The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-17
TANKS OR WHITE SOX JUST ABOUT
 DONE FOR 1S4O
Cincinnati Reds Need But 4 Wins Greenberg
 Ties FOxx
By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent)

ny GEOhGE A1HASEx 1t United Press Staff Correspondent
 New York, Sept. 17-UP)-You don't need crystal balls, tea leaves or ouija boards todd yto figure out that the 1940 world series will be an all-western affair.
 The Cincinnati Reds are as good as in. Any combination of four Cincinnati victories and Brooklyn defeats will clinch the National league pennant for the Reds. If the Reds win four more games they'll clinch the pennant regardless of what the Dodgers do.
 The American leagues represent ative in the World Series will be either Cleveland or Detroit, barring catastrophe. The ding-dong bat tie between the Indians and Tigers is likely to last right down to the very finish. The yanks have shot their bolt. The White Sox's rocket also has about reached its peak. Leaving for Philadelphia today, the Reds held 10-game lead over the Dodgers. Unless the Reds cool of after sweeping through the east with seven straight victories (in- cluding one tie), they should clinch the flag Wednesday or Thursday at the latest.
 The Reds are finishing up like champions. They polished of the Dodgers yesterday, 4-3, in 10 innings | to make it three straight over their | closest rivals in the final payoh series between them. It was play off game of Sundays 1-1 tie. As have been most of the Cincinnati Brooklyn games this season, yester- days game was a bitter hattie which ended in 8 near riot. A Brooklyn fan charged Umpire George Magerkurth, who had elected Leo Durocher after voilent l protest by the Dodger manager, and in the brawl that followed it took more than 40 ushers, attend ants and special police to restore order. Magerkurth preferred charges of assault against the fan who was held in $500 bail for hearing in | court.
 The American league results were 1 notable for two thingS-the tighten ing of the race between the Indians and Tigers, and the slaughter of the Tanks. Cleveland divided doubleheader with the Athletics and saw it's lead narrowed to half 8 game over Detroit. A 7-run rally in the third featured the Tribes 8-3 victory in the opener. Ninth inning doubles by Sam Chapman and Bob Johnson gave the Athletics 3-2 win in the nightcap. snapping a g. game Philadelphia losing streak. Johnny Babich, a rookie draftee from Kansas City, hung up his 18th victory for the As, allowing only six hits.
 With Buck Newsom winning his 18th game and Hank Greenberg hitting his 35th homer, the Tigers pummelled the Senators, 9-2. Greenberg's blow tied him with Jimmy Foxx for the American league hom run lead.
 The Browns cut the Tanks to ribbons, 1894, and left the bedrag- gled New Workers four game out of first place. The Browns hit five
 homers among their IS hits of Russo, Hadley, Gomez and Sundra. Vernon Kennedy won his 11th game, yielding six hits.
 The Red Sox stopped the White Sox's 8-game winning streak with a 6-2 setback. Jack Wilson pitched a 5-hitter while the White Sox com- mitted five errors afield.
 Tn the other National league games the Cardinals split with the Phillies, winning the nightcap, 7-1, after losing the opener, 3-2, and the
 Pirates noSed out the Giants, 7-6.
 YESTERDAYS HERO O- Johnny Lucadello, Browns rookie second baseman just up from Toledo who hit two homers and single and , drove in five runs as St. Eouis
 routed the Tanks, 16-4.