Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-08-20 | Page 16 | Jupe Fails to Check Daffy Boys

Jupe Fails To Check Daffy Boys By GEORGE KIRKSEY NEW YORK Aug 20 0 CUP UP- UP The Brooklyn Dodgers making h hay ay while it rained today had c cast ast an entirely different light on t the he National league pennant race While the C Cardinals were rained o out ut In Bos Boston on the Dodgers sloshed t through the mud and rain at Ebbets Ebbets Eb- Eb b bets ets field yesterday to a double t bt bP triumph 0 over v e r the the Pittsburgh P Pirates 9 0 and 6 2 and increased t their heir lead to two games The rain cost the Dodgers some I at the gate but gave their p pennant ennant hopes a million-dollar million s ps shot hot in the arm by helping them themo t to o knock down the tough Pirates tt t twice wice Only fans turned out because because be be- c cause ause of the forbidding weather b be but ut the Dodgers laughed at the e elements and played like champs C Curt urt Davis handcuffed the Pirates i in n th the opener allowing only five hits h its and not allowing a Pirate to r reach each third In the nightcap Tom Drake the b big ig bought three weeks ago from Nashville came t through admirably to win his first s start tart He allowed only five hits until u uI taken out for a pinch-hitter pinch in I n the ninth Hugh Casey completed completed com corn p his job for him The second game was played Inthe in inthe t the he rain and Manager Frankie Frisch was chased by the umpires when h he stood in front of the Pirate bench with an umbrella o over ver his head while the umpires were conferring about calling the game With the Pirates behind 1 1 0 0 in the early innings Frisch was yelling for the game to be called The Yankees received a tough blow when they lost the services of Joe DiMaggio who sprained his ankle in m pulling up at second in inthe inthe inthe the fourth inning Tommy Henrich Henrich Henrich Hen- Hen rich had to be shifted to center with George Selkirk taking over right The Tigers slashed out 16 hits to win the opener 3 12 pounding Marvin Breuer to cover Marius Russo pitched the Yanks to an 8 3 victory in the nightcap winning winning winning win win- ning his Ms twelfth game Charlie Keller hit homer No 30 in the opener Henrich hit No 23 and Gordon No 21 2 in the Yanks' Yanks 16 hit attack in the nightcap The White Sox chopped a game off the Yanks Yanks' lead lead its its it's now 16 games when games when they swept a doubleheader doubleheader dou- dou doubleheader with the Athletics 4 0 and 1 0 for their seventh and eighth straight Thornton Lee al allowed allowed allowed al- al lowed six hits in winning the opener his sixteenth and a new high for him in 14 years in baseball I I