The Archive · 1941

Cards Whittle Down Dodgers Lead to One Game in Hectic

THE SPORTS — National League Race

NOCKING ever the Chicago Cubs twice, the St. Louis Cards today whittled down Brooklyn's lead to a lone game as the most hectic National League race in years went into its final week of play.

White St. Louis fans were hi treated to a double win, the Dodgers, playing at Phila p, split a twin bill with the lowly Phillies. pla while seven comiests remain. on has five more games to Reds was a homer by Eddie Joost in eighth frame.

peste dor We Cappinals, w Works Giants turned im a nis took the 9] double wip over the Boston Breves,

labis ssu the part of the Cube Tue of me indo because of a winning the opener 4 to 0 and the of the ni loy might ca, 15 in the first game Feldman, a rookie from Jersey City, held the Braves to Limited to Eight Hits nine hits im recording a shutout. Norman Young, Glant first baseman, With the score deadlocked, Herman Wood Trophy Elevens helped out the winners by hitting his Triplett placed a slow bounder in 25th homer of the season.

Pictured above is a combined group of the S. C.C. and Recs teams taken before the start of the front of the, place." Catcher, Clyde The Giants had no competition in icCullough threw to first but Triplett two-day Wood Trophy match over the week-end on the Cricket Club ground. After both elevens had the second game. Four Boston hurl-fat the throw by inches. While th (ers were ked for 21 hits and in been on top at various periods of the encounter, the game ended in a draw and thus the Rees were is. argued bout the decision, addition the Braves made four errors. fusal, a rookie who bad previously left in possession of the coveted trophy for another year. Boston's second place Red Sex won 'üwn'a walk, scored all the way their 80th game of the season in de-from second to break up the game. feating the New York Yankees, 4 to 1. Musial turned in four hits during the The Yanks have only six more games before they start resting up for the In the second game, the Cubs were World Series. limited to eight hits by Pollett and

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