The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-03
WALTERS, BOB
TELLER keep UP
GOOD HILL WORK
Reds Ace Has Won Nine /;
Yanks on Way; Brook.
Ign Takes Two
BY GEORGE KIRKsEY
UNITED Press star CorFesnOnAenLl


New York, June - (UPO -
The baseball sharpshooters' stand
ing motto this season Is: Don't bet
against Teller or walters"
Teller Is favored to win every time
he toes the rubber, sometimes as
high as 3.i against the second d..
vision clubs. There are only three or
four pitchers In the league who can
get the odds on Fellcr down as low
as Us. Running, Yanks, Is one and
NewSom, Tigers, another.
Walters isn't quite the betting
favorite that Teller Is, but he's been
as high as 1875 this season. There's
no pitcher In the league an even
choice to beat the Cincinnati ace.
Between them this season Feller
and Walters have won II games for
their respective clubs while losing
only two, both OF them by the
Cleveland flreballer. Walters reeled
Oft his ninth straight triumph SUM-
day by beating the Bees, ii.i. He
didn't allow a hit until after one
was out In the sixth--a single by
Bill Wletelman, q .236 hitter In the
minors last season. Bucky allowed
only Ave hits and would have had q
ghutout but for an error by John
ny Rizzo who more than made up
for his miscue by hitting two HON.
ers, each with a man on.
Teller pitched the Indians TO O ia
Victory over the Athletics for his
sixth straight triumph. His record
Is now eight wins and two losses,
both TO Detroit, Teller famed seven,
walked Ave and allowed eight hits.
After the Reds and Indians had
won their openers behind their
trumpS, they went 10 defeat In the
nightcaps. jim Turner held the Bees
hitless until the seventh but they
got 10 him for three hits combined
with an error and a long fly for a
20 victory over the league. derS.
Dick Erickson held the Reds to
eight hits.
Comeback
Staging n 7.run rally In the sev.
enth the Athletics hammered their
way TO a 1915 Victory to gain an
even break with the Indians. After
facing Fellers fast ball. Naymick
HUMPHREYS, Zuber and Dobson were
duck soup for the AS.
Brooklyn came out OF It's 3.game
nosedive by taking o double. header
from the Cubs, So and al, 10 trim
Reds lead TO two games. With two
out In the ninth, Jimmy Wasdell
doubled Off Billy Herman's glove 10
drive In the typing and winning
runs In the opener. Leo Durocher'l
double drove In the Dodgers two
winning tallies In the nightcap.
Pittsburgh. broke even with the
Giants, Bob Klineer beating them
81, In the opener, and the Terry.
men coming back to win the night
cup, 7.3, Johnny Mics 18th and
18th homers featured the Cardinals'
stand.off with the Pills. Boom.
Boom Beck pitched the Phils TO O
"a victory In the opener. Then Mice
exploded his two homers along with
another by Terry Moore with two
on, 10 give 81, Louis the afterpieee,
%.
Upgrade
The YankS climbed 10 two games
over the 800 mark and 10 within
3 Ia games Of first place when they
beat the Browns twice, 1874 and
I'LL, and ran their recent successes
TO nine In ten games. The Browns
WbA attn Rfad ant ~ eauaiU iaua
now reverted TO type and look even
worse than last year. Russo pitched
o 7.hitter In the opener and
Breuer o b.hittor In tho nightcap.
Selkirk hit q homer In each game,
and Dimaggio hit one In the opener
and Dickey one In the night cap.
Ted Lyons stopped the Red Box
cold ~ the White sox won, 60, but
Boston power prevailed In the
nightcap o. Joe CronlnS club tri.
umphed, 1913. Jimmy Foxxs 18th
homer after Ted williams had Gin.
gled In the ninth won the second
game.
Detroit slugged out an 60 Victory
over Washington for its fourth In
o row. Hank dreenberg hit homer
NO. 0. Al Benton held tho Senators
70 Ave hits In six innings after re-.
lioving Dizzy Trout and was the
winner.
Yesterdays u II n ES-
Bucky Walters, Reds, and Bob Fol.
Ter, Indians fight.hand aces of
their respective clubs who continued