Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-05-23 | Page 11 | Braves Crowd for National Loop Lead

J Braves raves c Crowd 1 for National Loop Lead 1 Bounce Up As Giants Tip Leader NEW YORK May 23 INS INS INS- Those up and coming Boston Braves Friday stood just 5 games behind the setting pace Brooklyn Dodgers in the National league And the Braves held a game halt lead over the St. St Louis Cardinals all of ot which adds up into a good tough pennant race No sooner does somebody knock the Braves down than they come bouncing back with a victory to stay in the midst of the tussle for the championship Certainly Best While 5 games behind the leade leaders s is a fairly convincing margin margin mar mar- gin it still proves that up to now the Braves are the best team next to the leaders none of the rest is any nearer The Braves Friday night turned on a run four rally in the ninth inning to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 10 Ernie Lombardi the lumbering catcher acquired by the Braves from the Reds a while back had five hits in five trips including a home run The Braves blew an early lead and had to come back to win this o or e in a parade of pitchers Each side sent four men to the mound The Dodgers blew a game to the New York Giants 5 1 to permit the Braves to shave a full game I off their lead Ott Clouts Homer Mel Ott hit his seventh home run and Hank Leiber contributed one as the Giants downed the Dodgers to end a game four losing losing los los- ing streak That wound wound-up the National league games for the day and night while in the American one tilt was run off under off under flood lights The Chicago White Sox surprisingly tripped the Detroit Tigers 7 This one was nip mp and tuck between between be be- tween the contending Tigers and the tail end White Sox but the former showed gameness that enabled enabled en en- them to come back from almost certain defeat The Tigers filled the bases with none out in the ninth and seemed on their way to a winning rally when Joe Haynes walked in a run But the uprising was promptly shut off then and there The Detroit hurlers Virgil and Johnny Corsica Gorsica allowed 15 hits Former blade experts of Utah Tee Ted and Virginia Virgin ia Westlake kneeling and other members of the Koyal URoyal Assassins fencing club of Fort Wor Worth th Texas left to right Coach Jimmy Myer l Inez Thomp Thompson on Bill Billye e Long June Douglas and Harriett night Knight will Mill participate in an exhibition exhibition tion match with swordsmen of Shepard fI flying ing fie Id air corps school at that post Saturday eve eve- ning The U Assassins will be assisted by me members of the battalion Texas defense guard back row left to right Lieutenant Jack F. F Massengale l Private Max Ellis and Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieu Lieu- tenant Howard Maddox Stor Story in adjoining T epee Topics