Evening star., 1951-05-21

Leonard S Two Wins,
|Ashburn' S Eight Hits
High|ight Wild Day
BY the Assoeiated Press


Emil CDutch> Leonard, 41-year-
old knuckle-baller who showed
mo particular zest for relief pitch
ing during his years with the
Mats. is Chicago's latest hero as
the surprising Cubs. like the
White Sox, continued to threaten
for league leadership.
The balding Leonard was cred
lifted with both victories yesterday
as the Cubs twice nosed out the
Boston Braves, 4-3 and 5-4, to
take undisputed possession of
second place in the National
League. only a game back of the
Brooklyn Dodgers. And both of
lDutch's wins came as a relief
pitcher.
He was throwing his dipsy-
doodle stuff in the opener when
the Cubs scored twice in the
leighth inning on Frankie Baum
Iholtz's double, walk and singles
by Bob Ramzzotti and Mickey
Owen. And Dutch. as in the first
game, was the Cubs third pitcher
in the nightcap. when Chicago
staged another two-run uprising
in the ninth inning. The bat
ting formula. if not the batters,
was the same-a double by Dee
Fondy, a walk and singles by Bob
Borkowski and Ransom Jackson.
A crowd of 42,088 cheering Chi
Icagoans delighted in the fire.
works.
A Little of Everything.
Nearly everything came to light
yesterday in the majors, includ-
ing double-fgure scores, lopsided
shutouts. streak hitting and pitch
ing, and a homer hitting, unde-
feated pitcher with a TO record.
Here in a nutshell is what else
happened:
/. The Phillies routed the
Pirates in a double-decker, 17-G
land 1874, as the seasons home
record crowd of 36,166 Pittsburgh
patrons moaned and jgroaned. The
Phils' Richie Ashbdrn collected
eight hits in the double header.
2 Brooklyn routed the Reds in
both ends of a double header. 1913
and 14-4. before 29,427 suffering
Cincinnati fans.
3. The Cardinals rallied for five
runs after the first two batters
were retired. In the seventh inning
to come from behind and nip the
Giants, 81, before 22.666 scream
ling st. Louisians.
4. Dick Fowler won his first
game in almost year, extending
Cleveland's losing streak to six
with FL triumph for Philadel-
iphia. The Indians. however, won
the second game of the twin bill,
I5-3.
S. Undefeated Ed Lopat pitched
his seventh consecutive victory for
the Yankees with 7-3 triumph
over the st. Louis Browns before
I29,427 chilled and dampened New
Workers. He also hammered his
third home run of the season. Rain
forced the postponement of the
scheduled second game.
Newhouser Beats Red Sox.
6. Hal Newhouser became the
third visiting southpaw to go the
route and win in Fenway Park
as Detroit defeated the Red Sox.
8-4 before 30.320 blue Bostonians.
When the smoke cleared and all
the 1877 runs were in, Brooklyn
had strengthened its first-place
hold in the National League to
one game. Chicago had moved
into second and Boston had
dropped from second to fourth.
The Phillies climbed out of the
cellar into fifth place and Cincin-
natl slipped into the yawning
basement.
No change took place in the
American League race as the Yam
KEGS retained their two-game lead
over the White Sox, with the
Tigers another half-length back.
The Phils slugged seven Pitts
burgh pitchers for IS hits, 20 in
the first game. Their ITO victory
ranked seventh among the majors
most lopsided shutouts. The Cubs
set the National League record on
June z, 1906 when they plastered
a 1870 win over the Giants. The
great Christy Mathewson was the
victim. Detroit established the
modern major league mark blank
(See BASEBALL, Page A-18)
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