Show Maybe Durocher Isn't Worrying But His Pitchers Surely Surdy Get Work By JUDSON BAILEY Associated Press Sports Writer 1 The Brooklyn Dodgers now have havea a game 4 game lead in their National league pennant prancing so who's nervous Well Mr Leo Ernest Durocher the Dodgers' Dodgers peerless peerless' pilot appears appears appears ap ap- ap- ap pears to be for be-for for one What hes he's been doing with his pitchers in recent days scarcely I can be described without a map and a seeing-eye seeing dog but it may maybe maybe maybe be worth a try to prevent posterity from confusing the movements with those of troops Yesterday Durocher called on no fewer than five of his best pitchers pitch pitch- ers to curb the futile Cincinnati Reds 3 2 In 12 innings From left to right and start to finish his field included Curt Davis Hugh Casey Kirby Higbe Les Webber Webber Webber Web Web- ber and Whitlow Wyatt Davis started the game al although although although al- al though he had been used for relief two days in a row In the preceding preceding preceding pre pre- ceding series at Pittsburgh In Inthe Inthe Inthe the second of these appearances on Monday Davis replaced Larry French in the tenth inning when French had retired the only man he faced in that frame on a fly ball Calls CaUs Five Davis was knocked out In the fifth yesterday and Casey took competent charge until removed for a pinch hitter in the ninth Then Higbe who had pitched the full nine innings to beat the Pi Pi- rates Tuesday was sent to o the 1 mound He walked the first batter batter batter bat bat- ter and immediately was flagged out in favor of Webber The rookie gave one hit in the tenth and then Durocher taking no chances called in Wyatt for his first relief chore of the year The Dodger ace finished strongly and gained his victory when a walk a sacrifice and a single by Arky Vaughan scored a run for Brooklyn in the twelfth The defeat was charged to Bucky Walters Valters who himself made three hits batted in one Red run and scored the other The triumph added another game to Brooklyn's slender margin margin margin mar mar- gin because the New York Giants slugged out an 8 2 win over the St. St Louis Cardinals Babe Young doubled with the bases loaded for three runs in the third and the Giants tallied two more in the fourth to rout Max Lanier Altogether Altogether Altogether Alto Alto- gether New York made 14 hits off four hurlers while Bob Carpenter Carpenter Carpenter Car Car- penter checked the Cards on eight for his first victory since July 3 Braves Beat Deat Cubs The Boston Braves beat the Chicago Cubs 2 1 in 10 innings after Lon Warneke had held them scoreless for seven frames The Pirates stopped the Phils 5 2 by scoring four runs without a hit in the eighth inning of their night game Frank Hoerst held the Bucs to two singles one of which drove in a run in the fourth In the big off blow-off Hoerst walked four men and threw low to the plate on a grounder Then Relief Relie Pitcher John hit two batsmen At New York the Yankees swep swept a doubleheader from the St. St Louis Browns 3 2 3 on Charley Kellers Keller's twenty-fifth twenty homer in the tenth inning and 6 0 on Hank Borowy's masterful one-hit one hurling Indians Gain Tie The Cleveland Indians rose into a virtual tie with the Browns fo for third place in the American league by overwhelming the Philadelphia Athletics 12 The Tribe scored eight runs in the first inning but bu Connie Mack left his pitcher in inand inand inand and and swapped catchers The Boston Red Sox kept pace pac with the Yanks by taking a double bill from the Detroit Tigers 3 2 and 4 42 Charley Wagner pitched hit five-hit ball in the first game which was decided by Ted Wil Williams Williams' Wil- Wil liams' liams homer in the eighth inning Williams also doubled three runs across in the second game to win that that boosting boosting hi his runs batted in total to anc and giving the Sox the twenty second victory in their last 26 games The Chicago White Sox whipped the Washington Senators 8 2 anc and 7 6 making 17 hits in the first firs game and 12 in the second Washington Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington contributed six errors t to Chicago's cause in the opener anc and Lou Bevil a rookie fresh from Chattanooga gave the Sox four fou runs before he was removed in th the first inning of the nightcap |