giant player in a rundown.
He will be out indefinitely. Out
fielder Bill Nicholson and First
Baseman Ed Watkins were hit by
batted balls and Waitkus fell head
long into box seats. Only two days
before, Second Baseman Don John
son was sidelined by injuries.
The Red Sox, already hard pressed
by the season-long loss of Southpaw
Pitcher Mickey Harris, lost their
fleet center fielder, Dom Di Maggie,
who pulled a shoulder ligament and
will be out indefinitely.
Chisox Lose Michaels.
nvf,a (>I,ino0o White Gov Loot Cao
ond Baseman Cass Michaels for
time when he crashed with Center
Fielder Thurman Tucker chasing a
fly ball. The Cincinnati Reds also
were minus the services of Left
Fielder Augie Galan, who pulled a
muscle in his leg.
On the playing end, the Cubs, be-
hind the. four-hit pitching of Ford
ham Hank Borowy, handed the
Giants their first shutout defeat of
the season, 60, and went into
first-place tie with the New Yorkers.
The Dodgers, led by Pee Wee
Reese, who hit a grand slam home
run off Elmer Singleton, moved
within four points of the dead
locked Cubs and Giants by whip
ping the Pirates for the third
straight time, 9-4.
Detroit retained its two-game lead
in the American League by dividing
a double-header with the Yankees.
After the Tigers had copped the
opener, 6-2, behind Trout, the Yam
KEGS unloosed their siege guns to
take the nightcap, 17-8.
Braves Whip Cardinals.
The Boston Braves prevented the
st. Louis Cardinals from leaving
the National League cellar by de-
feating the Redbirds, 81, in night
game in Boston. The win put the
Braves one game behind the leaders.
Home runs by Ted Williams and
Sam Mele, the latter with one on,
gave the Boston Red Sox and Joe
Dobson a So victory over the
Browns in st. Louis.
Ken Heintzelman pitched the
Phillies to a 90 win over the Gin
cinnati Reds in Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia Athletics pound
ed across seven runs in the top of
the 11th to whip the White Sox in
Chicago, 1913.