Show Browns Drive Quietly Ahead To Bid for Upper Berth By GEORGE NEW YORK June 5 UP UP- UP Without fanfare or h hullabaloo the St. St Louis Loui Browns are battling their way into a first division berth in inthe inthe inthe the American league By winning winning win win- ning icing 11 of their last 15 games the Browns have separated themselves themselves themselves them them- selves from the second-division second White Sox Senators and Athletics Although they still are in fifth place the Browns are only half a game behind the place fourth-place Red Sox who once more are having pitchers' pitchers cramps Luke Sewell has Sewell-has has done a remarkable remarkable remarkable remark remark- remark able job with the Browns considering considering considering consid consid- ering that he lost regular Shortstop Shortstop Shortstop Short Short- stop Johnny Berardino Outfielder Joe Grace and a couple of others to the armed services The Browns Browns' weren't overloaded with pitching prospects this spring but Sewell has Eldon Auker John and Al Hollingsworth pitching winning ball and there are some hopes that Bob Mun- Mun will come around soon Last weeks week's deal which brought Catcher Catch Catch- er Frankie Hayes to the Browns has improved the clubs club's punch The league is raving about I Rookie Shortstop Vernon Stephens Stephens Stephens Ste Ste- who is not only a classy fielder but has considerable power pow pow- er Jimmy Dykes White Sox pi pi- pi lot rates Stephens over the Red Sox highly touted rookie short- short top Johnny Pesky The Browns got off on the right I foot in the second eastern Invasion invasion invasion inva Inva- sion by winning the opening series from Washington taking the odd game of a three-game three series Thursday Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day 7 2 called in eighth because of weather Al AI Hollingsworth off cast-off southpaw southpaw south south- southpaw paw from the National league scored his fourth victory keeping the Senators well under control on eight hits Harlond Clift's Cliffs homer with one on was the I Browns Browns' big punch The Yankees as usual kept rollIng roll roll- ing They piled up eight runs on luckless Edgar Smith years year's most consistent loser in the second secona Inning in inning In- In ning icing and beat the White Sox easIly easily easily ily 8 It was Smiths Smith's ninth straight loss Joe Gordon had a single and double and was robbed of another hit by Third Baseman Bob Kennedy It was the straight game in which Gordon has hit safely Les Flemmings Flemming's double with two on and two out in the ninth enabled Cleveland to beat the Red Sox 4 2 Oscar Judd held the Tribe to three hits until the ninth when he al allowed ill ill- lowed two more and two walks which beat him Jim Bagby gave L t up nine hits in beating hIS hij former former former for for- mer mates for his seventh victory h hA A fast finish by the Tigers gave t them an 8 7 victory over the Ath Ath- Ie tics Don R Ross Ross' ss' ss homer with tw two on in the eighth tied the score 4 but the Tigers Med needed d four more runs r in the ninth to win Ned Harris hit a homer with one in the ninth and Birdie Tebbetts singled with the bases loaded 01 Ol Lon Warneke who they say cant can't throw hard enough to break an eggshell ll gave the Boston Braves enough of this and that thatto thatto thatto to beat them 6 2 and the St. St Louis Cardinals picked up half hall halfa halla a game on the idle Brooklyn Dodgers who now lead the National National Na Na- league by six lengths A run five-run inning in which Walker Cooper tripled and George Georg Kurowski Kurowski Ku- Ku u- u doubled turned the tide in the second Will Marshalls Marshall's eighth homer tying him with Dolf Camilli for forthe forthe forthe the league lead gave the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Giants a 4 3 victory over the Chicago Cubs in the after after after af af- af- af ter Rip Russell had tied it 3 with his third homer in three days Cliff Melton scattered six hits for his seventh win Manager Mel Ott of the Giants broke Rogers Hornsby's National league record for runs batted in by driving home his run i |