Evening star., 1951-09-14
Yankee Luck Crops Up Again Trade Of PoereId to Mats
Bob's Shutout of Cleveland
Helps FoItering New York
BY the Assoeioted Press

New York's prospects of a 10
cent World Series are not so
bright today.
The Dodgers. streaking six
games ahead in the National
League, are just about "in," but
the Yankees are showing signs
of cracking up in the American
League scramble.
The Yanks have played horrible
baseball of late. 1t began on Tues
day when they dropped a double
header to the tail-end Browns.
The Yanks rested Wednesday, but
the layof did them no good.
Virgil Trucks and the Tigers
turned back the Bombers, go,
yesterday. However, the Yanks
remained one game back Of
the front-running Indians, who
dropped a 10 decision to the
Mats at Washington. The third
place Red Sox took advantage Of
the Yankee and Indian defeats,
beating st. Louis, 5-4, in 10 in
nings to climb within 31a games
of the top.
Giants Lose to Cards.
Brooklyn pulled six games
ahead of second-place New York
without lifting a bat. The Giants
dropped a GA decision to the
Cardinals in unique day-night
double header. The Cards lost
the night portion of the twin
bill to Warren SPAIN and the
Braves, 20. SPAIN allowed only
one -hit-Al Brazle's sixth-inning
single, in posting his goth VIC
tory.
Mickey Mantle started the
Yanks off in grand styleNby belt
ing Trucks first pitch for q
home run. But the Tigers, aided
by shoddy fielding. nicked Ed
Lopat for single runs in the
third and fourth innings and
sewed the game up with seven
runs in the fifth. Six singles and
Vic Wertz' 23d home run featured
the Tiger rally. The Yanks made
four errors, increasing their total
to nine in their last three games.
Trucks was on the ropes in
the early going but twice got
Johnny Mize out with the bases
loaded to quell uprisings. He al
lowed seven hits as he chalked up
the Tooth victory of his major
league career and his fourth Of
the year over the Yanks.
Dom DiMaggio Wins Game.
Dom DiMaggio tripled with two
out and scored the Red Sox win
ming run n the 10th against st.
Louis on an 'nf1eld hit by Johnny
Pesky. Ned Carver was the loser
and Ellis Kinder the winner.
Kinder relieved Mel Parnell in the
eighth after a tWo-run homer by
Ken Wood tied the score at A.
Kinder held the Browns hitless
the rest of the way to bag his
10th victory. It was his 57th ap-
pearance of the season.
/ The Cards scored all of tkeir
runs in the second inning against
the Giants on six singles, two
walks, a sacrifice. error and fly
ball lost in the sun. Monte Irwin
drove in three runs for New York
on a single, triple and his 21st
home run. Sal Maggie was the
loser and Dick Bokelmann. re-
lliefer. the winner.
SPAIN and Brazle hooked up in
brilliant pitching duel in the
night game The Braves scored
in the first on a wild throw by
Catcher Del Rice. SPAIN sealed
the verdict by singing home
Walker Cooper in the ninth.
The odd twin bill came about
when the Cards game with the
Giants was rained out Wednes-
day. In order to get the game in,
the Cards scheduled it for yes
terday afternoon as they previ-
ously had arranged to meet the
Braves at night in a playoff Of
another postponement. The three
team attraction was the first in
the majors since the 1880s.
All other National League clubs
were idle.