Evening star., 1949-07-30
Clock Is New Chief Umpire in National League
Tit|e-Aspiring Buns,
Cardinals Again Tie
As Time Runs Out
BY Jock Hond
Assoeiotsd Press Sports Writer

Hail the clock-new chief UNI
pire in the National League.
With two consecutive Brooklyn
st. Louis games called tie by the
time keeper, the man with the
watch Is becoming more impor-
tant than the players.
CurfeW struck at Ito am.
(ESp today at Sportsman's Park
with the Dodgers and Cards locked
in a 3-3 tie at the end Of nine
innings. National League rules
say they can't start a new inning
of a night game after 1850 am.
Qocal time) so extra innings were
out of the question. A heavy rain
delayed the start.
Brooklyn almost missed a chance
to tie the score for they barely
completed the eighth inning, with
St. Louis holding a 80 edge. at
12:47 am. st. Louis time (CDT)
AS it was, the Dodgers managed
to push over a run in the ninth
on a walk to Roy Campanella, a
pinch single by M9rv Rarckley
and an outfield fly by Pee Wee
Reese that scored Eddie Miksis,
running for Campanella.
Touch and Go at Plate.
It was touch and go at the
plate on Miksis, who just made 1t
from third after Chuck Diering
made a shoestring catch on Reese's
liner. Catcher Del Rice dropped
Diering's peg as Miksis slid home
with the tying run, but no error
was charged.
HOWE Pollet, trying for his 18th
win, had a shutout 80 at the end
Of seven innings with Nippy Jones
aid Marty Marion driving in the
runs. A walk and successive
singles by Carl Furillo, Jackie
Robinson and Gil Hodges gave the
Brooks two in the eighth. Ted
Wilks came in to strike out pinch
hitter Gene Hermanski to end
the rally.
Earlier this week on Monday,
the Dodgers and Cards played a
"A tie at Brooklyn when they
stopped the game under an agree
ment that no inning should start
after 800 pm. EST) to let the
teams catch train to the west.
st. Louis remains a game and
half in front of the runnerup
Dodgers with another night game
slated for tonight and q day
game Sunday.
Herm Wehmeier. 22-year old
Cincinnati Highlander, pitched
his best game of the season and
his first major league shutout as
he beat New York with four hits,
80. in the only other National
League game played.
The loss dropped the Giants
into a fourth-place tie with the
idle Philadelphia Phils whose
scheduled day game at Chicago
was washed out. Pittsburgh and
Boston played three innings of
their night game at Forbes Field
before storm forced the game
to be called on account of wet
grounds.
Successive home runs by Johnny
Lindell and Bill johnson enabled
the New York Yankees to add a
half game to their American
League, lead with Q 80 edge over
Chicago while Cleveland split a
day-night double-header at Bos-
ton. The results put the Yanks
out front by ~ games.
Indians, Red Sox Split.
Cleveland rebounded from q
81 afternoon defeat at Boston
to smother the Red Sox in the
night game, 9-3. The Tribe
routed Chuck Stobbs, promising
young lefthander, before he re-
tired man In q four-run first
inning at night. |
Joe Dobson allowed only four
hits in his afternoon triumph over
Mike Garcia for Boston's fifth
straight win. Dom Di Maggie hit
safely In both games, extending
his consecutive game hitting
streak, to Is. longest of the season
in the majors.
Connie Mack's surging Phila-
delphia AS ran their winning
string to six, their longest of the
year, by downing Detroit, 5-3.
The AS are only one percentage
point behind the third-place Red
Sox.