The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-06
TELLER BEATS
RED SOx 6-1;
BROWNS 4TH
Yankees Lose Two to
Tigers; Brooklyn Holds
Lead on Reds
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY
United Press Staff COrrespondentl

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New York, May 6-(UPD--Os
Witt warned all who would listen
10 him In Florida this spring that
the Cleveland Indians would be u
differen ball club this season. No
one paid much attention 10 him. 1t
took the Indians a long time TO
Start hitting and the key man In
their infield, Lou Boudreau, was
limping on q bone-chipped ankle.
Those two fellows around second
(Boudreau and Mack have made
Our ball club" Witt said. 'Juss let
Johnny Allen come back TO form
and we'll give the Yankees and all
the rest all they ask for"
With the DiMagg;o-less Yanks
floundering In their worst slump
since they rose to baseball DON'T
nance, the Indians and Red Sox
have moved u PISA the two top con-
tenders for American league hon.
ors. In the firsU battle for the league
lead yesterday, the Indians knocked
off the Red Sox, 81 and moved
half IA game out In front
Bob Feller smothered the Red
Sox's Wanted power, holding them
TO seven hits. Doc Cramer's double
and Ted Williams Single produced
Boston's only tally. Feller famed
eight and walked only one la scor-
Ing his third triumph. In addition
Bob slammed out triple and sin
gle. The Indians knocked out
Mickey Harris, Red Sox rookie
southpaw who had won two straight,
and collected 10 hits off four Bos-
ton hurlers. Ken KelSner's homer
with two on base was the big wal
Top.
The Yanks lost their second
straight to the Tigers, Ga. The
Yanks made only nine hits, none
for extra bases eff Newsoin, McKain
and Benton, and three times had
the bases filled and scor3 I'd only one
run. The Tigers raped Chandler,
Russo and Murphy for II hits, with
Rudy York getting, g for g." and
Earl Averill "3 for A."
The st. Louis Browns climbed
from seventh to a fourth-place tie
with the Yanks when they beat
Washington, 7-3. Vernon Kennedy
outlasted Dutch Leonard to hand
Washington Its fourth straight loss.
The Browns put on the winning 4
run rally In the eighth.
Brooklyn held Its lls game lead
over the Cincinnati Reds In the Ma.
tional league by walloping the st.
Louis Cardinals, 90. A four-ruf
burst In the ninth won the game for
Brooklyn. A new major league mark
for players used In a single game
39--Was set when the Dodgers used
% players and the Cards II. The
former mark of 81 was set In 1923
by the Cards Phillies and tied In
1887 by the Cubs-Cards.
Bucky Walters won his fourth
straight game by pitching the Reds
10 a 3-2 triumph over the Giants.
With two out In the seventh, err
rors by Babe Young and Harry
banning helped the Reds score the
tying and winning runs. Walters
and Schumacher each allowed seven
hits.
Hugh Mulcahy pitched the Phil
lies to a Us win over the Chicago
Cubs. Rookie Art Mahan led the
Pills ll-hit attack with a double
and two singlges.
The Bees handed the Pirates their
fifth defeat, 81. Les Scarsella, with
a single mad two triples drove In
three Boston runs.
YESTERDAYS HERO Bob
Teller, Cleveland speed ball king,
who beat the Red SoX. 6-1, and
pitched the Indians into the Amer
lean leagug lead.