The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-06-13
DODGERS IN BIG 5pURT
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By RALPH RIDDEN

Something new has been added to the Brooklyn Dodgers stock in trade-a home run punch.
 Dodger hatters have belted 55 hcmers in 52 games. Only the slump-ridden New York Giants have a higher total, ST. Last year the Brooks hammered only 91 balls out of sight in 1855 games.
 The lone fly in the ointment is that Dodger pitchers have allowed even more home runs than the Brooks have hit. They've served up 56 four-baggers.
 Brooklyn's new found medium of winning games played havoc with Cincinnati ever the weekend. The league-leaders socked two homers in 10-5 win Friday night, belted three more in a 11-3 victory Saturday and yesterday exploded in a pulverizing 20-7 rout that stretched their unbeaten streak to seven games. The 20 runs were the most scored in one game by a major league team this season.
 CARDS, BRAVES SLIP
 Both the second-place. St. Louis Cardinals and the third-place Bos- ton Braves fell two games back of the Dodgers as they split double headers.
 The Cards divided with the Philadelphia Pnillies, winning the opener, 7-3 and dropping the nightcap, 8-3. The Braves split with the Chicago Cubs, copping the second game, 20 after losing the first, 6-2.
 Harry tThe Cat) Brecheen stop ped the Phils in the first game on five hits.
 Andy Seminick who hit nome run in the first game, blasted two into the seats in the nightcap to help Robin Roberts to his seventh victory.
 The Cubs combined five run first inning against Johnny Sain and brilliant pitching by rookie Warren Hacker to upset the Braves ir the first game
 Hacker allowed only one hit after taking over from Johnny Cobyoit1 i,, tba fi,.rt i,o,,j,oo ,r-it r, none out.
 PIRATES WIN BY HOMER
 Ralph Kiner smashed his 14th home run of the season in the seventh inning to give the Pitts burgh Pirates a 6-5 nod over the New York Giants.
 The World Champion Cleveland Indians won a twin bill from the New York Yankees 60 and ;3-1, at Cleveland before 77,543 fans, largest major league crowd of the season. The defeats cut the Yalks edge over the runner-up Detroit Tigers to two games. The Tigers swept bargain Gill from the Washington Senators, 90 and 6-5.
 Bob Lemon shut out the Tanks on six blows and walloped a two run homer in besting lefty Ed Lopat in the opener.
 TANKS WHITEWASHED
 The whitewash was the first suffered by the Tanks in 1l3 games.
 Rookie Mike Garcia came up with three-hitter in the nightcap that was called in the Cleveland eighth because of wet grounds.
 Prince Hal Newhouser let the Senators down with four hits in turning in his first shutouts and seventh victory of the year in the opener at Detroit. The second game was a squeaker that the Tigers wen in the ninth when rookie Johnny Groth slammed a bases-loaded double off Paul Cal vert.
 Boston's Red Sox pulled into a fourth place tie with the Mats, a game and a half back of the third place Philadelphia Athletics by downing the Chicago White Sox twice, 15-3 and 7-5.
 Home runs by Birdie Tebbetts, Vern Stephens and Bo1by Doerr permitted lefty Mel Parnell to coast to his eighth triumph in the first game. Stephens homer was his 18th, high for both leagues. The sox won the second game with a three-run blast in the ninth.
 Philadelphia split with the last place St. Louis Browns, taking the second game, 1910 after losing the first, GA. The As hammered six Brownie pitchers for 19 hits in the finale, ten of them for extra bases.