Show WALKED PLANK Higbe Making Rickey Look Good NATIONAL LEAGUE W v L Pet Pct GB Chicago 17 12 New York 15 11 77 y Boston j 16 13 1 i Pittsburgh 13 12 2 Brooklyn 15 13 l Philadelphia 15 16 3 Cincinnati U 13 3 18 5 St. St Louis 10 19 7 Thursdays Thursday's n Results St. St t. t Louis 4 4 I. 1 Only canto canio scheduled d. d AMERICAN LEAGUE W v L Pet GB Detroit 17 11 Boston 17 12 5 2 Cleveland 13 10 1 Chicago 16 15 2 Philadelphia 14 15 3 New York 13 14 3 34 4 Washington 11 15 5 St. St Louis 10 19 7 72 Thursdays Thursday's Result Detroit At t New e York lork postponed rain a Cleveland nt lit Boston Halton postponed rain Chicago nt at Philadelphia postponed rl raIn Only tames games scheduled n By lly JACK Associated Press Tress Sports Writer Kit Kirby by Higbe Is making Branch Branch Rickey look good While the Dodger mahatma eyes a depo deposit lt Ina in ina I Ia a Brookh Brooklyn n trust company Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pitts Pitts- burgh still scans the skies for old lugs lug's s 's Pirate victory The pride of or Columbia S. S C. C has hos made four tour starts since he was as bundled bundled bun bun- died up with tour four other Dodgers and sold to Pittsburgh A tie game against St. St Louis is his b best st show show- Ini ing Although Rickey was widely criticized criticized for tor ruining the Brooks' Brooks pitching pitching pitch pitch- ln ing staff when he peddled the failure of or last years year's Dodger ace in an enemy uniform has ha quieted the dissenters Granted Brooklyn pitchIng pitchIng pitching pitch pitch- ing is in ragged condition but old lug Hie doesn't appear to be the missing link Needs Need Casey Calley Some unkind souls have suggested the Pirates' Pirates Frank McKinney pulled a boner when he didn't buy shadow Hugh Casey too The Brooklyn keeper inn helped Rig out of at many a hole last summer and was his better half hatt early this season As recently as Wednesday Casey won from St. St Louis a n feat Higbe failed tailed to match last night Rig and Howie hlowie Pollet hooked up Ina Inn in ina a n tight 1 duel for tor six Innings at Sportsmans Sportsman's park until the Cards unloaded unloaded un un- un- un loaded tour four of their eight hits In a three run seventh inning for a 41 4 decision It was Pellets Pellet's first home borne win of the year and his second success success suc sue cess of at the season lealon Card Manager Eddie Dyer Der who has hu taken his hi lumps Jumps in the first month of ot the campaign after a storybook freshman season in which he won the pennant and the world championship showed signs of or the cellar strain Inan in inan inan an argument with umpire Art Gore Dyer Der thought Whitey Kurowski was Wal safe sate at first base in tn a close decision by Gore in the sixth Inning He said his his' piece so loudly with so many gestures that Gore banished him from Cram the premises It was the first time lime mild mannered Eddie had been thumbed this season sealon D Dip Big Inning The Cards' Cards big inning consisted of at singles b by Joe Garagiola Red Terry Moore and Stan and a passed paned ball bali adding up to three c runs run They had made the most of or two walks by for a arun arun arun run in the sixth to match the Pirates Pirates' third Inning score oft off Pollet Poliet Dixie Howell Pirate catcher who came from Brooklyn in the deal scored t the tone one Pittsburgh run alter after singling By a strange coincidence the Card win gave them a season eason record of or 10 won on and 19 lost exactly the same ume as the Browns who also alo occupy the cellar in the American league They still are arc nine games below the mark and seven full tull games behind the leading Chicago Cubs The St. St Louis Loul night game witnessed witnessed witnessed wit wit- b by fans w. w was the only game played in the majors majora No 1 o other clubs were scheduled in the National and three scheduled games Ilme in the American were rained out Detroit at New York Cleveland at Boston and Chicago at Philadelphia |