Show 5 Mize Mize a Still Ahead Ah ad t Of Ruths Ruth's Mark By JOE IOE Associated Press Sports Writer Mire Johnny definitely is aiming his 1113 big bat at Babe Ruths Ruth's home run record of ot 60 So and if the Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn Brook Brook- lyn Dodgers or St St. Louis Cardinals get In the way it will be Just too bad Mize has 44 to his credit countIng count count- lug Ing his circuit clout Thursday which enabled the Giants to defeat the Card Cardinals for t the e second 6 5 and plummet th the RedbIrds down to seven games games In lh back of ot the Dodgers He needs 17 11 more to establish a a new mark Mize currently Is five g games mes ahead o of the pace Ruth set in his record breaking 1927 season The Dodgers gained a full a full game gameon gameon gameon on the Redbirds by defeating the th Cubs 6 2 at Ebbets field They finished d of off Hank Wyse Vyse with four our runs in the first first- inning and wenton went on t to win their first game from the Cubs In their their- last five meet meet- I ings Johnny Jorgensen back a at third base base- for the Brooks after a weeks week's rest drove In three of ot th the runs runs runs' with a n loaded bases-loaded double I Braves Move Up uj The third place Boston Braves moved within within- eight games of first and one of second by taking both ends of a header double from the Cincinnati Reds 8 7 and 3 2 in Boston The Braves Brav s had to go 16 innings to win the first game then played only only five five and a half half- innings of the second game which was halted by darkness Schoolboy Rowe pitched the Philadelphia Phils into a virtual seventh place tie with Pittsburgh by shutting out the Pirates s 7 0 in Philadelphia Rowe allowed six hits in registe registering ing his victory against nine defeats The Pirates still lead hi m percentages by t two o points Fines Irine N Manager Steve ONeill O'Neill of the Detroit Tigers levied a fine On Hal after t the e Tigers Tigers' gers' gers ace hurler refused to to th leave the mound when ONeill O'Neill signaled him that he was through In the third Inning of the game against the Boston Red Sox Sex The Red fled Sox won 13 13 was socked locked for nine hits Jn In two and thirds two thirds innings InnIngs' toi to absorb his defeat of ot the season He has won 13 Johnny Pesky led the Red Sox 22 hit attack with four safeties He also drove in five runs rand and sc scored red three The victory left the Sox Sax 12 games behind the American league-leading league New York Yankees also It It also increased their second place margin over over the Tigers to a a game grime and a half Pitcher Joe Haynes won his own g game m when he singled In the winning winning win win- win I ning run in the inning l as as' as the Chicago White Sox Sax defeated th the thO Indians Indians' 42 4 in hi a night game in Cleveland Haynes allowed only nine hits to 11 for loser Bob Lemon 1 l The Yankees Washington Senators Sena Sena- tors Philadelphia Athletics and St. St Louis Browns were were not scheduled |