Evening star., 1947-07-21
Denial Of Circuit CIout
To Northey Proves
Costly 10 ST. Louis
By Joe ReichIer
Associated Press Sports Writer


Associated Press Sports Writer
Sunday, July 20, may well turn out
to be the day when the National
League pennant was won-or lost.
When the smoke had cleared at
Brooklyn yesterday, Manager Eddie
Dyer OF St. Louis declared he was
playing the game under official pro-
test. Had the Cards won, Dyer un-
doubtedly would have recalled his
protest, but since the Dodgers turned
apparent certain defeat into a 30
victory with a brilliant three-run
rally jim the bottom half Of the ninth
inning. the protest took on added
Importance.
What brought about the wrangling
and the subsequent protest claim
was the denial by the umpires of a
home run to Ron Northey, squat
Redbird outfielder, in the top OF the
ninth.
Nortney Caught at Plate.
With the Cards ahead, 30, and
two out, Northey propelled a Hugh
Casey pitch to dead center that
appeared headed for the stands. The
ball struck the top of the barrier.
glanced off pipe along the top of
the wall and rebounded on the field.
Northey, speeding around second,
caught sight of Umpire Beans Rear
don waving his arm in a circular
motion near third and slowed down
to trot.
Card Third Base Coach Tony
kaufman, seeing Brooklyn Outfield-
er Dixie Walker scooping up the
ball and throwing 1t into the infield.
gave the hurry-up sign to Northey.
Ron picked up speed rounding third,
but was nailed at the plate, by 2
feet via a Walker-Ed Stanky Bruce
Edwards relay.
After five minutes of heated
squabbling, during which Northey
and Dyer insisted that Reardon
had signalled the blow was a home
run, Plate Umpire Jocko Conlan
ruled that Northey was out, where
upon Dyer announced his official
protest.
The grounds for the protest are
these: Reardon, in gesturing that
Northey had an automatic homer.
caused Ron to slow up on the bases.
If Northey had been running 1t
out, he conceivably would have
scored.
Decision Up TO Frick.
The decision lies in the hands Of
League President Ford Frick. Should
he deny the protest, it may we'll
prove a body blow to the Cards
hopes of catching the first-place
Dodgers, whom they now trail by
5z games.
Here is the way the Brooks "won"
the game. Held to four singles over
eight innings by Rookie Righthand-
er Jim Hearn, the Brooks opened
the ninth with successive doubles
by Pete Reiser and Walker, which
was good for one run. AL Brazls
came in and disposed of Pinch Hit
ter Carl Furillo. Harry Lavagetto
batted for John Jorgensen and
Murry Dickson came in to retire
Lavagetto. Peewee Reese then
singled to score Walker with the
tying run. After Reese stole second
and raced to third on Catcher Joe
Garagiolas high throw. Edwards
was purposely passed. Miksis bat
ted for Casey and singled off HOWE
Pollet, who had replaced Dickson,
scoring Reese with the winning run.
Ewell (the EeD Blackwell,
stringy side-arm singer of the Reds.
posted his 18th consecutive VIC
tory and his 17th of the campaign
in winning the opener for the Reds.
Al. He needs only one more vic
tory to equal the American League
record of 16 straight and four to
tie Rube Marquard's major league
standard of 10 set in 1912 with the
Giants.
Thomson Hits Two H0mers.
A pair of home runs by. Bobby
Thomson high lighted two big in
nings for the Giants and enabled
them to win the second game, 9-6.
Detroit's tenacious Tigers kept
their slim pennant hopes alive by
sweeping both ends of q double
header from the American League
leading New York Yankees. Al and
12-11. A crowd of $500. largest
ever to watch game at Briggs
Stadium, saw Hal Newhouser regis
ter his 10th victory with three
hitter in the opener, then went wild
in the second game when the Tigers
overcame an lis Yankee lead with
runs in the sixth, In the ninth
and / in the 18th to move within
ga games Of first place.
The Yanks tied a major league
record by having no runners left
on base in the opener.
Blasting Is hits, Pittsburgh routed
Lefty Warren SPAIN and walloped
the Boston Braves, 81.
The Chicago Cubs made 1t II vic
tories in 13 games with Philadelphia
by defeating the Phils twice, AZ
and 81.
The Philadelphia Athletics re-
tanned their fourth-place hold by
earning a split with the White Sox
in Chicago