Place as Reds Move Up Fumbling Defeat at Hands of Cards; Cincinnati Cut Down Phillies 6-2; Giants Beat Cubs New York, June 17.
HE Brooklyn Dodgers fumbled themselves out of the National League lead today as the fast-moving Cincinnati Reds hurdled them to step into the No. 1 spot in the senior circuit. The Dodgers, playing like the: Daffiness Boys of yore, when Babe Herman was catching high flies with his noggin, bobbled and fumbled their way through time innings, handing a 3-1 win to the St. Louis Cardinals, The Cards did not score an earned run, getting all their markers on errors by Babe Phelps, Harry Lavagetto, Dolph Camilli and Dixie Walker.
Meanwhile, Shoun handcuffed the Dodgers with four solitary blow:
At the same-time, the Reds chopped the Philadelphia Phillies down 6-2, being paced by a three run homer by Harry Joost, Johnny Vandermeer and Whitey Moore held the Phils to two hits.
At the other end of the League standings the Boston Bees jumped two teams to move from the cellar into sixth place on the basis of a twin victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Corsairs fèll to seventh fis a result of their defeats, with the Phillies taking. a lease Vast on place.
No games scheduled in the Ameriean League.
The Giants, taking a 2-1 win from Chicago, moved up closer to their '|mivals from across the Brooklyn Bridge and cemented their hold on pao place. Jurges scored both the few Yorkers' tallies, one on a seventh inning homer while Paul (Daffy) Dean held the Cubs to six hits.
The Pirates used seven hurlers in XI.|their bargain bill in an unsuccessful attempt io stop the Bees. Vince DiMaggio put the Pernsylvanians into the running in the opener with a homer that scored two mates ahead:|of him. The Bees came back and sewed the game up immediately 5-3 with two singles and three walks.
In the nightcap the Bucs got 14 men on base but could get only one all the way around and they dropped -|the game 5-1.
St. Louis Brooklyn Batteries: Shoun and Owen: Tamulis, Kimball and Phelps. Mancuso.
Chicago 1 8 2 New York close 2 6,0 Bátteries: Root, Raffensberger "and Hartnett; Dean and O'Dea 2
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