New York, June 5
'RUSHING the Philadelphia Phillies, 7-1, while the New York Giants took a 4-1 drubbing from the Cincinnati Reds, the Chicago Cubs snatched the lead of the National League today.
The victory of the Redlegs lifted them into the first division, ousting the Pittsburgh Pirates from the. fourth place because the Bucs dropped their game to the Brooklyn Dodgers, 10-5.
1 Neither Clydell Castleman nor Cliff Melton could stem the revamped, Reds who touched the offerings of the two Terrymen moundsmen for a total of eight hits.
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