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Jtiening J&faf J&paf Is Cardinals Stung by Backlash From Dickson Sale D. 22, 1949—A—11** Washington, C., Monday, August __- ----- --4 Nats Finally in Cellar, Bucs‘ Beats or Draw Righthander w in, Lose, to Avert By FRANCIS STANN Hope Being Former Club Fourth Time Wire and Adhesive Tape Gang By Joe Reichler Pete Reiser, whom the Brooks Baling Worst in 40 Years Associated Pros* Staff Writer traded to Boston last winter, With their youth and ter-flung farm system and untapped Should the St. Louis Cardinals’ scored three of the winners' runs the Brooklyn Dodgers may be the team of the future in Burton Hawkins resources, By brilliant pennant drive end in and knocked in two with a single but if the taped and wired St. Louis Cardinals win out baseball, A dank, musty odor assailed failure, the blame perhaps could and home run. Don Newcombe, it will be all right with majority of National Leaguers. in their new this year the Nats’ nostrils be traced to last January 29. who has yet to beat Boston, The Cards, you see, are the National League Nestled in the quarters today. That was the day Robert Han- dropped his sixth decision. He has most likely to win a World Series American the representatives League basement, negan, then president of the Cards, won 11. remove the smear of all All-Star Nats have one re- and partially necessarily sold Murry Dickson, a front line The Boston Red Sox closed in series defeats the American League. His- stricted ambition remaining. They and by pitcher, to the Pittsburgh Pirates. on the American League-leading have little left to battle for tory proves this to be so. except The transaction brought $125,000 New York Yankees, cutting their the Cards, every to avoid being branded the worst If it hadn’t been for in cash to St. Louis, but no players. first-place margin to 2 Vi games of a century Washington team in 40 years. World Series in the last quarter Dickson, a prominent factor in the by walloping Washington. 4-0. except two would have been won by the Amer- Thfe NatS are operating as if Redbirds’ 1943 and ’46 champion- Philadelphia helped the Red Sox ican League. In 1940 the Cincinnati Reds that title is destined to be be- ships, won 12 games for the Cards by downing the Yankees, 8-7. and back in 1933 the New stowed on them. Anything less was in nosed out Detroit in 1948. He also helpful Lefty Lou Brissie and First Nats. than 18 victories in their remain- York Giants walloped the Washington relief. Baseman Ferris Fain helped cele- 39 will Wash- well in The only series won by the National League ing games present Dickson has not fared brate "Connie Mack Day” at Yan- ington with its most feeble record little since 1925 without the Cards was when the Pittsburgh. The right- kee Stadium by leading the A's to since 1909, and the Nats’ future has been Nats blew a 3-1 lead to the Pittsburgh Pirates. hander from Tracy, Mo., their only win over the Yankees isn’t bright. to win six this Let’s look at the Cards’ record since 1926, able only games in the three-game set. Brissie Dealt an 11th successive defeat, of them have Francii Btann. when they went into the flag-winning business season, but four went the route for his 12th vic- 4-0, by Boston yesterday, the Nats He’s licked the Yankees in ’26 and whipped them been over his former mates. Fain drove in six runs with on a big scale. They have scored one run in 32 tory. A’s. innings. made six starts against the Cards homer. again in 1942. In 1931 they smacked down the Philadelphia a double and grand slam That run, stemming from an error, and has to a bad game. the Detroit In 1944 and 1946 they yet pitch The latter came off Joe Page, who In 1934 they downed Tigers. an infield and a single pop fly His two losses to them came by the loss. off the Browns and Red Sox, respectively. was charged with polished which fell safely, was unearned. 4-3 and 2-1 scores. At least two of their victims belong among the all-time great Third-place Cleveland split a Over that span the Nats have ac- The Redbirds faced a golden op- A’s 1931. The of with the White Sox ... the Yanks of 1926 and the of Tigers double-header teams cumulated 15 hits. portunity to open their biggest weren’t either. They had Rowe, Cochrane, Greenberg, in Chicago. The Indians came 1934 bad, Next Stop Is Cleveland. lead of the year over Brooklyn— and few others. from behind to win the second Bridges, Goslin Finally rid of the Red Sox, who 2 Vs games—yesterday. They had game. 7-4, after Chicago had won climbed back into the pennant just whipped the Pittsburgh Pi- 'We've Got a of Pros, Pal' the opener, 5-4. Larry Doby fea- Couple scramble over the Nats’ dead bod- rates, 4-2, in the first game of a matter how tured a six-run fifth Inning with There’s no selling any Cardinal team short, no ies, Washington will head into double-header while the Dodgers the form sheets read. Take the Redbirds, for example. his 19th homer. It,came with present more trouble tomorrow night at were losing to Boston, 5-0. That last didn’t stack as two aboard. After chasing Bob Down in St. Petersburg Spring they up poten- Cleveland when it opens a West- gave the front-running Cards a Feller with a four-run first in- tial winners—or even as runners-up. ern invasion. The Nats, who have two-game bulge. A victory in the consider. two ning, the Sox had to break a 4-4 There were the Dodgers and the defending Braves to compiled losing streaks of 11 second game would increase their tie in the seventh of the opener. Also the youthful Phillies and the surging Pirates. Every day at games and two others of seven, margin to two and a half games. will be to their Don Wheeler singled home Floyd noon the newspapermen from all over the country would gather trying avert long- Dickson Hurls Two-Hitter. est of Baker with the winning run. in Manager Eddie Dyer's office and ask the same questions display inefficiency against But they reckoned not with the Indians. Browns, Divide. “Is Kurowski finished? Can Brecheen have one more good their former pitching star. Murry Tigers Against Cleveland, Manager Joe Now that Terry Moore’s washed up, who’s to play center not only beat them, but shut St. Louis moved out of eighth year? Kuhel plans to employ Ray Scar- And first base? And. how about Marty Marion’s aching them out with two singles. The place by splitting a twin bill wtth field? and Harris in at New York’s Yankee borough Mickey TALKING OVER OLD TIMES—Connie Mack sits in the Athletics’ dugout was 8-0. He had a no- Detroit. Les Moss’ two-run can Red last a full season? Finally, what score back, and Schoendiest a series. and two-game Both Ray Stadium and talks things over with a trio of his former stars. Pictured before yesterday’s cere- hitter until Solly Hemus singled pinch-single in the eighth beat are you going to do, Eddie, for a catcher?” Mickey have aged considerably monies honoring the veteran manager are George (Mule) Haas, outfielder; Jimmy Foxx, first in the fifth. Enos Slaughter’s the Tigers, 4-2, in the first game. Dyer, a good-natured Texan who can’t remembei* names, since last notching a in victory baseman; Mack and Bing Miller, outfielder. —AP Wirephoto. safety was the only other St. Home runs by Vic Wertz, Pat same ,. x would on his patient smile, as if he’d never heard the a _ put starting assignment. Despite Louis hit. So instead of 2 Vs games, Mullin and Paul Campbell won and say: some creditable games, questions, pitching the Cards’ lead is now a game and the second game for Detroit, 8-7. I like club. We’ve got a couple of pros, Harris hasn’t won since “Well, tell ya, pal, my joining a half. Fred Hutchison, in relief, won hi* and and, when the chips the Nats on June 14 and Scar- Mack Looks to Better remember. We’ve got Musial Slaughter Phils' Fans Bombard Fred Martin, a repatriate from 13th game, his eighth in suc- if have to be borough hasn’t been victorious Umpires, are down, Marion and Schoendiest will play they the Mexican League, pitched the cession. in a role since June 15. carried out to their positions on stretchers. We’ve got the ol’ starting 4-2 win for the Cards. He scat- The Philadelphia Phils divided Defeated 34 times in 38 games, Game Is Forfeited to Giants in spirit.” Days Philadelphia tered five hits, two of them home a double-header with the New the Nats can show one win over By the Associated Press there s nothing we can do about runs. Ralph Kiner hit his 34th York Giants. Kenny Heintzel- a first division club in the last PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 22.— it. We can’t protest that decision They Still Run 1-2-3, Regardless for the Pirates in the fourth. man blanked Leo Durocher's crew, six wfeeks. They achieved that The Philadelphia Phillies lost a to anybody.” Than New York Gave Well, you’d listen but wonder if Dyer was deluding himself.