| Show Bums Stretch Lead As Cardinals Cardinal's Lose By y JACK JACt HA HAND D Associated t Press Sports Writer Brooklyn appears to have re regained regained regained re- re gained Its Us balance after alter a tipsy week two Interlude by cooling of off ft the steaming Boston Braves while the St. St Louis Cards' Cards headlong rush has been slowed down With only a game four-game trip to Ph Philadelphia adelphia between them and the vital Ebbets field series with the I Cardinals the Brooks have a a. 4 41 game lead While they are playing Ben Chapmans Chapman's under-manned under Phils the Cardinals will be at Forbes field with the Pirates who have been getting the pitching to back backup backup backup up their home run power Half at nt Home Of OC the 42 Dodger games remaInIng remaining remaining remain remaIn- ing exactly one halt or 21 are scheduled for or Ebbets field Including including ing lag 17 in a row through Sept 1 During buring that period they hey mus must make their bid for they play only four our at home after Sept 1 i. The Cards' Cards 45 are divided 19 at t home and 26 away After Sept 1 they will play only seven away from home the rest of the season Vie Vic Lombardi's performance in shutting out Boston yesterday 1 0 must have been ben encouraging t to Manager Burt Shotton for tor the little left hander has been a major disappointment disappointment disappointment dis dis- dis- dis appointment this season Lombardi Lombard allowed only four hits all singles in spinning his seventh victory a athe at atthe atthe the expense of oC lefty leCty Warren Spahn Ed singled and was bunted to second by Jackie Robinson's Robinsons Robinsons Robinson's Robinsons Robinson's Robin Robin- sons son's perfect sacrifice After Pete Pet Reiser flied filed out Carl Furillo rolled rolleda a ground single through h Nanny Fernandez legs driving home with the lone run Southpaw Trouble St St. Louis ran into its old southpaw southpaw southpaw south south- paw trouble bowing to the left left- handed Fritz at Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pitts Pitts- burgh 5 although they banged out 10 hits Ralph Kiner the Bucs' Bucs slugging outfielder who may yet catch up with New Yorks York's Johnny Mize in the home run race hit No 30 with two on base of off loser Murry Dickson in the first firs inning However r Jimmy Bloodworth Bloodworth Bloodworth Blood Blood- worth act actually ally won the game with witha a loaded bases single In the sixth The Philadelphia Phils dropped the Giants further out of the race with a 6 5 decision their third Straight over New York The Giants now trail Brooklyn by eight games Reynolds Wins Allie Reynolds became the Amerlean AmerIcan Amerlean Amer Amer- lean Ican leagues league's first game 15 winner winner win win- ner when he be hurled the New York Yankees to an 8 5 edge ov over r Philadelphia's Philadelphia's Philadelphia's Phila Phila- delphias delphia's Phil Marchildon although neither starter finished finished- Rookie A Al AI Clark who had two doubles and George McQuinn each drove in three runs but little Phil Rizzuto led th the attack with three hits four runs and a stolen base Frank Shea undergoing the bullpen bullpen bullpen bull bull- pen tr treatment n ment u until n t I 11 1 Manager B Bucky Harris thinks his arm is ready for starting duty got Reynolds Reyn Reyn- olds out of a ninth-inning ninth jam Another small crowd only 2412 paid turned out to see the StLouis St St. Louis Browns succumb to Detroit 7 0 under the spell of Stubby hit four-hit pitching A Cleveland Clevelan l at Chicago game was rained out after one scoreless Inning and the other clubs were not scheduled NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pet Pct GB Brooklyn 68 44 St. St Louis 62 47 4 41 New Nw N w York 57 49 8 Boston 59 52 8 Cincinnati 53 61 16 Chicago 51 59 16 Pittsburgh 48 64 20 Philadelphia 44 66 23 Boston Boton 0 O 4 0 Brooklyn l 1 6 0 a Spahn end and Camelli Came Lombardi and Ed Ed- ward 1 I New Sew York S 5 5 9 g 1 Philadelphia I 6 6 7 1 lot lott kle Ke Kennedy d and l Cooper r bo DonacHy Donnelly Don Don- nell nelly acHy Schmidt Senan and Semi Semi- nick Padgett Losing I pitcher e voU Io t winning pitcher SchmIdt St. St Louis Loul 0 3 3 10 0 Pittsburgh 5 5 9 0 Dickson wilke and nei Wilber RI Rice mueller and Howell LosIn LoII pitcher Dickson Oni On Only games games' scheduled AMERICAN LEAGUE W v L Pet Pct GB I New ew York 72 38 Boston 59 48 11 56 50 14 Philadelphia 56 54 16 Cleveland 51 53 18 Chicago 51 60 21 Washington 46 58 23 Louis Lows v 40 70 32 PhiladelphIa to 5 6 6 S 1 New N York 01 S 8 8 10 io 2 w Savage and Rosar Reyn Reyn- olds old bh Shoe Shea a. a and RobInson Losing pitcher winning pitcher Reynolds Detroit 7 7 10 i 2 St St. Louis pOO 0 0 4 1 and Wagner Kramer Potter and Ana Moil Losing pitcher er Kramer Only games came scheduled I |
