The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-27
Jimmy COLLINS
COMES TO LIFE
AT RIGHT Time
Cubs First Baseman, Drop
ped in Batting Order,
Thorn to Dodgers
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

UNITED Press staff Correspondent
Chicago, July 81. (UP)-The
humiliation of batting in eighth
place finally made Jimmy the Rip
per Collins see red.
He went berserk in Brooklyn yes
terday and today the Chicago Cubs
were only half game out of sec
ond place in the National league
pennant race and champing to catch
the Giants, just above them, and
the Pirates, four games above.
Four Singles
Only major league first baseman
to bat in the undistinguished spot
just ahead of the pitcher, Collins,
once one of the National leagues
most feared clutch hitters, slashed
out four singles yesterday as the
Cubs opened their Eastern invasion
with 1913 triumph over Brooklyn.
He drove in three runs, scored two
and got the vital hit in the ninth
with the score tied.
With the game knotted 8-8 and
two out Gabby Hartnett worked Tot
Pressnell for a walk. Collins fol-
lowed with his fourth single, send
ing Hartnett to third. Lend your
ears, chums, Hartnett went from
first to third on a single-not once
but twice in the game. That prob
ably set an all time record for Cab
by'S base running. From third Hart
nett tailed the winning run on
wild pitch. Then Larry French dou-
bled and drove in Collins with an
extra run.
Pittsburgh blew a five-run lead
and lost to the Phillies, 6-5, in the
ninth. Relief Pitcher Mace Brown
walked in the Pills winning run.
An error by Arky Vaughan started
the Pills ninth inning rally and
Cap Clark's single tied the score.
The Giants lost their fourth
straight when they bowed to the
Cardinals, 6-5. Bob Seeds flied out
to end the game with two mates
on base. Clyde Shoun scored his
second straight victory over the
Giants although he had to be res
cued. Joe Medwick and Johnny Mize
hit homerS.
Reds Move Up
Cincinnati moved up on the two
leaders by beating the Boston Bees,
60, behind Paul Derringer's five
hit pitching. Derringer hit his first
homer of the season, and Wally
Berger also clouted one. Derringer
retired 81 men before he allowed
hit in the eighth.
The New York Yankees increased
their American league lead to
game and half by taking a double
header from the st. Louis Browns,
1915 and 1875, the second game
called in the eighth because of
darkness. Monte Pearson and Spud
Chandler were the winning pitchers.
Myril Hoag led the Yanks 19-hit
attack in the opener with five hits
and Joe Dimaggio, who hit a homer
in the opener, clouted three doubles
to top the 13-hit barrage in the
nightcap.
Bob Feller came out of his slump
by pitching Cleveland to a 40 vic
tory over the Philadelphia Athletics.
With his Dad looking on, Feller
famed 10 and permitted only seven
hits. Earl Averill hit homer.
Hank Greenberg's 30th and 31st
homers featured Detroit's 6 to tri-
umph over Washington. Greenberg
is now only two homers behind Babe
Ruths 1927 pace when he set the
major league record of 60.
Ted Lyons pitched the Chicago
White Sox to a 81 victory over the
Boston Red Sox. Rip Radcliff and
Luke Appling made three hits each
in a 14-hit assault on Ostermueller
and Rogers.
Yesterdays Hero-Rip. Collins,
Cubs first baseman who slammed
out four hits to lead Chicago to VIC
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