Show Dodgers ers Pace Rival Maior Leagues By GEORGE KIRKSEY NEW YORK April 21 UP UP- UP UP long Along the baseball front today the he two important questions under discussion were 1 l. l Are the Brooklyn Dodgers Dodgers' more formidable ble than rated 2 Can the Boston Red Sox give the he Yankees a battle After a week of play the Dodgers are riding the National league crest again and their ace of aces Whit Wyatt hasn't been out of the he starters starter's gate Laid low by a heavy cold Wyatt who copped 22 decisions last year and was the only Dodger pitcher to halt the Yanks in the world series is recovering recovering re re- re- re covering rapidly and may be able to o make his lis first start tomorrow Put on Pressure Meantime the Dodgers are rockIng rocking rock- rock ing ng along at a merry 71 clip True they have been bowling over second divisi division n opposition Giants Phils and Br Braves ves but they are putting the pressure on the Cardinals Cardinals cardinals Car Car- car car- Reds and other pretenders early Encouraging in the Dodger picture is th the fact that they are carrying on without their big guns ns Besides Wyatts Wyatt's absence Brooklyn's Brooklyn's Brook- Brook lyns lyn's big hitters Vaughan Reiser and nd Camilli haven't started to click Vaughan l i batting Reiser and Camilli The Red Sox threw a fright into the Yanks over the week end by taking a series from the champions champions champions cham cham- at Yankee stadium They had six pit pitchers hers in a row go the route route almost almost unheard of for the Red Sox Sox but but yesterday Joe DobSon Dobson Dobson Dob- Dob son who hurled a six-hitter six in his first start was plastered out of the box by the supposedly we weak weak- k- k hitting Senators Still l iri ii Lead Nevertheless the Red Sox still lead the American league and have shown enough round all-round strength to make Manager J Jpe McCarthy consider shaking up the Yankee lineup First Baseman Ed L Levy vy has made only one scratch hit in 18 times at bat and may be benched any day for Buddy Hassett Jack Wilson an old Red Sox Soc hand exacted revenge on his former former for for- mer teammates yesterday when he hurled Washington to a 4 10 triumph over Boston He gave up only five hits while the Senators rapped Dobson and for 15 including homers by Case and Re- Re pass Rookie Harry Sketchley's first- first inning p ing double with two mates on enabled the White Sox to defeat the Tigers 3 1 Dungan Rigney let the down with six hits nits in Dizzy Trout Cleveland rode to a 4 3 victory over the Browns on the hitting of Rookie Outfielder Oris Hockett who singled doubled and tripled Ken Keltner hit his second homer of the season with a mate on base to h help lp the Tribe get up to the mark Dixie lilts Jilts Again With Kirby Higbe winning his first game the Dodgers thumped the tie Braves 9 Higbe gave gaye up seven hits The Dodgers made 11 tl J J. J off Earley Spahn and Dixie Walker drove in two more runs maki g six in lii two days for him Scoring six runs in the eighth off Max Butcher and Hank Gornicki Gornicki Gor- Gor nicki the Chicago Cubs waylaid the Pirates 8 Ten Cubs went to bat in the inning with Lou Stringers Stringer's triple doing the big dam dam- age A homer by Alban Glossop Giant castoff with the bases loaded loaded loaded load load- ed enabled the Phils to down the Giants 6 Danny Litwhiler's homer with a mate on accounted for the other Phil runs |