The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-22
REDS, TIGERS
 CLUBS TO BEAT IN BIG LEAGUES
Giants, Yanks, Red Sox Slip Badly in Double
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RY GEORGE KIRKsEY

United Press Staff Correspondent
 New York, July 22.-(UP)AThis is Black Monday for the Giants, Yankees and Red Sox. The New York Giants, in particular, were moaning low. Bill Terry's club is Il games back and just about washed up as a pennant contender. From now on the National League looks like Q two club race with the Brooklyn Dodgers having large order on their hands in their pursuit of the Cincinnati Reds.
 The excitement over the New York Tanks mild comeback was cooled of by the Detroit Tigers who knocked them of three straight in Yankee Stadium. The Tanks are now seven games off the race and have a long western road trip ahead of them. The Tanks are no/ longer the over powering club of the past four years. They might win but if they do it will be because of the total collapse of the rest of the league and not be- cause of their own excellence.
 Red Sox Low
 Three straight lickings from the Cleveland Indians has handed the Boston Red Sox pennant aspirations a terrific jolt. Five days ago the Red Sox were only half game from the top Now they're five games back. They just didn't have it in the clutch. Unless Joe Cronin can revive the sag ging spirit of the Red Sox, they may have to battle for second or even third money.
 The Tigers look like the club to beat in the American League. They have spirit and punch. Despite the loss of Dick Bartell and Buck New som, they acme out of slump and pulled out :n front battling two of their toughest rivals, the Red Sox and Tanks. With five in a row to their credit, the Tigers have pulled out in front by game and half and are headed home for a long home stand.
 Cleveland came out of its eastern staggers by taking three straight from the Red Sox but the Indians still don't look like a club that can go through gruelling stretch drive.
 The Tigers and Reds struck the le- thai blows in the sabbath double headers. Detroit beat the Tanks twice in Yankee Stadium before 68,500. Scoring four runs in the ninth the Tigers won the opener, 4-3, and then made it a clean sweep by grabbing the nightcap, 3-2. Bruce Campbell hit homer with one on in the ninth inning of the opener while Pete Fox's homer in the seventh inning of the nightcap proved the winning tally.
 Reds On High
 The Reds made it IA out of their last 16 games and increased their National League lead to five games by handing the Giants a double set back, 6-1 and 4-2 Paul Derringer won No. B in the opener. He held the Giants to two hits, retiring the first 2l men to face hlm. Babe Young snapped the spell with a homer. Frank Mccormick hit for the circuit with three on. Jim Turner held the Giants to eight hits in copping the nightcap
 Brooklyn split a double header with the St. Louis Cardinals, winning the first game, 3l, but losing the sec- ond, 5-2. Joe Gallagher's homer in the ninth with 8 mate on base gave Freddy Fitzsimmons his 201st ma jor league win. Medwick also hit homer. Enos Slaughter hit homers No. Il and 12 in the nightcap while Morton Cooper held the Dodgers to five hits.
 In the other National League games the Pirates slapped out twin victory over the Bees, 5-3 and 16-2 (8 innings, Sunday law) and the Phillies and Cubs divided. Hugh Mulcahy pitched a 6-hitter to give the Phils an 8-2 win in the opener. Hank Lieber hit two homers as the Cubs won the nightcap, 8-5.
 Bob Teller hung up his 18th vic- tory in pitching the Indians to a 3-2 win over the Red Sox in the first game. Joe Cronin's homer with one on was the only Boston scoring. Cleveland won the nightcap, 20, with Joe Dobson shading Fritz Ostermuel- Ter, although the latetr allowed only four hits during the eight inning game.
 The White Sox handed the Ath- letics a double dose, 10-8 and 7-2. Ted Lyons won No. 2 in the opener and John Rigney grabbed No. g in the second game.
 After running their winning streak to three straight by taking the first game, 8-4, the Browns dropped the nightcap, 5-4.
 YESTERDAYS HERO-Paul Der- ringer, Reds big right handler who pitched perfect game for seven in- L l.