The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-29
WASHING crows UTILITY PLAYERS BEATS RED SOx
Yanks Win on As Errors; Whyatt Beats Bees;
 Cubs Top Reds
BY GEORGE KIRKsEY Limited Press Stan Corresponds

(Unlted Press Stan CorreSp0nuentl
 New York, June go. (UP)-The Washington Senators had brushed the dust of last place off their grey road uniforms today, and were tenn porarily quartered in the slightly more luxurious abode of seventh place.
 They owe their slight rise in af- huence to Charley Qelbert, one of baseball's saddest cases. 0elbert has been sitting around on the Wash- ington bench practically all season doing very little playing. But if you're familiar with 0elbert's career you'll readily admit that every time Charley shows up in the ball park he is Q walking advertisement for Courage, Inc.
 After the 1882 baseball season 0elbert, who in four years with the st. Louis Cardinals had won recog- hilton as one of the greatest short stops in baseball, was the victim of Q terrible hunting accident. He ac- cidentally shot himself In the ankle with Q shot gun. Every doctor who looked ct his foot hanging by thin threads of flesh and tissue agreed he would never don another pair of baseball spikes. It was Q heart- rending How to Q young ball player in the full flush of his career.
 But Qelbert, who was one of the heroes of the 1890 and 1881 World Series, refused to accept the doctors verdict. He got well and returned to baseball although it took him two years to do 1t. With 0 badly shat tered leg, delbert spent months training for his comeback and when he finally reported to the Cardinals in 1895 he had to wear 0 metal pro. tector over his wound.
 After drifting back to the minors delbert had an outstanding season with Toledo In 1888 and came back up again to Washington in 1899. Now in his 34th year, delbert play cd 60 games last season for the Senators and batted .26B. With the Senators going badly, Manager Bucky Harris decided to Insert Gel. bert Into the lineup last week. He has played In five games since and made Q hits in 22 times at bat for on average of .4os.
 Yesterday 0elbert gave the Sen. ators Q 4-3 victory over the Red sox in 10 innings. He hit two doubles and Q single, driving in three runs. Tn the 10th with the score tied, 3-3, and Travis on base Qelbert punched out the game winning single, scor- ing Travis.
 Combined with Athletics loss to tho Xanks, It enabled the Senators to come up out of the mines for Q brief draught of fresh air. The As kicked c 4.i decision Into the Yan. kee laps. Buck Ross held the Tanks to six hits but suffered his first de. feat when his mates made four er- TOTS. The one that hurt most was Dick siebert's boot of Relies roller with two out in the seventh which permitted the Tanks t. break . i.i tic.
 Whit Wyatt pitched the Dodgers to Q 2.i victory over the Bees In Q game halted ct the end os eight innings by rain. He allowed only five hits for his seventh victory. Joe Medwick and Babe Phelps each drove in Q run for the Dodgers of Dick Errickson, who gave up seven hits.
 The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds, 3.2 and the St. Louis Cardinals won over the Pitts burgh Pirates e-2 In two night games last night.
 Jake Mooty pitched and batted his way to his fifth straight win as he let Cincinnati down with seven hits to shave their league lead over Brooklyn to .00i percentage point Mooty drove in the winning run with Q slow roller toward third which brought Al Todd home from that base. :,
 The Cards victory put them Into hfth.place tic with Pittsburgh. Five runs in the ninth, four on Pepper Martins homer with the bases loaded, clinched last nights game.
 YESTERDAYS HERO-C Charley delbert, Washington utility infielder who cracked out two doubles and Q single to lead the Senators to Q 4.3 victory over the Red Box in 10 inn.