Show Cards Shell Chicago Pitchers Pitchers' In Climb Toward Second Place Collins Gets fourth Twenty Homer in 3 17 Victory Victory- Giants Take a c Run Home Route for for- 6 3 Triumph By ny Associated Press The Thc Na National ional leagues league's crucial encounter Friday saw the Cardinals n i draw a game closer to second place as s they assaulted Chicago pitching for 21 hits Including Jim Collins Collins' twenty-fourth twenty homer and defeated the thc Cubs 17 to 3 Six successive singles off Lon Lan Warncke War neke and Bud Tinning Tinnin netted the thc Cards nine runs in the third white while Collins Collins' homer featured a run five run burst in the fifth filth New York took the home run route to io a 6 3 triumph over the Braves and Increased its lead to four our games over Chicago Mel Otts Ott's thirtieth homer mer started a run four rally in the sixth Johnny brought in two more by jy the same method in that inning and Hughey Critz contributed an earlier home run All this went toward toward toward to to- ward giving Carl Hubbell his seven his seven seven- mound triumph The Pirates gathered 18 blows off aU Paul Derringer but didn't get the necessary runs to beat the Reds 8 7 until the 1 last t two innings The Dodgers turned back the Phils 5 to 3 bunching hits for a 1 0 lead leadin in n the first four innings Cuccinello cracked out a homer to lead Brook Brook- ly yn |