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(iHriMlenthiilumLionsmm/Western Auto Tens Play Tonite- ..lt; -*-*■»«. .. .a.———-...... «**...... — WrDodgers GainHalf Game On* JfcBuffs And0I.4#\f Jb *» Si. Idle Cincys*. erMissionsSan Juan, TCXGo Set; LionsWin Again Thompson SplitB GEORGE KIKKMlNEW YORK, June 28 —(UP' The king of Natiflhai League #ec-ooo be*emcn is no longer Billy Herniari of the Cubs. Pete Coscar-wt» the sure-handed little Basque who js serving his sophomore year with the Bn-oklyn Dodgers, * has taken Herman* title* away fromhim.Never was it more cleany demonstrated than .n the Dodgers-Cubs game ye*terriayi at Ebtwts QHKL Coacar.-rt handled seven chances, six of them assists, cleanly and banged out a potent double of the right wall which drove in two Dodger runs? He combinedwith Do If Cam i Hi to pull M double steal,Coscarart us an all-round ball player, wh- • dlt;»es everything with an easy grace that's appealing to watch He gels down low on a ground ball, something like Joe(Jordon of the Yor ks . Hard-flit halls that usually carnm off other mfielders are blocked by Cosea ran If there's any doubt about them getting away from him. Herman Failed to get in front of Joe Vo»-rmk's drrve m the fourth, and ithounded away from him for a hitCoacarart had the same kind of a chance and blocked the ball, thenrecovered it and got his man.The Dodgers put on a two-run rally in the eighth to close their home stay against the west with a5-4 victory osier the Cubs. With the Cubs on top. 1-0. Coscarart blasted his double to give the Dodgers a 2-1 lead *wheh stood up until the eighthAfter the Cub.- had gone ahead, 1-3. in the eighth on Todd $ single. Billy Rogeirs pinch homer, a walk and Herman's double. Brooklyn rame back to blast B» fl Lee for Fwo runs on Ducie Walker s double s walk. Camilffs single and a long By. With Walker, who had doubled trapped off second on Med wick's roller, Ixe let him get to third by going for the runner at first. That ikuil cost the Cubs the ball game.The triumph enabled the Dodgers to gam half a game on Che idle Reds, trimming the league-leadersmargin to a game and a half.Hal Schumacher held the Pfcria-deiprta Phillies to three hit* last aight as the Giants scored a 7-0 triumph to climb within half a game of second place. Fourteen men went to bat before Merrill May scratched the first hit off Schumacher* glove Johnny Rizzo got the■RMMMIBy IMTID » KKLast year the Fort Worth Cat* won the Texas League champion-sh • I’ in the Shanghnessy playoffand then went on to win the Dixie Scries.Last night the 1940 Cats their lneup studded generously with 1939regulars, lost their 13th straightgameWinner ever the league* cellar team was Houston, the Buffs taking a 14 inning battle « to 5 Fort Worth hoping to st.p thedepressing record of straight lossesstarted with Ray Starr, righthander who twice this season whipped the Buffs. But Houston shelled Starr from the box with five runs in five innings while Fort Worth failed to score.The Cats rallied in the seventh «*nd eighth to tie the score and send the game into extra mnmgs. but the effort was futile Houston brought home the winning run in the fourteenth.Another streak was extended, but this one was a winning streak. TheS n Antonio Missions made it eightconsecutive victories when they defeated Oklahoma City 9 to 7.Beaumont defeated Dallas again 3 to 2 with Smith and Hardy giving up only four hits.Tulsa climbed to within half a game of the first division by defeating SKNveport 6 to 4.Thursday's line scores;Dhl las 000-200-U0O--2 -4-0Beaumont 010-000-20x—3-8-2Overman and Wei land: Smith.Hardy and Parson*Ft. Worth 000-000-320-000-00- 3-15-1 Houston 300-020-000-000-01—6-12-4 Starr. Horton «nd Linton Kies. Nowak. Wilks and Narron, Mar-Sall.tlahoma Citj 300-000-004 7-11-6 San Antonio 001-321-llx—9-12-0 Fisher. McClendon. Stem and Dickey, Gibson Burck and Har-shany.Tulsa 210-000-300—613-1Shreveport 000-021-100—4- 91Erickson. Gaoler and Steiner:Coombs, Navie and Sueroe.iI*iDetroit Tigers to shade the St. Louis Browns, 2-1. in another night game. Bdlh homers were hit off Bob Hams, who. aloong wuth Bill Trotter, limited the Tigers to three hits. Greenberg's four-bagger in the sixth provided the winning edge. BuckVuurtLAi'n HThe Lions suft ball ten arid Western Auto are scheduled to meet here at 7:30 p. m. in a city league game to forerun the county league tilt tonight between Sharyland and Sun Juan which opens at 8:35 p. m In a city league double header here last night Thompson* and the league leading LWws split the bill the Lions winning the first 4 to 1and Thompsons the secoond 7 to 6 in one extra inning.Rio Grande City, scheduled toplay McAllen's ail stars failed to show up. The second city league game was substituted.In the first game toe-Lions talliedthree times in the first inhing whenIJohn Henley had trouble finding tht plate and walked three men,let one get on by the error route, but did not give up a single hit. Brother A. C. Henley had even worse luck for the Lions, walfong four men and allowing one Hit. Butthe Lams' weaknesses let in onky 1 run, Thompsons* sole tally.; A C. Henley was replaced by BOstwickwho finished the first game knd went on through the last.Bostwick allowed only four hits. Thompson* Henley allowed onlvtwo.thosetw»o hits were enough to ice the game for the Lions. Ernie Richmond bn two for two for Thompsons. Virgil Smith hit two for threeWatson and Westbrook hit for theLions.In the second game the Lionsscored only in the first and last innings. With the score at 6 to 3 in the seventh and Uet inning Nick Yoder came to bat in the clutch and poled out a home run with two men on base to tie the score. Thompson# came back in the last the eighth, the first extra mmng with Hasness up. He singled and Richmond, following him, did thesame to score the winning run and the game was over.For Thompsons Herman*ui hit two for three. For the Lions Nick Yoder w ith his home run hit one for three. Westbrook hit two forthree.Even whth a win and a loss the percentage of both team* droppeda few- points. Team Lions Thompsons Western Auto Square DealW L 9 38 65 fi2 9Pet. GB.750.571.454 34 .181 64
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McAllen Daily Press
McAllen, Texas, US
Fri, Jun 28, 1940
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