The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-03
REDS' BIG LEAD CUT DOWN BY
 BOSTON BEES
Another Close Finish Fig ured in National League;
 Russo Beats Cleveland
BY GEORGE KIRKsEY (Unted Press Staff Correspondent)

(United Press Staff Correspondent)
 New York, August 3. - (UP) = The surest thing in the baseball world is that the National League race won't be a runaway this year or any other year.
 Just 8 week ago the Cincinnati Reds were nine games out in front and their ardent supporters were talking about them running off with theflag by a "Yankee margin" of IS games or so.
 The Reds slump isn't yet alarming but when the league-leaders drop doubleheader to the last-place Bees, who've just lost 18 out of 20 games and nine in a row, the situa- tion calls for a little eyebrow rais- ing. It was the first time this sea- son that the Reds have lost double header. In 15 previous twin bills they had swept nine and split six.
 The answer to the Reds current slump shouts out loud, mo hitting" In their last six games the Reds have made more than seven hits in onl yone game and in that one they slammed out 13 and won.
 The Reds are likely to come out of their slump, which was long over due anyway, but the natural after math is a close National League race with two or three clubs fighting for the pernant down the wire as in former years.
 The Bees put over their one-two punch yesterday, 10-2 and 4-3 in 12 innings. Jim Turned, who has won six straight, was belted from the box in the first game in which the Bees made 13 hits. Frank McCor- mick's 14th homer with two mates on saved the Reds from @ Shutout. Nick Strincevich held the Reds to six hits and won his first game since May 5. Manuel Salvo out dueled Whitey Moore in the night cap, allowing seven hits. After Cooney and Rowel had singled in the 18th, Joe Beggs relieved Moore and purposely passed West, filling the bases. Then Chet Ross singled, scoring the winning run. Previously Eddie Miller's duoble had driven in the two tying runs for the Bees in teh 9th.
 TheGiants and Cardinals divided a doubleheader. Babe Young's ninth homer won the opener for the Giants, 5-4, nullHying 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, 3-1, with Carl Doyle out pitching Harry Gumbert.
 Billy Herman's single scored Stan Hack with the run by which the Cubs beat the Dodgers, Raem 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 slug out 12-9 triumph over the Tigers and the Tanks crushed the Indians, 1922 Homers by Dom DiMaggio (two on) JuIlIly TOAA \kAOAAC OAA/ cAAA OOe Cronin Gone on) featured g 14-hit Boston attack which routed Buck Newsom. It was Foxx's 23rd. Tom Seats, who relieved him in the fifth was charged with the loss.
 Marius Russo hurled a six-hit game as the Tanks slammed out 13 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 Tanks made four errors, but | the tribe was worse, with five boots Thornton Lee let the Senators down with two hits as the White Soz won, 10-2, and held their fourth place post by a Scant fraction of g point. Mike Keevich hit a homer triple and single.
 The Browns moved into seventh place with & 50 win over the Az before 4,568 while the Pirates shovec over four runs in the 10th to trir the Phillies, 5-2 before 7,521 in last nights two arc-light contests.
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