Show Yanks Toller Toiler With a Limp By CORNELIUS RYAN NEW YORK Aug 26 UP It UP-It It I has been so so noisy In the National I league that few persons have heard the faint wheezes as the supposed I pow power r clubs in the American league i sagged gently and then hunted for some place to sit down and rest Since all of the top clubs got goti the staggers at once there has I been no no change In the order of finish which will have the thc Yankees first and the rest off in a league a of their own New NewYork York still is 12 games ahead Hit Sevens Hard Chicago hit Floyd Bevens hard hardin hardin hardin in the first two Innings to beat the Yanks Monday night Two singles a stolen base and a wild throw row gave the a inning first-inning run and five fi singles In the next inning produced three runs The Yanks had a chance to tie In the ninth when the leadoff man walked but elected to try to Instead of sacrifice and the runner was out making a later single a mere waste of time Cleveland topped the Red Sox Sax 10 to 8 when relief pitcher Ed Smith I 1 loaded 0 oa a d e d the bases In the eighth inning on two hits hits and a walk and then walked home the tying and winning runs Philadelphia beat Detroit 7 to 5 making full lull use of 11 hits fits three Tiger errors and eight bases on balls Two athletic runs just to win win were were unearned Sam hitter four-hitter was better S than the three hitter pitched by Rae Scarborough and Milo Candini Can- Can dini and the St. St Louis Browns beat Washington 1 to 0 O. O scoring on a walk an infield out and Bill Hitchcock's Hitchcock's Hitchcock's Hitch Hitch- cocks cock's single le Brooklyn and the Cardinals both won so the Brooks stayed six games a ahead h e a d in the National league The Dodgers defeated Pittsburgh 11 to to- to 10 10 a after ter scaring Dodger fans to death in Ebbets Ebbels field Brooklyn battered K Kirby rby Higbe and Rip Sewell for seven runs in the second inning featured by Stan three-run three triple and Pete Pele Reiser's three run homer Wit bLit homers by bv Sewell Billy Cox Jim Russell and Ralph Kiner enabled the Pirates to climb back Int into the game Pittsburgh had the tying run on third with one out in the ninth but Hu Hugh Huch h Casey stopped them them them-th there re I Battle of Homers St. St Louis whipped the Boston Braves 5 to 2 2 as George Munger Warren Spahn Munger Munger Munger Mun Mun- ger allowed only four hits while St. St Louis got eight including Stan two-run two homer Chicago out the Giants for a 9 to 7 I victory Bill Jurges blasted his first 1947 four-bagger four with Bob o on base in the inning and that was it fing Andy and Phil Cavaretta Cava Cava- retta reUa hit other Cub home runs Oscar Judd the most futile pitcher In the majors this year suffered his defeat as the Cincinnati Cincinnati Cin Cm- I Reds trimmed the Phils 5 to 3 3 Judd allowed one run In Inthe Inthe inthe the first inning and four in the second on five hits and two wild pitches The little lefty has h s won von two twp games National League W v L Pet Pct GB Brooklyn 77 47 St. St Louis LouI 70 70 52 6 Boston 67 67 56 9 New York 61 61 59 14 Cincinnati 60 67 18 Chicago 55 68 17 21 Pittsburgh 52 71 24 Philadelphia 50 72 t 26 Tl R RUE H P E Pittsburgh 10 1016 10 16 1 Brooklyn ll 11 11 13 0 Sen Sewell ell and Howell wel King Casey and anrIG Edwards j aToJ Losing loosing pitcher pitcher tc e l. l Winning pitcher pitcher Kin King Ten Inning InnIngs R H E Chicago a 2 2 20 9 0 14 1 New York ork n g g gg 5 0 0 07 7 H 13 0 Erickson o Meets Meet's and rl Ha Hartung in ino Begge e hinkle r Hansen n cI lott and J Cooper Losing pitcher pitcher lot lott Winning pit pitcher her It R. 1 II E St. St Louis Loula 5 g i 8 0 d Boston BOlton 2 5 1 Munger and Rice RIcci Spahn and MasL luL Losing pitcher R RHE H E Cincinnati 5 S 0 Philadelphia 3 9 2 Walters Gumpert anI and Lamanno Judd Schanz and aneS Padgett Losing pitcher pitcher Judd Winning Vinning pitcher pitcher Walters American League W L Pet Pct GB New York 78 44 Boston 63 54 12 Detroit 64 64 56 13 Philadelphia 64 58 14 Cleveland 62 62 57 14 Chicago 57 65 21 Washington 50 70 27 St. St Louis 44 78 34 T R RIlE H V V E Philadelphia 7 11 1 Detroit Oil i 5 8 3 McCahan Christopher a and n d Rosar Benton flenton and Wagner Losing pitcher Winning pitcher pitcher- McCahan R It RUE H HE E Boston Bolton 1008 8 9 1 Cleveland eland on 10 16 0 Dobson or Murray Murphy r. r Smith JO Johnson and Tebbetts b Lemon KUllman Kliman and nd Began Hegan Losing pitcher pitcher- Smith Winning pitcher pitcher R RIlE H R E Washington O. O 4 0 St. St Louis 1 3 0 Scarborough Candini and Mancuso Zol Sot dak and MOM lou Losing pitcher ScAr pitcher Scar borough R RUE H E JJ New w York 1 3 6 1 Chicago SOx SOx- 4 11 0 Bevens Beven and Houk Popish Cebrian Gebrian and nd Tresh Losing Bevens Winning pitcher |