The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-15
REDS ROLL ON
 TOWARD TOP AS
 CASTOFFS STAR
Bucky Walters, Ex-Phil Wally Berger, Ex-Giant
 Shut Out Champs
By GEORGE KIRKsEY


 New York, July 15.-(UP)-Bi Terry's New York Giants today apS peared to have been caught betweeJa cyclone and monsoon. The cyclone already had hit tn Giants and knocked them of tn z National League perch. The mon soon was moving in at an alarming rate from the rear.
 Pittsburgh was the cyclone, Gin cinnati, the monsoon. Clicking off 1$ straight the Pirates smashed thei way to the top. And now here werx the Reds demolishing everything i1 their path as they batter their wa back into the thick of the National League race.
 Cincinnati's comeback marks then as doubly dangerous contendd because 1t takes a good ball club come out of slump the way tn Reds have. They fought their wa| up to second place, only 8 game arl half behind the Giants and the hit the skids. They lost six in roz and were back to fourth place. Thef. the Reds picked themselves up agai and are now off at pace that sayS Make way! Move asidel Here VI comep
 The Monsoon struck the Giant again yesterday, handing them thei second straight defeat in the wes To. It was the seventh straight i'd the Reds. Bucky Walters scored h seventh victory and his third in row for the Reds, yielding only fi1 hits.
 The victory was doubly sweet Manager Bill McKechnie becau Wally Berger, the player Bill Ter didn't want, scored the winning ru McKechnie took Berger, consider by many to be "washed-up" and q stalled him regularly in left field the Reds. Berger is now leading National League in hitting with 8 He beat out an infield hit to q went to second when Joe Mol dropped Ival Goodman's fly, scored when Harry Gumbert tos, Frank McCormick's tap into cen field trying for a double play. Ali that Gumbert allowed only tn hits.
 Pittsburgh regained it's winn1 stride by nosing out Brooklyn, in eleven innings. It was he'd breaking defeat for Freddy Fitzsfi mons who had the Pirates beat 20, with two out in the ninth. ri he uncorked wild pitch and Waner brothers scored to tie count. Lee Handley's Triple Lloyd Waner's single drove in winning run in the 11th.
 Snapping their 6-game los streak, the Chicago Cubs triumph over the Phillies twice, 80 and Clay Bryant held the Phils to th hits in outpitching Claude Pass in the opener. Bill Lee limited Phils to five hits in the nightcap triumph over Hugh Mulcahy.
 The Boston Bees clubbed out hits to hand the St. Louis Cardirl their eighth straight loss, 10-5. vi DiMaggio led the Bees with th hits. Lou Fette kept the Cards hits fairly well scattered to win fifth game.
 The New York Yankees held u half game lead over Cleveland noSing out the St Louis Browns, in a Thinning game halted by I'd Selkirk's triple, Gordon's walk, N, som's wild throw, and Rolfe's gle accounted for the Tanks important runs in the sixth.
 Mel Harder's Shit pitching f tured Cleveland's 5-1 victory d Washington. Harder didn't allow runner to get past second until ninth when Al Simmons hit a Ind CT. Jeff Heath hit a homer with mate on.
 Lefty Grove scored his 14th tory as the Boston Red Sox trimr Detroit, 12-1, but had to leave game in the fifth inning with fingers numb and his arm d, Physicians who examined his were mystified would not comm except to say, tits apparently d and has no pulse." Jimmy Foxx homer No. 24.
 The Chicago White Sox outla. the Philadelphia Athletics to 8-7.
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