Time Prowess; Dodgers Take 5th in a Row New York, Apr. 25.
'OUNG Hughy Casey walked across home plate with the winning run for the Brooklyn Dodgers today, giving the Dodgers a 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies and strengthening their hold on first place in the National League race.
The Phillies started strong, scoring one run in the first inning. The Dodgers came back, however, in the next imuing when first baseman Adolph Camilli walked and then scored on a whistling line drive to right field by catcher Hermak Frank.
With the score tied, Pearson balked in the seventh inning sending Casey across the platter with the winning run. Young Casey yielded only five hits during the game while his mates were pounding Pearson for eight blows. It was the fifth straight win
only team with a "perfect" rec for the Dodgers, making ben in either league.
The champion Cincinnati Reds took their first beating of the year when the Chicago Cubs pounded out a 4-2 decision. Behind the masterful pitch~ ing of Jerome "Dizzy" Dean, showing his old-time power and control, the Cubs pounded Paul Derringer for 11 hits, Dean yielded but five hits in his second appearance of the year.
"Dizzy" virtually won his awn game in the sixth inning when he poled a sharp single to the infield and crossed home plate on a sacrifice and a single by his team mates.
The New York Giants moved a notch closer to the top of the heap by shellacking the Boston Bees, 9-1, in a free swinging game that saw the Giants pound two Beantown pitchers for.17 hits.
Outfielder Johnny Rucker led the attack by gathering in three hits including a triple. Short stop Bill Jurges, a second baseman Buri Whitehead and Norman Young drove in all the runs for the Giants.
George Barnicle, working on the mound for Boston, hit three Gignts during his turn with the chores. Outfielder Frank Demaree of the Giants drew three walks during his times at the plate.
Boston tallied their only run off Bill Lohrman when Outfielder Chester Ross drove out a screaming three bagger and catcher Stanley Andrew nicked Lohrman for a single.
The Pittsburgh Pirates lost a heartbreaking 10-9 decision to the St. Louis Cardinals when Lemuel "Pep" Young was nipped at the plate with the tying run in the ninth inning. Fans in the bleachers were on their feet throughout the game as St. Louis pounded out 22 hits and Pittsburgh chalked up 12 blows for the heaviest hitting game of the day, BO Latip acne Pittsburgh "7o00000000:. 9 12 3 Batteries: Cooper, Shoun, J. Russell, and Padgett, Owen; Klinger, Heintzelman, Lanahan and Schultz. caiac a I 6 St. Louis RAT Batteries: Newsom "and Tebbetts; Auker, Niggeling and Susce.
Philadelphia 6 13 2 Washington 1.0.0.) 7 13 0 Batteries: Caster, Ross and Bruckner; Krakauskas, Torres, Carasquel and i prg Batteres: Smith, C. Brown and Fresh; Feller and, Hemsley.
New York v. Boston called off because of rain.
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