Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-04

ABOUT tnem running Oh WIFI Iilt
flag by a yankee margin" Of Is
games or so. In week the Reds
have had three games slipped off
their lead and are now in the
throeS of their worst slump of the
season.
The Reds slump isn't yet alarm
ing but when the league leaders
drop a doubleheader to the last
place Bees, who've just lost Is out
of 20 games and nine in a row.
the situation calls for little eye
brow ratiing. 1t was the first
time this season that the Reds
have lost a doubleheader. In Is
previous twin bills they had swept
nine and split six.
HITTING INADEQUATE
The answer to the Reds current
slump shouts out loud, mo hit
ting" In their last six games the
Reds have made more than seven
hits in only one game and in that
one they slammed out Is and
won.
The Reds are likely to come out
of their slump, which was long
overdue anyway, but the natural
aftermath is close National League
race with two or three clubs fight
ing for the pennant down the
wire as in former years.
The Bees put over their one-two
punch yesterday, 1913 and 4-3 in
II innings. Jim Turner, who has
won six straight, was belted from
the box in the first game in which
the Bees made Is hits. Frank Nc
Cormick's 14th homer with two
mates on saved the Reds from a
shutout. MIX StrincevEtch held
the Reds to six hits and won his
first game since May S. Manuel
Salvo outdueled Whitley Moore in
the nightcap allowing seven hits.
After Cooney and Rowell had both
singled in the 18th. Joe Beggs re-
lieved Moore and purposely passed
West, filling the bases. Then Chef
Ross singled, scoring the winning
run. Previously Eddie Miller's dou-
BILE had driven in the two tying
runs for the Bees in the 9th.
The Giants and Cardinals div
ided doubleheader. Babe Young's
ninth inning homer won the opener
for the Giants. Sd, multiplying a
three-run Card rally in their half
of the ninth. Young also hit a
homer with mate on in the 7th
The Cards won the nightcap, 81,
with Carl Doyle outpitching Harry
Gumbert.
CUBS WIN
Billy Herman's single scored Stan
Hack with the run by which the
Cubs beat the Dodgers, 4-3. Larry
French was the winning pitcher
but Claude Passeau had to come
to his rescue in the ninth and
stop a Dodger rally.
Both American League leaders
were beaten. The Red Sox slugged
out a 1873 triumph over the Tigers
and the Yanks crushed the In
dians, 1912. Homers by Dom Di-
Maggie 1.-two on, Jimmy Foxx
none on and Joe Cronin one
ON featured 14-hit Boston at
tack which routed Buck Newsom
1t was iFoXX'S 23rd.
MariuS Russo hurled a six hit
game as the Yanks slammed out
IL hits, inflicting the sixth setback
on AL Milnar. Joe DiMaggio was
out of the Yankee lineup, resting
the knee he injured earlier in the
year. The Yanks made four err
ors but the Tribe was worse. with
five boots.
Thornton Lee let the Senators
down with two hits as the White
Sox won, 10-2, and held their
fourth place post by a scant frac-
ton of point. Mike Kreevich hit
a homer, triple and single.
The Browns moved into seventh
place with SO win over the AS
before 4,568 while the Pirates SHOW
ed over four runs in the 10th to
trip the Phillies, So, before 1921
IN last nights two arc-light con-
tests