Evening star., 1949-07-22
Relief Hur|er Wins
-Four Games Toi|inq
lin Seven Of Last IL
By Jack Hand
Assoeiafsd Press Sports Writer

AsSoeiofed Press Sporn writer
Erv Palica is hailed as "the new
Casey" in Brooklyn, where the
hard-pressed Dodgers today open
a vital four-game series with the
st. Louis Cardinals.
Day after day Palica is waved
from the bullpen to save the skin
Of a regular Brooklyn starter Just
like Hugh Casey used to do. Erv
worked in seven Of the last II
Dodger games. winning four and
losing one.
Ironically, he copped his seventh
victory of the season yesterday
because Casey. the old Brooklyn
fireman, now with Pittsburgh
failed to stop a Dodger uprising
Luis Olmo, who may be the prize
Of the returning Mexican jumpers
nicked Casey for q me-winning
pinch" single that supplied
Brooklyn's rs edge over the Pi-
rates..
Casey wasn't charged with the
loss. That went to Lefty Bill
Werle. who had put the winning
run on base. But it was Casey
who dished up the game-clincher
on his second relief pitch.
The Dodgers really needed that
win over the Pirates because the
Cardinal victory over Boston al
ready was posted on the score
board in right-center field. Now,
with a 21a-game lead, they can't
lose first place unless they blow
the whole series.
Cards Beat Antonelli Again.
Harry Brecheen lifted the Cards
over Boston. 81. with a flve-hitter
while the Birds handed Johnny
Antonelli, the Braves $4,000
bonus dandy, his fifth loss. An
tonelli has been beaten by the
Cards four times in his brief
career.
Enos Slaughter warmed up for
Brooklyn with two singles and q
double, but Stan Musial went hit
less in five trips.
Bobby Thomson led the New
York Giants to their fourth
straight win, three in a row over
Cincinnati, with a pair Of homers
and a double. The Scot from
Staten Island drove in six runs
of Herm Wehmeier, Ed Erautt
and Ewell Blackwell in the Giants
9-5 triumph.
Walker Cooper. making his first
appearance in the Polo Grounds
since he was sold to Cincinnati
homered with the bases loaded as
the Reds routed Clint Hartung in
a five-run third inning. Kirby
Higbe. who pitched the rest of the
game, was credited with his first
victory since coming to New York
from Pittsburgh June 6.
Hank Borowy. apparently max
ing career of beating Chicago
since the Cubs traded him to the
Phils, turned back his old mates
for the fifth time, 8-4. Borowy
was hit hard but weathered the
storm for his ninth victory. :.
Yanks Extend Margin.
The New York Yankees took the
rubber game Of the Cleveland
series. 5-3. stretching their Amer
lean League lead to 51a games on
Vic Raschi's 18th victory.
Raschi. who has lost only three
scattered eight hits. It was the
fourth straight time he had tanned
the Tribe, who have yet to beat
him. Once again Joe Di Maggie
was the big man, driving in two
runs with a single that sparked
a three-run rally against loser
Early Wynn in the third.
The revived st. Louis Browns
finally came to the end Of their
six-game winning streak in the
second game of a twi-night
double e-header with Philadelphia
but not until they had broken
loose with an 11-run inning.
With Roy Sievers hitting a
grand-slam homer. the Brownies
scored II runs In the sixth inning
Of their 1872 twilight decision over
Dick Fowler. They were nosed
out in the second game. 80, on
Hank Majeski's game winning
triple in the eighth inning as Alex
Kellner registered win No. 13.
Fourteen men went to bat In the
big inning, a new high-scoring
total for the season in an Amer
lean League inning. Seven hits
and five walks did the damage.
The Boston Chicago game was
rained out in the American
League.