Show P I Brooks Pin High Hopes Upon Davis By LAWTON TON CARVER International News Service NEW YORK Aug Whitlow 25 Wyatt the Dodger pitcher from Georgia is temporarily serving as successor to the Brooklyn heroes of the past ast but what the fans still want to know is whether their bums can outlast the St. St Louis Cardinals Cardinals Car Car- through the rest of the season season season sea sea- son and get into the world series They look looked d today to Curt Davis the aging Cardinal castoff to assure assure assure as as- sure at least an en even split with the westerners In the current tussle for first place which opened with yesterdays yesterday's doubleheader Wins Vins The Cards took the first game 7 3 knocking Kirby Higbe out of the box among other things and had the nightcap knotted at all 2 when Wyatt won his own ball game 3 2 with a single in the last hast half of the ninth scoring Pee Wee Reese from second Hurling a nine-hitter nine before the delirious crowd at Ebbets Ebbets Ebbets Eb- Eb bets field Ernie White rookie southpaw scored his sixteenth victory victory vic victory vic vic- tory against four defeats in the opener and with that pulled the Cards up to within one-half one game of the leading Dodgers who started started started start start- ed Higbe then celled called on Larry French and finally wound up with Luke Hamlin Then in the closing battle of the day Howard Pollet year old left-hander left just up from Houston turned in a seven-hitter seven for the Cards against Wyatts Wyatt's nine only to lose Thus the Dodgers moved back into a one and one half game lead over the Cards for the resumption resumption resumption re re- re- re of hostilities today with the final of the game four-game series slated tomorrow Reds Win Vin Two While the Dodgers and Cards were were getting virtually nowhere inthe inthe in inthe the settlement of the their r issue the Cincinnati Reds maintained their role of mild threats by bv beating the New York Giants 9 13 and 6 4 The third-place third Reds thus moved up a half game on the leaders and now trail the Dodgers by eight I and one |