Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-04-22 | Page 14 | Dodgers Show Heels to National Rivals

Dodgers Show Heels Hees to National Rivals Yankees Tie for kr Lead With Idle Red Sox j By International News Service NEW YORK April 22 INS The INS The Brooklyn Dodgers toda today vere moving along ahead of the National league parade parade where hey finished last year The Dodgers tightened their grip on firs first place lace yesterday with a hit 19 2 13 victory over the Boston Braves Brave Meanwhile the Pittsburgh Pi Pirates Pirates Pie Pi- rates gained undisputed control of second place by whipping the Chicago Cubs 5 2 as a result of six-hit six pitching by Rip Sewell The rhe victory was Sewells Sewell's second Cards Club Reds Morton Cooper shackled the Cincinnati Cincinnati Cin Cm- Reds with only three hits to o give the St. St Louis Cardinals an tn 8 0 victory and a right to third place lace over the Braves The Th New NewYork Newyork York fork Philadelphia Giant-Philadelphia game was postponed The Dodgers' Dodgers explosive triumph was marked by more than their hitting pyrotechnics Rookie Ed lead Head gained his second win by allowing the bewildered Braves only eight hits while French Bordagaray Bordagaray Bor- Bor and Arkie Vaughan paced he the Brooklyn attack with three hits lits each Three Boston pitchers Al Javery Dick Errickson and fat Johnny Hutchings were Hutchings-were were victims of f the wild spree by the Durocher batsmen In the American league the New ew York Yankees went into a aie alie atie tie lie ie for first place with the idle Red Sox by scoring a 4 10 victory over Dyer the Philadelphia Athletics I- I Charley Keller helped Red Ruffin Ruffing to his second win with a run four homer in the first inning Rookie Roger Wolff was the victim ot of Kellers Keller's blast Wolff was relieved by another er freshman Russ Christopher Christopher Chris Chris- Chris 1 in the fourth m Boston's game with the Wash ington Senators was postponed Schoolboy Wins Schoolboy Rowe gave the Detroit De- De troit Tigers a 4 2 victory over the thy Chicago White Sox Sax and was headed headed head head- head 1 ed toward a shutout until he weak ened in the ninth Johnny Corsica Gorsica took over and clinched the win The Tigers made 10 hits off Johnny Johnny John John- ny Humphries Rowe held the Sox Sex to four hits until the ninth ninths when two singles and an error filled the bases and he walked In a arise run I IAl M MAl A Al went the distance to give Cleveland a 2 4 win over the tile St. St Louis Browns Each team made seven hits but the Indians India s shit hit when it counted Bob Harris held the Tribe hitless until the tHel fifth when four hits drove in 1 three Cleveland runs Tuns He was re relieved re by Ken Hollingsworth