Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-15

column goes the Dodgers held
stheir position five games behind
I the idle Reds by yesterdays stand
of with the tail-end Phillies, but
they actually yielded ground be-
cause they slipped to six games
arrears in the all-important lost
tcolumn.
Durocher Dissatisfied
The Dodgers have won only ID
games and lost II in the past month,
During the same period the Reds
nave won II and lost 13 to pick up
3i2 games on Leo Durocher's club.
However. since July q the Reds
have been in a slump,twice losing
three straight, but even with all
Cinoinnati's troubles the Dodgers
have been able to gain only three
games. During that period the Reds
lost IL and won 8 while the Dodgers
won IL and lost 10. Neither pace
as calculated to burn up the league
but the Reds were entitled to a
slump after a squirt that carried
them nine games ahead of the
Dodgers as of July 27
Leo Durocher is dissatisfied with
the way some of his players have
been tisporting themselves lately.
ESPECIALLY his pitchers. It took three
men to pull the Dodgers through
6-5 victory in the first game
against the Phils, and five hands
couldn't halt the tail-enders in the
nightcap which went to Doc Prcth-
ro's club, 9-6
Fred Fitzsimmons received credit
for his 18th victory against two
defeats but had to have relief from
Hugh Casey and Tex Carleton in
the last three frames as the Phils
poured over three runs in the sew
enth and another in the ninth. In
the nightcap the Phils hammered
Davis Flowers, Head, Carleton and
Casey for IL hits, including two
homers by Johnny Rizzo, who al
ready had hit one in the opener
Bob Bragans double with the bases
loaded drove in the winning runs
in the seventh.
Giants, Bees Split
The Giants and Bees traded a
pair of shutouts. Carl Hubbell top
ping Dick Erickson, 10, in the
12-inning opener and Manuel Sal
vo, ex-Giant. conquering Harry
fGumbert in the nightcap, 60. Mel
OFT. benched for not hitting. started
the winning rally in the opener with
a single. He was sacrificed to sec
ond and scored on Demaree's single
Three double plays-Miller to Row
ell to Hassett-enabled Salvo to
turn back the Giants in the after
piece. He gave up eight hits.
The Cards moved up into a dead
lock for fifth place by beating the
Pirates, 7-6, in II innings last night
The Cards came from behind twice
to knot the score before tallyine
once to end the game in the 18th.
Johnny Mize hit homer No. "a with
one on in the seventh. 80 .
The Yanks had their eye on third
place today after winning their
sixth straight. an 8-3 triumph over
the Red Sox. Red Ruffing held the
Red Sox to six hits, three of them
nomers by FOxx CNo. 28), Williams
mo. 16) and Finney CNo. 81. Rookie
Earl Johnson held the Yanks safe
until the seventh when they clouted
him for five runs.
Tigers Win
Detroit. with Charley Gehringer
pack in the lineup, snapped its O.
game losing streak with a 1877 ro,it
OF the Browns. Gehringer singled
twice. driving in two runs. A 7-run
rally in the eighth brought the
Tigers from behind to win
Buddy Lewis triple with two out
and two on in the ninth gave Wash.
lneton a 5-3 victory over the ath-
ietics. Ken Chase scored his tenth
victory, allowing only seven hits.
National league castoff AL Smith
held the Chicago White Sox to one
hit and pitched the Cleveland In
olanS to 40 victory last night
before 59,068 largest arc light CROWD
IN history. The win was Smiths
18th, the Indians third straight
and sent them into a two-game lead
over the Tigers, dropping the White
Sox into fifth place, .OO4 points
behind the Yankees. Smith pitched
10 % men, famed four. walked one
and let only two men past first
Jimmy Webb's weak single in the
I ri L.