Evening star., 1949-08-03
Victory Over .Yanks
Is 18th in Is Games;
Cards Hold Margin
By Joe ReichIer
Associated Press Sports Writer

Associated Press Sports Writer
Watch out. New York! Shove
over, Cleveland and Boston. Make
room for another claimant to the
American League throne-the
dashing Detroit Tigers.
A week ago, the odds manipula-
tors had written off the pennant
chances of the Tigers. A three
team race it was. they said. Today,
these same odds-makers are issu-
ing a new line with Detroit given
a chance to cop, albeit a slim one.
They enhanced their chances
considerably last night when they
turned back the Yankees, 1912. in
the league leaders back yard.
The victory gave the fourth
place Bengals a record of l3 tri-
umphs in their last 18 games, a
much faster gait than that of the
Yankees, runnerup Indians or
third-place Red Sox. 1t moved
them within 712 games of the top.
Hal Newhouser. who had failed
in six straight July attempts to
notch his 18th victory. finally
made it with 10-hit performance
against the Yankees. Except for
the first two innings. when the
Yankees got their runs, the ace
lefthander emulated the perfor-
mances of Virgil Trucks, Ted Gray
and Fred Hutchinson in pitching
scoreless ball. The latter three
turned in successive shutouts be-
fore last nights game. Together
with young Art Houtteman, they
form the best pitching staff in
baseball.
Tigers Polish Off Reynolds.
The Tigers backed Newhouser'
pitching with 14-hit attack
which blasted Allie Reynolds from
the hill.
Four of the blows went for the
distance. The home run hitters
were Dick Wakefield, Vic Wertz,
Aaron Robinson and Johnny
Lipon.
The Indians whipped weary
Washington, 81, to cut the
Yankees margain to three and a
half games.
The Red Sox tailed once in the
last half of the ninth to exc out
4-3 win over the st. Louis
Browns. Dom Di Maggie singled
to open the frame, got around to
third, and scored the deciding run
when Vern Stephens rolled down
the flrst-base line while trying
to duck a pitch by Ned Carver.
Chuck Stobbs went the route for
the SoX. winning his fifth game.
The hit extended Di Mag's con-
secutive hitting streak through 20
games.
The triumph moved the third
place Bosox to within six games
of the Yankees.
The Philadelphia Athletics ended
a three-game losing streak and a
27-inning scoreless, drought, de-
feating the Chicago White Sox,
So. They tailed in the first
inning. Carl Scheib went the route
for his sixth victory.
Cards Cling to Lead.
The st. Louis Cardinals retained
their half-game advantage over
Brooklyn in the National League
race, coming from behind to de-
feat the Boston Braves, 7-2. Red
Munger pitched a flve-hitter for
his 10th victory. Stan Musial led
the 11-hit attack with double,
triple and single.
The Brooklyn Dodgers downed
the Pittsburgh Pirates, So, behind
the five-hit pitching of Rex Barney
Gil Hodges hit a home run and
double to drive in three Dodger
runs. Bob Chenes was the loser.
The Cincinnati Reds exploded
with is hits to swamp the Phil
adelphia Phils, 11-3. They had
gone through 18 innings against
the New York Giants Sunday with
out run.
In the only afternoon contest,
the New York Giants shut out the
Chicago Cubs, 80, for their fifth
consecutive victory. Sheldon Jones
pitched three-hitter for his ninth
success.
The triumph moved the Giants
into third place, one percentage
point ahead of the Braves