The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-03
BROWNS, WHITE
 SOX HELP TANKS | INTO RUNNERUP
New Workers Split But Move Up Behind Indians;
 Reds Hold Lead
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent

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 New York, Sept. 3.-CUP)-The gleeful Yankees today were shout ing: Next stop, first place!"
 With IA out of their last 16 and 21 out of 25, the Tanks have moved into second place and now all that stands between them and the top are the Cleveland Indians. And the Tanks don't consider the Indians team to worry about.
 Yankees hopes received big shot in the arm yesterday. They split doubleheader with the Athletics be- fore 69,940 persons seasons third largest crowd--and yet gained a full game on both the Indians and Tigers. When the Tanks can lose a game and still gain, things are coming right down their alley. The Browns and the White SoX did | the Tanks tremendous favor. The Browns, who've been mean and ugly to the Indians all season, walloped the team of mutiny" before 52,491 Cleveland fans, 2-1 and 80. Fred Haney's club is now all even on the seasons series with the Indians at 10 games each. The White Sox pol ished off the Tigers twice, 2-1 and 40. Dumping Detroit into third place.
 After running their winning streak to eight straight by beating the Athletics, 6-3, in the opener, the Tanks struck a snag in the nightcap and lost, 80. The split enabled the Tanks to move one percentage point ahead of the Tigers.
 Double Trouble
 Cleveland's attack completely bog ged down in losing twice to the Browns. Vernon Kennedy beat Mel Harder in the opener, allowing only seven hits and blanking the tribe until the ninth. He had no-hitter until the sixth. Elden Auker and Johnny Allen waged scoreleSs duel until the ninth inning of the night cap when the Browns slammed over three runs on Grace's triple, Rad cliffs single, Gifts walk and Ber- ardino's single.
 Two brilliant pitching perform ances by Bill Dietrich and John Rigney enabled the White Sox to win a pair from the Tigers. Dietrich bested Buck Newsom in the first game, each allowing six hits. Rigney !, fashioned a 2-hitter in the night cap
 Washington took the Red Sox over the hurdles twice, 10 (13 innings) and 5-4 (six innings, darkness) .. Rookie Sid Hudson defeated Lefty Grove, pitching for the first time ir F three weeks, in the opener wher s rookie Jack Sanford singled home n Buddy Lewis.
 Giants Down To 800 q All the National League club z divided doubleheaders except tn Giants who lost two to the Phillie
 and dropped to an even. 800 per f centage. The Reds held their ' l.. '. game lead by breaking even. Pau Q Derringer hung up victory no. IS b. defeating the Cardinals, 2-1, in th' , opener. The Cards slugged out "A win in the nightcap.
 The Bees beat the Dodgers, 7-6 ! in II innings but dropped the night |, cap, 6-2, Pete Coscarart'S error le i. in the winning tally in the frs game. Curt Davis snapped the Bees o six game winning streak in th' nightcap, giving up only eight hit!
 and hitting 2-run homer himself Rip Sewell scored his 18th victor, as the Pirates beat the Cubs, 5-2
 but Verne Olsen, 499 (83 southpaw
 hurled the Bruins to 7-1 triumph in the nightcap.
 Rookie outfielder Dan LithWhile a drove in six runs as the Phillie l overwhelmed the giants, 11-2, in thu oo opener and then made a cleal Q sweep when rockies Bob Bragan hi 3 a homer in the tenth inning for } 6-5 victory in the second game. YESTERDAYS HEROES - Yer - non Kennedy and Elden Aukel 3 Browns pitchers who held the In
 dians' to one run as the lowly S' a a Louis club beat the league-leader q doubleheader, 2-1 and 80.