Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-14
Giants Halt
bucs' Seven
Game Streuk
BY Ralph Roden
Associated Press Sports Writer

fast gaining a reputation as the
graveyard of pennant hopes.
Burt Shotton brought his Bro
oklyn Dodgers into the lair OF
the New York Giants over the
weekend for a four-game series
and left the cigar box with only
one victory.
The high flying Pittsburgh
Pirates showed up last night
boasting a seven game winning
streak and Lippy Leo Duro =
cher's fence busters cooled them
off, so.
BY knocking off the pursuers
of the front-running Boston
Braves, the Giants themselves
are sticking very much in h e
running for the National League
Flag.
Giants Fourth
Last nights triumph boosted
the Giants into fourth place
tie with the idle St. Louis Car
dlnals, five and one half games
behind the Braves. The Giants
and Cards are only ,OO05 of a
percentage point behind TIL e
third place Dodgers, who also
trail the Braves by 1-2 games.
The Giants will have plenty
to say about the pennant winner
as 16 of their remaining l s
games are at home. Half of
these games are against Brook
Ign, Pittsburgh, Boston and St.
Louis. Their two games away
from the Polo Grounds ar e
against the Braves.
Lefty Monte Kennedy, who has
lost some tough games for the
Giants, stopped the Pirates
surge. Kennedy scattered nine
hits in picking up his third tri-
umph
The Pirates opened up in high
gear, scoring once in the first
inning on a double by Johnny
Hopp, an infield hit by Dixie
Walker and Ralph kiner's
ground out.
But the Giants bounced back in
their half, bouncing on southpaW
Vic lombard, former Giant
killer, for three runs. TIL v
scored their runs on an error by
Stan Roiek, Whitley Lockman S
single, Sid Gordons double and
Willard Marshall's two-run one
Dagger.
The Giants clipped Lombardi
for another run in the second
and completed their scoring in
the sixth at the expense of Kir-
by Hisbe. Kennedy gave up
Pittsburghs final run in the Sc
venth.
Brooklyn Third
Brooklyn wrested third place
from the Cards by dumping the
Chicago Cubs, ga in a night
game at Brooklyn.
A four-run seventh inning
really enabled the Dodgers o
overcome 3-2 deficit and win.
The singles, two sacrifices. two
errors, and two fly balls account
ed for the runs.
Lefty Johnny Schmitz, an old
Dodger nemesis, went the route
for Chicago. Schmitz, who nok
has won II games and lost IL.
entered the game Boosting a 81
record over Brooklyn.
Rex Barney, who hurled 30
no-hit triumph over the Giants
last Thursday, went the distance
for Brooklyn to gain his 18th
win. He has lost 10.
Only one game was played in
the American League, the St
Louis Browns upsetting the 3rd
place Indians, 80 at Cleveland.
Pinch-hitter Joe Schultz singled
in the ninth with the bases full
to enable the Browns to break a
% tie and win.
The loss left the Tribe three
full games behind the first place
Boston Red Sox.
The Indians also lost the SER
vices of pitcher Don Black for
the rest of the season. Black is
in critical condition in a Cleve-
land hospital with a hemorrhage
near the brain.
Black apparently twisted h i s
neck when he hit a foul ball in
the second inning. He fell at the
plate in pain, was helped from
the field and later lost conscious
ness. Team physician Edward
Castle, however, said Black had
an excellent chance to recover
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