Show I I Phillies Tigers Leading Majors Maiors In n Early Season Surprises n liy By Carl NE MEW V YORK May ay 16 UP Eddie Sawyers Sawyer's flaming Phillies and Red Rolfe's flying Tigers were being reevaluated ree as solid pennant contenders Tuesday After Aftel a month of play the Brooklyn Dodgers ers and Boston Red Sox have failed to fulfill expectations True the Red Sox and Dodgers still are the clubs to beat and the defending world champion Yankees Yankees Yankees Yan Yan- kees and still potent Cardinals may h have he e to be reckoned with aUthe all aU the way But the Phils and Tigers Tiger now are in strong positions settling down for long home stands after outstanding road trips The Tigers Tiger iger particularly looked I like standouts They have won 13 out of 19 games without any I help from their ers erstwhile while ace pitcher Hal He was batted out of the box in his only start Sunday against the lowly Browns Rolfe has the Tigers believing believing believing be be- lieving they can stay right up on top all the way tray The Tigers won six out of oC eight games in the east taking two out of three from Crom Boston and splitting two games with New York The Phillies did better in the west than any other National league eastern clubs including the pennant rivals the Dodgers and Bra Braves Braes es |