Evening star., 1952-08-16

Giants Miss Chance
As McGraw Secret
Eludes Durocher
By Ralph Roden
Associated Press Sports Writer

By Ralph Roden
Associated Press Sports Writer
Manager Leo Durocher Of the
Giants is searching the Polo
Grounds today for John McGraw's
book entitled. How to Beat the
Brains out of the Second Division
Teams"
McGraw won many a pennant
'or the Giants by rolling up over-
margins against the
over echelon teams of the Ma
;ional League. But the men Of
Ourocher are finding the Poor
Richards tough customers.
The Giants of 1852 have looked
like champs against the pace
setting Dodgers and third-place
Cardinals, taking 81 of 33 deci-
sions from the two. Against the
last four teams in the league.
Chicago, Boston. Cincinnati and
Pittsburgh, the Giants have man.
aged to win only 80 while los
ing Is.
Brooklyn on the other hand has
feaSted at the expense of the
chronic losers. The Dodgers have
won So and lost only 9 games to
the Cubs. Braves. q Reds and
Pirates. Against the rest of the
league the Dodgers have captured
10 and lost q.
The Giants blew a fine oppor-
tunity yesterday to gain a big
chunk Of ground on the Dodgers
by splitting a twi-night double
header with the sixth-place
Braves while the Dodgers dropped
an 8-3 decision to the Phillies. BY
winning both games the Giants
would have advanced to within
six and half games. Instead they
trail by seven and half.
Jansen Blows No-Hitter.
Larry Jansen appeared to have
the opener in the bag as he had
a 20 no-hitter after seven in
nings. But he lost his stuff and
bowed. 4-3. Max Lanier pitched
the Giants to a 81 triumph in
the second game. The Cardinals
trimmed Pittsburgh. 5-4. in the
only other game. Cincinnati and
Chicago were idle.
In the American League the
second-place Indians cut the
front-running Yankees advan-
tage to two games. The Indians
nosed out the Browns, 7-6, in IL
innings. while the third-place Red
Sox nicked the Yanks, 80. The
Red Sox trail by 31z games. In;
the remaining game the Athletics
outlasted Washington, lit. Chi.
cago and Detroit were not sched.
uled.
Jansen lost his no-hitter in
the eighth when Sid Gordon sim
gled. A walk and single by Pinch
Hitter Bob Thorpe sent Gordon
home. Two hits. a walk and errors
by Jansen and Hank Thompson
gave the Braves three unearned
runs in the ninth, The Giants
scored once in thes ninth. when
Whitley Lockman singled and
Thompson tripled with none out.
but Thompson died on third as
Sheldon Jones, third Boston
pitcher, retired the next three
batters.
Thompson atoned for his error
by winning the second game with
a two-run homer in the eighth OF
Lew Burdette.
Roberts Wins 10th. s.
Robin Roberts, the Nationals
top winner. hung up his 10th VIC
tory for the Phils in beating the
Dodgers. Home runs by Ed Watt
Sus. Connie Ryan and Del Ennis
featured the Phils' assault. Gil
Hodges clouted his 26th homer
and George Shuba his fifth to &C.
count for all of Brooklyn's runs.
Enos Slaughter and AL Brazle
teamed up to give the Cards the
nod over the Pirates. The 81.
year-old Brazle held the Pirates
hitless over the final three in.
nings and the 36-year-old Slaugh.
ter singled home Red Schoen.
dienst in the seventh with the
run.
The Yanks outhit the Red Sox.
1876, but stranded nine runners
in bowling to Sid Hudson and two
relief pitchers. Johnny Lipton's
bases-loaded single in the seventh
broke IL tie and won the game.
Hudson gave way to Mel Parnell
IN the eighth with one run in. two
on and two out. Parnell induced
Yogi Berra, the Yanks' RBI leader.
TO nit into a force-out to end the
inning. AL Benton pitched the
ninth. Benton retired the first
two batters but Pitcher Johnny
Sain and Hank bauer then singled.
Benton got Phil Rizzuto to bounce
into force play to end the game.
Harry Simpson tripled home
Ray Boone with one out in the
18th to beat the Browns at Cleve-
land. The Browns enjoyed a e-7
lead entering the fifth when Luke
Easter poled a three-run homer.
The Indians tied it up in the
eighth on a walk. passed ball and
single by Bob Avila. Satchel Paige
was the loser and Early Wynn the
winner in relief. The triumph was
Wynn's 18th.