Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-06-26 | Page 25 | Cooper Keeps Winning for Hapless Cards

I Cooper Keeps Winning for Hapless Cards I NEW YORK June 26 UP UP- UP The St. St Louis Cardinals languished languished lan Ian nine games behind the National leagues league's setting pace-setting Brooklyn Dodgers Friday but It wasn't the fault of Pitcher Mort Cooper Coopers Cooper's success on th the mound is the only bright phase of a generally discouraging St. St Louis outlook The Cardinals have been able to win only three of their last nine games and Cooper Coop Coop- er has pitched and won them all His two-hit two 4 0 triumph over the Boston Braves Thursday was his of the season eighth in a row and sixth shutout shutout shutout shut shut- out of the year Not a run has crossed the plate during Coopers Cooper's Coopers Cooper's Coopers Cooper's Coop Coop- ers er's last 32 innings and only one in his last five games He disposed disposed dis die posed of the first 16 Boston batters in order before Chet Ross connected with a blooper to right Only two other Braves to reach base were Max West who walked and Ernie Lombardi Lombard who got a handle hit in the seventh The Cards shelled Al Javery from the mound with three runs in the third The Dodgers won their third straight by defeating Cincinnat Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincin Cincin- nati nat 4 0 behind the hit five-hit pitching of Johnny Allen It was wa Allens Allen's fifth victory and was effectively clinched in the third when Brooklyn belted Ray Starr from the mound with five successive hits producing four runs It was Starrs Starr's third loss against 10 wins and broke his game five-game winning streak Bill BUI Lee won his ninth victory pitching Chicago to a 7 1 triumph triumph tri tri- over Philadelphia Lee held the Phils to five hits The Cubs sent five runs over oven in the third Rip Russells Russell's single ing two and Sal Hernandez's one one-bagger pushing over another pair Detroit blasted Tex Hughson from from the mound with six in the eighth defeating the Boston Red Sox Sax 7 Hughson winner of four straight allowed only one run and four hits until the eighth Hal White won his sixth victory for Detroit allowing 10 hits Ned Harris and Jimmy Bloodworth for Detroit Cleveland cuffed the Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia Phila Phila- delphia Athletics 4 1 for their theil third in a row Al Smith went the route for the Tribe allowing allowing allowing allow allow- ing five hits for his sixth vic vIe tory The Indians clouted Roger Wolff for seven hits one a homer hornen hom horn er en by Oris Oils Hockett Hackett No 5 Buck Ross won his second victory for Chicago limiting the Washington Senators to six safeties for a 2 0 decision Sid Hudson gave up five hits but was nicked for single runs in inthe inthe inthe the third and fourth by the Sox