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Brooklyn Adds To League Lead Over Cardinals Dodqers Edqc Out 12th Inninq Win Over Cincinnati N< w York Sept. 3 ‘l'Pt The <•; rnbinaUon of Brooklyn* < urr. n' comeba.k anil a I'-j game lead over the Cardinal- ••nhati. • d tin Itodger*' chance- today of winning the National league pennant with comparative ease Th. hot senior circuit race aland* thh way t »day W. L. G B To Play Brooklyn 9# 4t> 24 St. Lotti* 94 45 4’i 23 Immediately apparent la the i>o<i ger*' edge <n the all -Important lining aide where they have hut five game* les, than th.- Dogged Card Inal* Tti hottest serie, remaining Im the meeting between the clubs at Ebbets Field. Sep' 11 and 12th The IteMlgera' chain -eg will be Improved furth-r If their recent pitch Ing acquisition from the Senator... Bm k Newcom, provi a fortunate choice. Winner of only 11 games against 17 lose.-s with Washington per* Then, in the midst of this enthusiastic demonstration, the o - flt-ial* totals appear d < n the scoreboard, with the figures 0-1 2 showing in the St lambi slotthe official scorer had credit'd one hit to the B-owns, the only man in the stadium who had There was a murmur of dlsbe lief and disapproval Brigades f fan* swarm-d to the press box and shouted vituperations at the official ecorer, who had judged a skittery grounder that boomed off Joe (Jordon's glove in tin- first inning as a hit Instead < f an error Joe Gordon knocked it down ami toss »■<! to Buddy Hassett, at first, but Harlan Clift wa« He Th official

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scorer notified the press eectlon that it was a hit. Everyone else thought it was a (Jordon error Thu misunderstanding reached thunder- < us proportions after the fihal out. In th dressing room afterwards. i Borowy said, "Sure, I thought 1 - bad a no bitter, and the whole team thought uo That's why the Infield tightened up the way it did." And Gordon admitted. "I should have 'got it. I; probably was an error. But H was i tnlng awfully fast, i and I won't criticize the official i scorer." Ii was one of th has ball trag- ! edn tn which the scorer may be light or wrong But in this In -lunr e. Borowy should salvage | ome satisfaction berause It gave | him 13 wins against thr< ■ losses! fr hi< lirst season in the majors.) and mak s him at least the east -| ouletanding candidate for tin I .''rookie of the year" award. Borowy says, "maybe the law of , compensation worked out It's just i by Im k that I'm making as good [ a showing as I am this sea-, n It i was just by link that I discovered by dipper ball the delivery that gave me ii < ham. agaiu-t le.t■funded hitting Borowy is a right handed pitcher I Borowy. who (racks 17" pounds i on a six foot beam, always was es fe< tive against right-hand hitters, while pitching for Fordham ami later Newark ami then the Yanks. He had blinding speed and a good • i*rv • fir righthanders. But he j was just a fish cour<*e for most • southpaw slugger*. Hence it w.i that on May 5. I 1!'I2. big Hank relieved Johnny Lindell in the first Inning against | tin- White Sox Bill Dickey. Vel.-r-. an catcher of the Yaqks. told him | to ke p the ball low and on the l I Inside for lefties To keep within | 1 this -area, Boi wy pit. bed with a twist of hio wiist just something I happened all of a sudden and dis covered that the ball was dipping ! - In ami away from tin- southpaw*. And they weren't hitting it He was throwing a lightning fust sinker that dropped and failed away from the batsman the "dipper ball." I Sime that accidental discovery, i Borowy has been using the dip- 1 per" again- f allport* de *w itter*. I ami he ha* g m to town Wit ther or not th.- official scorer was right i >« -1 rday no one knows for sure Most men in the pres* sect! n say he was But. anyway, the r.euitirig disagreement made Ing Hank a hero in New York, at least, and lias attentloned the rest of the majors I the fad that here I* a robust candidate for "the rookie of I the year." • LEADING HITTERS National League Player A Club C AB R H Pct. Heiser. Dodg. 103 394 82 129 .329 I Slaughter St L 130 5"6 *5 (fig .334 I Imtnbardl. Him 90 253 24 *1 320 j Miisial St I. 11* 3*5 74 12! 311 Novikoff. Chi HI 127 13 132 3091 American League Williams. B>*. 132 445 114 143 35! I Wright. Chi. 83 300 (3 101 337 I Gordon. Yanks 125 453 75 130 331 Pesky. B Mon 129 53* 90 177 329 ISp me. Wash 124 524 74 172 327 j ALFRED BEAVERS j Homestead No. 16 j This emblem of cwrvwy a.d ••(• driving is swarded te on. car owner •i this canon unity each weak day. omvc CAMPULLV - SAVK A MFC

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MAJOR LEAGUE rSTANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. G.B. I Brooklyn 90 4" 692 ISt IsiUix MJ 45 .656 4'z .New'York 72 59 .550 is', i< uh -Innatl 65 05 .500 25 Pltlxburgh 59 Os 105 2!", Chicago 01 74 .452 31', Hi.iloii 53 *o .394 39 Philadelphia 30 90 .286 52 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. G.B. New York 88 44 .607 Boston 81 53 .604 8 Ml. Louia 68 63 .519 191, Cleveland 68 64 .515 20 Detroit 64 70 .478 25 Chivagi 59 68 .465 261 k I W.i-bmgf. m 51 77 M 35 Phil.id- Ipln.i 49 89 .355 42 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Boston 2. Chicago 1 <lO inningsi. Brooklyn 3, Cincinnati 2 <l2 Innings). New York 8. St. luiuis 2. Pittsburgh 5. Philad* Ipbia 2. American League New York 3-6. St Louis 2-Of first ! game lo Innings). Boston 3-4. Detroit 2-2. Cleveland 12. Philadelphia 2 Chicago ST. Washingtun 2-6 . a » - .... . Todays Sport Parade | • Reg. U. S. Pat. Office By Jack Cuddy 9 » — - >■ i a * New York, Sept. 2.—(UP)—The crowd of 26,827 lans raised an exultant roar when Walt Judnich, last man ot the St. Ixiuis Browna in the last inning, swung and missed, apparently assuring the big. blond Polish pitcher of the Yanks. Hank Borowy, entrance to the hall of fame with a no-hitter. Borowy walked down from the mound thinking he had registered a no-hitter. Ills mates thought so. Llktw!ae the fans. Hundreds of them streamed out onto the field to congratulate Borowy. He had I to b»- rescued from the back-slap-boisterous Bucky goaa against the I Reds today at Cincinnati, meeting Johnny Vand n Meer, who has won 16 vlltories against nine defeats , | this season and is high among the i league’s strikeout artists. I The Giants, who gave the DodgI ers' flag stock a tremendous boost yesterday, scheduled Carl Hubbell ' | to work at ML Louis against the card's Howie Pollet or Ernie White Hubbell has been partilularly good lately but both Pollet and White are strictly gambles. Neither has lived up to last year's standard and both have identical records of four wins and five de feats. Brooklyn shaded the Reds. 8-2. in 12 innigs yesterday while their .nterboro rivals, the Giants, belt «d the Car*. 8-2 Bucky Walters walked Pewee Reese. Brut sun up for Brooklyn In the 12th and this pass was turn rd into the run which gave the I Dodgers their triumph and Wallers

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Ills seventh straight defeat, which | mathematically eliminated that Reds from the race. A quarts-t of Brooklyn pitchers worked. Whit Wyatt winning his 17th Ft Rowing the walk to Reese. ; Wyatt sacrificed ami Clyde Shoun ' took ov- r for the Reds. He disposed of Johnny Rizzo on a pop ( fly only to have Arky Vaughan , single Reese across. Bolt Carpenter held the Cards to eight hits for his ninth victory t ■ a*< the Giants defeated St. Ixtuls. || Babe Young's double with the bases loaded drove in three runs in | the third A single by Billy Jurges.! 1 a double by Mickey Witek and a|l single by Johnny Mize sent .Max i j latnier to the showers In the fourth. Three more pitchers followed i him to the hill but were unable to ! stem the Giants' 14 hit aesault. Singles by Ernie L: mbardl and Max West and Eddie Miller's long | fly gav. the Braves a 21 victory , over the Cubs in 10 Innings. Pittsburgh st ored four runs In; the eighth without a base hit and handed the Phils their eighth' straight ilefeat. 5-2. last night be- 1 ‘fore 3.712 fans. Pittsburgh's smallest night crowd. Going into the p eighth. Frank Ho< rat had pitched . only two-hit ball for the Phils and held a 2-1 lead, but his own er-1 , rcr. coupled with four walks and two batsmen hit by his reik-f, John-! ny Podgajny. resulted in four runs. 1 In the American league, Hauk Dorowy came within a whisper of a no-hitter as The Yankees beat St. Louis, 3 2 and 64. Charley Keller’s 25th hotner with two out in the loth gave Spud Chandler his' 15th victory In the opener. Borowy gave up the only hit In the night * cap In the first inning. It was an infield grounder to Joe Gordon by Harlond Clift which th- Yankee second baseman could not handle. i| Borowy fanned 10. walked two and ! faced only 29 men. When the game ended, fans hoisted him on their shoulders and only then learned that it had not been a no-hitter. 11 They booed the official acorer. The Red Box rapped Detroit. 3 2 and 4-2 Jchnny Pesky's single with loaded basrs In the ninth won the first game and Ted Williams'' double with the bases full in the seventh won the nightcap. Tom Ferrlck checked bls former mates with 10 hits and Cleveland won from the A'*. 12-3. Herman Besse went all the way for the A's although! pounded for 18 hits. Chicago depeated the Senators. 8-2. and 7-6. Yesterday's Star Hank Borowy of the Yanks who won his 13th victory with a one-hitter over St. Louis. 64. —————<►——— | HOME RUNS Williams. Red Sox 88 ott. Giants 25 Keller. Yankees 25 Mize. Giants 23 J Laubs. Browna 28 o —. Captains Os Bowling Teams Meet Friday Managars of teams in tbs Msrchants and minor bowling leagues are asked to meet at the Mies Recreation alleys Friday night at I o’clock for final organization meetings The Claaa ic league will open next Wednesday aighL September 8, at 7:36 o'clock. Oscar Lankaran was elected prosldeat and Rollis Ladd secretary at the organisation meetlag last night. t 111 >s^a« — i trade la a Good Toww - Demon .

Hints Curtailment Os School Athletics May Discard Annual Basketball Meets Indianapolis, Sept. 3 fl P> Sharp curtainment of Hoosier high school athletic competition as a result of war regulations has hinted ymterday by Arthur L. Trester, I ILS A A "czar." Trester stated plans for the association's annual state-wide basketball tournaments "should take a back seat for the present at least." He eaid the IHSAA board of control has reached no decision on the advisability of conducting the tournaments. Trester’s statement indicated that the four-round playoff. top Hoosier sports attraction, may be totally abandoned or limited to sectional competition. I'se of chartered busee by athletic teams Is now prohibited by an office of defense transportation or-, der, the commissioner pointed out. i "It may be." he said, "that long trips to p.'ay high school games were never justifiable, but It M clear now that the transports!! m question prevents long-distance traveling,” Trester said adjustments will be necessary in schedules, contracts for game* and officials. He said the board of control had recommend'd that school officials take i.p these matters at an early date i.nd reach mutual settlements. Althcugh no de< ktion has been reached on the tournament question. TIHBAA officials will accept tourney Invitation* from schools desiring th* tourney* In the event that the commission should decide to conduct the elimlnatlcn program. If sectional tournaments are played. Trester said, the preliminary playoffs will be held February 25. 26 and 27. 1943 Trester also announcer! that Bedford high school had been placed

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Rides Six Winners l-S P ■ V-' X / mB-’ I t v ' r Jockey Johnny Adams, above,; booted home six whiners and two place horses al Thistle Downs, i near Cleveland, in an afternoon s ! rifling putting him in (sisltlon to take the lead of Jockey Eric Guerin. this year's top ride. on probation until September L 1943 because of "laxness In the execution and administration of athletics." __Q Berne Bowlinq Season Opens September 14 Berne. Ind., Sept. 3 The bowling season will open at the Berne Auditorium alleys Monday evening. Sept. 14. ft was announced loJay by Oswin Sprunger, custodian of the audi’oriutn League games I for '»oth men ar.d women will start that evening. The alleys are being I reeanded and refinished and will be In good condition for the opening of the season.

Fourth Place Battle Livens Association Louisville Moves Into Fourth Spot By I'nited Press The nec k and Beck struggle between the top three teams In the American Association lor flrat place assumed a secondary Importance today as u new. and actually more Important, fight for fourth place, and a spot in the play-off*, developed between Louisville and Toledo. The .Mudhens led the Colonels by m games before the start of yesterday's play ad seemed a cinch to hung on to their margin with just a few days remaining in the regular season. Louisville had other plans, however, and took a double header and fourth place from Toledo last night The Colonels pounded out 14 hits in the first game ot the twin bill ito win 9 to I. Nelson Potter limited the Hens to six hits. Toledo built up an early lead In the second game but Ixtulsvllle scored twice In tile seventh to tie it up. The game remained deadlocked until the first half of the tenth when the Colonels scored twice to win 4 to 2. Toledo OUtblt IxruisvUle

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