Evening star., 1940-08-05
Red|egs Profit
By Bad Luck
Of Dodgers
BrookIyns Drop 9 Of
IS Tits With West;
Yonks Hit New Low
BY SID FEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.


For the sake of old Casey Stengels
thinning hair, it's a good thing the
Cincinnati Reds still are in the Ma
tional League.
And, for the sake of those world
series bubbles currently being in
flated in the Rhineland, it's quite
fortunate for the Reds that mis-
fortunes have been dogging the
Brooklyn Dodgers-misfortu like
the "beaning" of Ducky Medwick
back in mid-June, which finally has
led to the benching of the muscles
man for weak hitting.
On the one hand. there's Old
Casey tearing his hair out in
punches at the woeful ways Of his
Boston Bees against the other clubs
in the National League, only to
paste it back on again whenever his
club tangles with the Reds.
On the other hand, you have the
Reds, who came east July % with a
five-game lead in the National
League, dropped eight of Is starts,
and now are on the way home with
a 61z-game lead over the second
place Dodgers. This is largely be-
cause the Brooklyns could only win
six while losing nine to the Western
invaders.
Casey Sorry Reds Left.
Old Casey is only sorry the Reds
Boston stay wasn't longer than the
three double header program over
the week end. In that time his
Bees not only took four of six, in
cluding split in yesterdays finale,
but climbed out of the loop cellar.
The Bees, who show an edge over
only the Phillies in the season
series with the other clubs, belted
Bucky Walters 5-3 in the opener
yesterday for Bucky's third straight
defeat, and forced the Reds to 60
all out to take the nightcap 1873,
with Buck Mccormick driving In
six runs This gave old Casey's
lads an even split in the seasons
stand with the Reds-eight-and-
eight-the only club to boast that
record in the league.
The Dodgers didn't have chance
against the Chicago Cubs in their
opener and dropped it 11-3, as Cab
by Hartnetts laughing boys rang
the bell for a season high with
2l-hit attack. This cracked fat
Freddy Fitzsimmons' 5-game win
ming streak and handed him his
second setback of the season. The
Cubs kept right on prowling in
the afterpiece and shot runs across
in the FIRST three frames. But the
Dodgers tied it up on Pee-Wee
Reese's ninth-inning homer and
won out, 7-6, in the eleventh when
Dolph Camilli clouted one over the
rightfield fence.
The st. Louis Cardinals wound
up a high-f1ying Eastern swing by
splitting with the Giants, losing
80, and winning 6-3.
Only Mats Gain in West.
With the possible exception Of
Washington's Senators, the eastern
half of the American League limped
home today, glad the trip was all
over Only the Mats came through
with an edge in the invasion, and
they had to knock off Jimmy Dykes
Chicago White Sox twice yesterday
to do it.
The New York Yankees, rapidly
waning world champions, wound
up In the West with the doubtful
honor Of not having taken a series.
Bobby Feller tossed the Cleveland
Indians to a 81 win yesterday.
serving up 5-hitter, although he
struck new low for his career
In tanning only one man.
This victory boosted the Tribe to
within half-a-game of the league
leading Detroit Tigers, who fell
victims to the ancient but still
powerful pitching mastery of Old
Nose Grove. Nose helped himself
to his third straight win with an
8-hitter for a ia victory