Evening star., 1951-08-31

place tie with the New York YAM
KEGS yesterday, beating the Tribe,
60, for their second straight de-
cision over the Indians. The idle
Yanks moved a half game out in
front.
Tough for Contenders.
During the past few weeks, the
AS also have split eight games
with the Yanks. divided six with
the thiru-place Boston Red Sox
and taken three out of four from
Chicago's fourth-place White Sox.
Morrie Martin. rookie left
handler, posted his 10th victory
against four setbacks in downing
the Indians yesterday. He got
help in the eighth inning from
Carl Scheib.
Bob Feller, cunning for his 21st
victory, was tagged for his seventh
defeat. The AS clipped Feller for
pair of runs in the second and
added four more in the third. An
error by Outfielder Bob Kennedy
with the bases loaded and two out
permitted three of the four third
inning runs.
Martin was lifted in the eighth
after he forced run home by
walking Luke Easter with the
bases loaded. Scheib got Al Rosen
to bang into double play to end
the rally.
The Red Sox downed the De-
trolt Tigers, 1914, to move to with
in AZ games of the Yanks. Bos-
ton sewed up the game with four
runs in the ninth. Chuck Stobbs
started and gained credit for his
ninth victory. but Ellis Kinder
saved the game by stopping the
Tigers on one hit over the final
325 innings.
Dodgers Widen Margin.
In the National League, the
Brooklyn Dodgers defeated Gin
cinnati, 81; the Pittsburgh Pi-
rates clipped the New York Giants,
1919; the st. Louis Cardinals de-
feated Philadelphia, 6-3, and the
Boston Braves swamped the Chi
cago Cubs, 1872. The Dodgers
victory and the Giants defeat
moved Brooklyn seven games out
in front.
Preacher Roe and Clyde King
stopped the Reds on seven hits
under the lights at Brooklyn. Roe
left in the seventh when his
pitching arm frightened, but
gained his 18th victory against
two losses. Connie Ryan homered
for the lone Cincinnati run in the
first inning. The Dodgers tied
the score against Ewell Blackwell
in the fifth and won out in the
sixth when Gil Hodges singled
home Duke Snider from third.
Home runs featured the Giant
Pirate game at New York. Ralph
Kiner won the game for Pitts
burgh by betting his 37th homer
in the ninth inning. Rookie Frank
Thomas, Gus Bell and Pete Cas-
tiglione also homered for the
Pirates, while Willie Mays banged
two and Pinch Hitter Bill Rigney
one for the Giants. Murry Dick
son, working in relief. picked up
his 18th victory for the tail
enders.
Braves Hit Hard.
The Braves pounded three Chi
cago pitchers for IS hits to allow
Jim Wilson to coast to his sixth
victory. Wilson and Sam Jethroe
led the assault with three hits
each. Earl Torgeson Clipped ir
with three-run homer. Roy
Smalley accounted for both OF
Chicago'S runs with a homer in
the seventh. The Braves locked
Iup the decision in the fourth in
ming, scoring six runs on four hits
and two errors.
Two veteran lefthanders, AL Bra
Izle and Harry Brecheen. collabo-
rated in pitching the Cards to
victory at Philadelphia. Brazle
worked the first six innings and
received credit for his fourth vic
tory. The Cards jumped on
Rookie Niles Jordan for four runs
lin the fourth inning to win the
game. Doubles by Stan Musial,
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