Evening star., 1940-10-06
Cincinnati S Ace
Hur|s 5.Hitter
To Even SET
Detroit's Trout Bows
EorIy;; Werber Shines
For N. l. Champs
BY a Staff Correspondent Of Tn. Star.

BY Staff Correspondent OF The Star.
DETROIT. Oct. 5.-More impress
sive than at any time since the
World Series opened. the Cincinnati
Reds savagely charged back into
contention today with a 5-to-2 vic
tory over the Detroit Tigers, thereby
squaring the classic and establish
ing themselves as the nkeliest Ma
tional League winners since the
Cardinals of 1884
In a surprise move, Manager Bill
McKechnie took the pitching as
signment from Gene (Junior)
Thompson, his No. 3 hurler, and
handed it to big Paul Derringer Of
Springfield, KY, who was knocked
out of the box in less than two
innings last Wednesday in Cincin-
natl.
The Reds, in other words, were
leading with their ace and that
is what the 34-year-old right
handler proved to be, for ne stopped
the American League champions
with five hits, gradually recovered
his control as the game wore on
and won handily as his mates
blasted three Detroit pitchers for
II hits.
Trout Is No Puzzle.
Going into the game leading the
series, 2 to !, Manager Del Baker
chose to rest his first-flight pitch
ers, Bobo Newsom. and Schoolboy
Pnuo ond vnhln rrritl, bic
stringers.
Paul Dizzy Trout, who won only
three games and lost seven dur
ing the regular season and who
pitched only one complete game.
was the starter. He fooled the
Reds no more than he puzzled
American League hitters and needed
relief, which was furnished in order
by Rookie Clay Smith and Archie
McKain.
A crowd of 54091. largest Of the
series SO far, saw the Reds come
out swinging in the first inning to
take 20 lead that never was re-
iinquished by Derringer, who re-
corded his first victory in the classic
in 10 years. Four times in the past
the Kentuckian had been a loser,
twice in the 1881 series when he
pitched for the Cardinals against
the Philadelphia Athletics. once
last year when the New York Yam
KEGS defeated him and again in the
opening game of this series.
Werber Sounds KEYNOTE.
Tonight the stage was set for the
longest series since 1886, when the
Giants and Yankees met in an all
New York encounter and Carl Hub
bell and Hal Schumacher prolonged
it by winning game apiece. There
is chance, too, that it will become
the first Seven-game set since 1884,
when Dizzy and Daffy Dean pitched
the Cardinals to triumph over the
Tigers.
At no time did Trout look to be
potential winner. In a sense he was
Manager Bakers deuce or trey, and
McKenchnie topped him with an
ace In less than three innings Dizzy
was chased. and his successors.
Smith and McKain were not much
better.
The game opened with Bill Wer-
ber getting base on balls. This
set keynote for, before it was over.
% men on both sides legitimately
had reached base Mike Mccormick.
the young Red center fielder. forced
Werber, but Ival Goodman, who was
painfully injured in the groin yes
terday, doubled sharply to left and
Mccormick was across with the
games first run.
Goodman's Play Means Run.
Trout got big Frank Mccormick
on grounder to Higgins. on whose
throw to first Goodman smartly took
third, and it developed this play was
to bring run as Jimmy Ripple
slashed a hot drive off to Higgins
left and Cincinnati was out in front.
2 to 0.
Higgins, who was to set two new
(See SERIES, Page B-I4)