Evening star., 1953-05-02
Nave Dancer Gets Biggest Test Today Over Derby Distance

D0dgers I0py 19oZ,
Return 10 Top With
Second-Division Diet
The Brooklyn Dodgers, who
won the National League pennant
last year by feasting on the last
four teams, are fattening up at
their expense again. And today
after a To-day absence, they're
back in first place after a strict
diet of the lower placed teams.
The Dodgers won their fourth
straight last night, a 6-5 uphill
battle with the fifth-place Cubs
Prior to that they had won three
straight from the last-place Gin
cinnati Redlegs. And Of their
earlier victories. three came over
the seventh-place New York
Giants and three over the sixth
place Pittsburgh Pirates.
On their only ventures against
first division opposition, the
Dodgers got spanked three times
running by the Phillies.
A year ago Brooklyn won 81
games and lost only 20 against
the four second division clubs.
1t had a poor 29-37 record with
the three other first division out
fits.
Resse Hits Homer.
Last nights Brooklyn star was
veteran Pewee Reese who con-
nected with a Dutch Leonard
knuckleball in the eighth inning
and drilled it into the lower left
field seats at Ebbets Field with q
runner on base. Reese said it
was the first homer he had ever
hit off the 43-year -old Chicago
pitcher.
Leonard lasted just long enough
in relief of starter Turk Lown to
be charged with the defeat. his
first this year. Russ Meyer
picked up the Brooklyn victory
which, combined with a So loss
by the Phillies to Milwaukee. put
the Dodgers in first place.
In other National League ac-
ton the Pirates won their third
in a row-their longest winning
streak in almost two years-at
the expense of Cincinnati, 8-3.
and the Cardinals edged New
York, 80. in the only day game
The Red Sox pasted the first
1858 defeat on Cleveland's Bob
Lemon by an 81 count. Lemon
had won three. Detroit broke a
six-game losing streak at the ex-
pense of Philadelphia, 7-3.
Washington edged st. Louis. 6-5.
and the White Sox weathered a
series of late New York rallies
to beat the Yankees, 6-5. in a
three-hour struggle at Chicago.
Fourth in Row for Boston.
Boston's victory at Cleveland
was the fourth in a row for the
Red Sox and moved them into
fourth place. Marv Grissom, at
35 one of the few old men on
the Boston roster, got the de-
cision. The only run against
him was a home run by Larry
Dolby in the fourth.
The Athletics poked three Of
Ned Garver's flutterballs into the
Briggs Stadium seats but each
of the drives-by Eddie Joost
Gus Zernial and Cass Michaels
came with the bases empty,
The victory was the first this
year for Carver who had lost
three and Only his second since
coming to the Tigers last
summer.
Trailing 5-1 after six innings
the Yankees rallied for pair Of
runs in the seventh, two more in
the eighth and filled the bases
with one out in the ninth before
Saul Rogovin, who has had nc
luck as starter this year. came
in to strike out Yogi Berra and
get Billy Martin on sinking
liner to right field. The run that
made the difference for the
White Sox came in the last Of
the seventh when Jim Rivera
walked, stole second. moved tc
third on an infield out ano
scored on a single by Chico Car
rasquel.
Petit Pays Dividend.
Paul Petit, Pittsburgh's $780,
900 bonus baby of 1850, paid his
first major league dividend as
he got credit for the victory over
Cincinnati. He needed help from
Johnny Hetki in the seventh and
strong-armed Murry Dickson
came on in the ninth but it wa;
Pettit's game, his first decision
Pete Castiglione aomered twice
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