Evening star., 1950-08-09
.Sawyer's Team Takes
Six Out Of Last Seven;
Red Sox Gain Ground
By Joe ReichIer
Associated Press sports Writer

The Phillies now are hot
favoriteS to win their first pen
nant in 35 years because Eddie
Sawyer has succeeded where most
lof Philadelphia's Is previous
managers failed.
Sawyer has convinced his men
they can beat Brooklyn. That
was a feat very few former Phil
adelphia teams could accomplish.
How we'll the eager, young Phils
have taken the former college
professors lectures to heart is
attested by Philadelphia's eight
triumphS in 13 clashes with the
Dodgers this season.
Until Sawyer took over as man
ager in the middle of the 1948
season, the Phils had failed to
finish in the first division since
1882. During those Is years,
they'd been able to win only one
seasons series from the Dodgers.
That was by the slimmest of mar
gins-11 to 10 in 1887, with one
game rained out.
Broke Even Last Year.
In his first full season at the
helm, Sawyer saw his team hold
the Dodgers even in % games.
That progressive step was large
ly responsible for Philadelphia's S
third-place finish in 1949.
This year the Phils have been
even more potent against the de-
Tending champions. Last nights
6-5 decision marked their sixth
win in their last seven meetings
with Brooklyn.
The triumph was one of the
most important of the season,
since it widened the Phils' first
place lead over Boston to five
games-their biggest lead thus far.
The Dodgers. in a virtual third
place tie with st. Louis, trail by
512 games.
The Cardinals handed the
Pirates their 10th straight loss,
Ga, while the Giants suppressed
the Braves, 2-l, for their eighth
consecutive victory, their 18th in
18 games.
Red SOx Gain Ground.
In the American League, the
Red Sox made the biggest gain.
They beat the Yankees. IA, while
the White SoX were vanquishing
the front-running Tigers, 9-6. The
fourth-place Red Sox now are six
games behind the Tigers, who
lead the Yankees and Indians by
three. The defeat dropped the
Yanks into a second-place tie with
Cleveland. The latter's game with
st. Louis was postponed by rain.
In the nights only other action,
the Reds swept both ends of a
doubleheader from the Cubs, 10-1
and go, to climb within a half
game of the sixth-place Chica-
goans.
In the game at Brooklyn, young
Robin Roberts gained his third
triumph over the Dodgers,
although he needed assistance
from Jim Konstanty in the ninth..
1t was Roberts 18th victory. Don
Newcombe was the loser.
KonStanty came in to protect
a GA lead with one out and a
man on first. A double by Roy
Campanella put runners on sec
ond and third. The 33-year-old
Ronstanty then retired the next
two Dodgers on grounders with
the potential tying run dying on
third. Doubles by Richie Ash
burn and Dick Sisler and a single
by Willie Jones produced the
winning runs in the eighth.
Westrum's Homer Decisive.
Yves WeStrum's 10Th homer with
4 man on base in the sixth in
ming gave Sheldon Jones and the
Giants 2-l triumph over War
zen SPAIN and the Braves. Jones
allowed four hits, including Bob
Elliott's 18th homer of the season
for his ninth success. Elliott's
four-bagger was Boston's 105th
Of the season, bettering the club
mark of 104 set in 1949.
Stan Musial's 10th homer with
one on in the second proved to
be the deciding blow in the Cards
over the Pirates. Ralph
Kiner and Clyde Mccullough
homered for the losers. 1t was
No. 80 for Kiner.
Mel Parnell. Red Sox southpaw,
yielded eight hits for his ninth
victory. He was aided by the
hitting of AL Zarilla, who collected
two singles and a two-run homer.
The White Sox overcame SO
Detroit lead to win. They knocked
out Hal White with four runs in
the sixth, added two more against
Hank Borowy in the seventh and
finished with three off Paul CAL
vert in the eighth. Eddie Robin
sons 18th homer snapped a 6-6