The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-12
'DUCKY'
STAR PITCHERS,
EASILY BEATEN
Williams Receivers Batting
Eye Giants Take Two
as Paul Dean Stars
BY GEORGE KIRKsEY

UNITED Press Stan COrresp0n0ent)
New York, June 11.--(UP) Amer
lean League dugout Jockeys" those
quick witted boys who ride another
player to upset him, might have 70
find themselves another target soon.
Ted williams, the favorite Of their
attention the past 10 days, may be
getting too dangerous to monkey
with.
Ever since the youthful Boston
Red Sox outfielder, in respondent
moment, made the Idle remark that
he'd rather be q fireman in San
Diego than play ball In the Ameri-
can League, rival dugouts have been
echoing with limitations Of sirens
and fire whistles. williams went
into temporary slump and rival
players adjudged the cries Of Il
wanna be fireman" and "Let me
wear a red tin hat" were getting
lanky Ted's goat.
But the Cleveland Indians found
out yesterday that Williams batting
eclipse was indeed q temporary az.
fair and that II takes more than
dugout conversation to silence his
deadly bat. Facing the loss Of the
league lead, the Red Sox rallied be-
hind williams hitting and beat back
the Indians challenge to stay In
the van. After losing six out Of
their last nine games the Red Sox
belted Bob Teller out Of the box and
whipped the Indians 9.2.
williams drove in four runs, LASH
Ing q triple of Teller and o homer
of Joe Dobson with two mates on
base. Joe Cronin. who has been
struggling along with four regulars
OH the crippled list, finally got his
club back to full strength with the
return OF Batting Leader Lou Finney
and Second Baseman Bobby Doerr.
In q batting order shakeup Cronin
placed Doerr In the lead of spot,
dropped Finney to third and Will
lians to fifth. 1t was wise move.
Doerr made two hits, Finney four
and williams two for eight Of the
Red Soxs II hits. Cronin also hit
q homer with one on of Fuller.
Jack Wilson, Red Sox veteran who
came out Of the bullpen to start
his first game since April 10, let the
Indians down with seven hits, one
OF them a homer by Rollie Hensley.
Wilson famed eight and walked six.
Tigers Second.
Cleveland,s defeat combined with
Detroit's 6-l victory over the yam.
KEGS dropped the Indians to third
place as the Tigers moved into the
runner .up spot. Tommy Bridges
curve balled the Yanks to defeat
their only run being unearned as q
result OF one of Rudy York's two
errors. Bartell, Gehringer and
Campbell hit homers as the Tigers
made 1t five victories over the Yanks
In six games this season. Alley Dom
aid was knocked out In the eighth
and suffered his first defeat.
The red hot Browns scored their
first straight victory In the East.
knocking of Washington, So, with
q 4-run rally In the seventh. Ver-
non Kennedy outtwirlcd Dutcn
Leonard to score his fifth victory.
More surprising than Fcller's de.
feat by the Red sox was Bucky
Walters loss To the Phillics In the
National League. The Phils beat the
Reds, Al, handing Bucky his sec.
ond straight loss against nine vic
tories. Boom Boom" Beck had q
great day holding the Reds TO seven
hits. A double play that missed fire
set up the Phils winning 3run ral-
iy. Doubles by May and Bragan fea.
tured the rally.
The Giants slugged the Cubs
twice, 40 and 81, running their
winning streak to six straight and
moving TO O game and q half from
the league lead. The Cubs 7-ganie
winning streak wilted before the
brilliant pitching OF Bill Lohrman
and Paul Dean. Lohrmaf1 BANKED
the Cubs on five hits In the opener
while Dean, making his first start
let the Bruins down with four
blows.
TWO National League night games,
Dodgers Pirates ut Pittsburgh and
Bees Cards at st. Louis, were rained
out, but in the American League
pinch hitter Julius solters' ninth.
inning homer with one on gave the
Chicago White sox q So victory
over the Philadelphia Athletics In Q
night game that drew 10,114 to
Shibe Park. DUNCAN Rigney, who
went to the mound In the eighth,
was credited with his sixth victory.
YESTERDAYS HERo-Ted VIII
ilans, Red sox outfieldcr, who shook
OF O batting slump TO drive In four
runs with o triple and homer and
led his club to q o. victory over
Bobby Fciler and the Cleveland In.
dams.