The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-05
|CINCY REDS NOW GLASS OF OLDER
 BASEBALL ] LOOP
Infield Works Four Dou- ble Plays Against
 Giants
BY GEORGE KIRKsEY

United Press Stan Correspondent)
 New York. June 5-(UP)-Wait until the second time around tue cir- cult before placing the stamp of ap- proval on any ball club. That's an old baseball axiom.
 natl Reds didn't look like the club
 The first time around the Cincin- the experts cracked them up to be. They lacked boise and finesse. were jittery and uncertain. But on their second tour of the east the Reds have found themselves. They looked like coming champions as they beat the Giants, Al, Sunday and in- creased their National League lead to 3 Ia games--longest of any Na- tional League club this season.
 One of the big criticisms of the Reds before the campaign opened concerned their infield defense. There wasn't anything sieve-like about it yesterday as the Reds reeled of four double plays Myers, Frey and Mccormick teaming up for three and Myers and Mccormick making the other one. Those foul !win-ply killings aided considerably as Paul Derringer scored his seventh triumph even though he allowed Il hits.
 Hubbell Out
 Carl Hubbell failed to last one inning. Bill Lohrman finished the game, allowing only seven hits, but one of them was homer by Werber with mate on.
 Pittsburgh and Brooklyn divided a doubleheader, the Pirates winning the opener. 7-3, and the Dodgers taking the nightcap, 14-l. Brooklyn had two-run lead going into the eighth inning of the opener, but Johnny Rizzo hit homer with two on to stake Luke Hamlin,s downfall Hugh Casey, rapped for IA hits, near- ly pitched . shutout in the after piece.
 The Cubs pounded out a 9-4 vic- tory over the Phillies although Big Bill Lee was driven to cover in the fourth. Carl Reynolds and Rip Rus- sell made three hits each and drove in six runs between them. Dizzy Dean blanked the Phils for three in- nings in the fnightcap, which was washed up at the end of the third
 Paul Trout, Detroit's bespectacled hurler, who is one of. those rare specimens who've beaten the Tanks, couldn't do 1t again. The champs belted him from the box in the fourth and rode on to an 8-4 triumph behind Red Ruffing and Johnny Murphy. It was Rulings eighth vic- tory. The triumph heightened New York's lead to 1-2 games. Good Teller Bob Teller hung up his ninth vic- tory as the Indians thunped the Red Sox, l0-2. He allowed six hits and famed four to run his seasons strike out record to 79. The Indians mauled Bagby and Wade for 15 hits. Bob Grove won the second game 7-l to give Boston an even break. The White Sox and Athletics took turns at belting each other around Chicago winning the opener, 14-9. and the As taking the game, 11-6. Ted Lyons coasted to his fifth straight win after his mates scored eight runs in the first frame of the opener.
 The St. Louis Browns snapped their 1l-game losing streak with bang = beating Washington twice, 5-4 and 1l-3. Harland Gift drove in three runs in the opener with two singles. The Browns raked Deshong and Masterson for 15 hits in the nightcap.
 YESTERDAYS HERO Billy Sul- livan, Browns outfielder whose eighth inning double drove in the winning run as St. Louis broke its l1-game losing streak by trimming Washington, 5-4.