The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-22
GIANTS RIGHT
UP ON HEELS
OF BROOKLYN
Gumbert Beats Derringer
And Reds 4.3-Red SOx
Lose Five Straight
BY GEORGE KIRKsEY
United Press stan Correspondent

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New York, June 2S.-(Up)-Lead-
Ing the league has Its drawbacks.
See what Il did to the Reds and
the Red Sox. Those two clubs put
on their high hats TO strut before
the paying customers and now they
are trying 10 patch themselves to-
gether TO keep from winding up In
the breadllne,
Cincinnati, with Its big act, Paul
Derringer, on the mound, took q
4-S licking OF the Polo Grounds
yesterday from the up-and.coming
Giants. It was the Reds third
straight defeat and plunked them
into third place as Bill Terry's club
moved into the runner.up spot, one
game behind the pace-making
Dodgers.
Derringer had the Giants beaten
SO, going into the last Of the sixth.
With two out, the Giants tied the
score on singles by Young and Dam
ming, Otis double and urges sin
gle. Frank Mccormick dropped
Werber's throw on Bob Seeds roller
which started the Giants winning
run In the eighth. Young sacrificed
but Derringer famed banning.
Again with two out, urges came
through with O smashing hit, driv-
Ing Seeds home with the winning
run.
On The sklds.
After starting their western jun
ket with four straight over the
White Sox, the Red sox have wound
up In o hall Of mirrors. They don't
know Just where they're going or
what It's oil about. Clevelands
team OF mutiny slapped down the
Red Sox, "a and increased the In
dams American league lead TO two
games. II was the Red sox's NTH
straight defeat and the Tribes sixth
straight triumph. Milnar scored his
10th victory. Ted williams homer
with two on gave the Red Sox O
so lead but Cleveland tied II up
quickly. Then In the eighth, Jimmy
F'oxx hit homer No. ~ only 10 have
Beau Bell slam one out OF the park
with two on TO put the clincher on
the game. .a
The Yanks came out Of their Ave.
game losing streak by blasting the
Tigers, 1877. The world champs had
not scored for 40 consecutive Inn
ings and they went 10 work on
Rookie John Corsica In the firSt.
They drove him 10 cover In the
third I'D amassed ~ hits Tor the
day including homers BY Crosetti
and Keller.
Buck Ross pitched O four.hitter
10 give the Athletics O i2-l Victory
over the White sox, cooling OH
Jimmy Dykes club fresh from three
straight over the Yankses. Bob
johnson slammed two homers and
sam Chapman got one for the As,
Sid Hudson, 23.year.old rookie up
from class d came within one hit
OF haseball's hall OF fame as ne
pitched the Washington Senators TO
q TO decision over the 81. Louis
Browns last night before i2,804. He
had O no-hitter until the ninth
when Rip Radoliif, first man up,
doubled and reached third on o
passed ball. The next three men
went out In order. Hudson famed
three and walked four. The win,
his third, snapped Washingtons
seVen-game losing spell and broke
q slx-game Brownie winning streak,
The Dodgers maintained their
paoe.setting role In the National
league with o 1913 triumph over
the Pirates. Freddy Tt2simmoils,
With some th-inn!ng relief aid,
staggered through 10 his ieeth major
league Victory.
Scoring four runs In the third on
ain Lee, the phililes hung up their
third straight victory by taking Q
as decision from the Cubs. o.
Chuck Klein continued his comeback
by driving In two runs With 0 dou-
bile.