The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-15
VETERAN UMPIRE PLAYS PART IN
 LOSS BY REDS
Klem Allows Baserunner to Advance When Hit By
 Ball; FOxx Saves SOx
By GEORGE KIRKsEY

United Press Stan Correspondent)
 New York, May i6.-CUP)-Dea- con Bill McKechnie, Circinnati'S venerable pilot hunched over and shouted up at Umpire Bill Klem: How can you let the runner go to third2 Section Six, Rule 48, says positively that no base runner can advance when batted ball hits an umpire unless ilecessitated by the batsmar becoming base runner" It was the seventh inning of yes- terdayS blood curdling battle for first place between the Reds and Dodgers, with 2i ,535 Flatbush fanat- les making the welkin ring with their shouts, and plenty was at stake. The score was tied 2-2 and undefeated Bucky Walters was blocked in q pitching duel with No Hit Tex Carleton.
 Umpire Klem. drawing himself Up to his full stature, looked down at tho Cincinnati pilot and said con- deSccndingly: "fhe ball never touched mo. Tn all my career I was never hit by c batted ball
 Everybody in the ball park ex- cept Klem knew Charlie dilbert's grounder hit the umpire who was standing back of the mound on the grass between first and second. That play changed the complexion of the game in c flash, and Brooklyn had runners on first and third instead of first and second, with one out. Walters walked Coscarart to set the stage for a double play, but lost control and threw four straight balls to Dixie Walker, forcing ifl Q run. Then Gilbert scored on Catcher Franks outfield fly to put the Dodg- CTS ahead 4.2.
 Lose in Thirteenth
 The Reds tied tho count, with runs in the eighth and ninth, and forged ahead on Mike McCormick's homer in the tenth, B-4, but event- ually lost, 0-5, in the thirteenth. That's why the Dodgers held com- nand in the National league today by half game as the two league leaders went back at 1t hammer and tongS in the second game of the series, with Whit Wyatt of Brook lyn opposing Junior Thompson of Cincinnati.
 Later, Umpire Kiem was hit by another ball. This one was thrown by Leo Durocher who was trying to complete double play in the ninth on 1val Goodman,
 Tot Presnell who had pitched only one inning this year, turned Hut IA hA thO saitOi3i19R hapa aftau Carleton was relieved for Q pinch- hitter In the ninth. Walters also gave way to a pinch hitter in the same frame. Walters 6 game wins ming streak was kept intact, as was his record of beating the Dodgers eight straight times. Prcsnell blanked the Reds with no hits in the last three innings.
 A walk to Gene Moore, Duroch- CTS daring slngle-most managers would have bunted-to right, and Pinch Hitter Gus Muncuso's fly to center scored the winning run.
 In the other two National league games Hugh Mulcahy pitched the Phillies to 40 shutout over the Cardinals and tho Pirates snapped the Giants 6-Rame winning streak with 7-2 triumph, Elbie Fletch- CTS homer with the bases loaded featured Plttsburg's victory. The Boston Red Sox increased their Am- erican league lead to 2 1-2 games by beating the White Sox, 7-6 in 10 innings. Jimmy Foxxs 425-foot homer off John Rigney won the game. It was FoXx's 8th homer and his second Of the day.
 Teller ShclIed
 The Athletic knocked Bob Teller out of the box in beating the In- dians, 9-7. Cleveland tied the score after Feller's departure, SO 1t was not his defeat. Al Simmons single with the bases loaded in the ninth drive in the two winning runs off Harry Eisenstat. Wally Moses hit a 3 run homer of Teller in the second in which the As made five runs off Bullet Bob. Hal Trosky hit homer No. 8.
 Gerald Walkers home, with a mate on base enabled the Senators to trim the Tigers, 4-2 as Dutch Leonard outpitched Rookie Hal Newhouser.
 YESTERDAYS HERO: Jimmy Foxx, who hit homers No. 2 and as the Red Sox triumphed over the TIat