The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-21
WHITE SOx BOSS
 WORKS WONDERS WITH WEAK CLUB
Chicago Entry Has Beaten Red Sox 4 Straight;
 Ruffing, Lee Star
BY GEORGE KIRKsEY United Press Staff Correspondent)

(Unite0 Press Stam COffesp0n0entD
 New York, July 21.--tUP).-For doing the best job day in and day out in the cjor leagues Jimmy Dykes of the White Sox must be given serious consideration. He takes castoffs, pickups and nonde- scripts and converts them into win- ning, hustling ball r!ayers.
 And no major league manager has ever had more tough breaks than Dykes, not excepting Bill Terry and his present predicament. If tears were allotted per players hurt or rendered hors de combat during Dykes regimen as compared with Terry's, the Giants boss couldn't even work up enough moisture to get a crying towel. Dykes record of tough breaks reads like something that happened to an orphan boy, but no one ever heard of the White Sox manager locking himself be- hind doors and pleading for privacy.
 Dykes takes his luck as he finds 1t and makes the most of it And he also takes the ball players he gets and does what he can with them. Look at the lineup with whcih the White Sox just licked the Red Sox four in row. The same Red Sox who cut down the Yankees five straight not 50 many days ago.
 Hayes, 2b--Ex-Senator.
 Kuhel, 1b-Trade for Eonura.
 Kreevich, cf-Turned down by Cubs.
 Rosenthal, rf-Minor League pick up.
 Walker, lf-Acquired from Tigers.
 Appling, ss-Sought from Att lanta.
 McNair, 3b-Castoff by Red Sox.
 Fresh, c-Throw min by Tigers in Kennedy-Walker deal.
 Lee, p-Failure with Cleveland.
 Hustllng For Second
 Strictly second division ball club, but Dykes has that gang in third place hustling for second. They beat the Red Sox yesterday, 40, for their 18th victory in 19 games. Today they clash with the powerful Yankees, who hung up their eighth straight yesterday by nicking the Browns, 2-1. The White Sox are 13 Ia games behind the Tanks and 3l-2 back of the Red Sox.
 The White sox haven't had much luck with the Tanks this season, losing nine out of ten, but Joe Me- Carthy admits that no club battles the World champions more tenac- iously than do Dykes ugly duck lings.
 Thornton Lee let the Red sox down with nine scattered hits in winning No. Q. Chicago pounded Denny Galehouse for four runs in the first frame to clinch the tri- umph.
 charlie Ruj Ing hung up his 18th victory in beating the rowBns on four hits. The Tanks made 13 of Bob Harris, but cockeyed base-run. ming cost them several runs.
 Mel Harder pitched Cleveland to 2-1 victory over the Athletics. Webb's double drove in two runs in the big third of Bill Beckman.
 Washington stayed off ninth inc ming rally to beat Detroit, 8-7. Roberto Estalella's homer in the eighth drove in the two deciding runs.
 The Giants dropped their sixth straight and slipped into fifth place as Pittsburgh moved tip. Bob Klinger was the winning pitcher with aid from Joe Bowman. The score was 0-4. The Giants today will announce the acquisition of an- other infielder, probably Frank Scalzi, New Orleans shortstop, de- clared a free agent from Cleveland by Commissioner K. M. Landis. The Pirates, scoring their third win in four games, moved into first di- vision, .ooos points ahead of the Giants.
 Sailor Bill Posedel pitched tho Bees to e 2-l victory over the Cubs for his 10th win. Rabbit Warstier. subbing for tn. broken-legged Eddie Miller, scored both Boston runs.