Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-12


throng of 28,762 Redland rooters..
Morton Cooper out-dueled Paul
Derringer in the opener, allowing
only two hits. The Reds, however,
had to make a misplay to lose
falling to cover third on Terry
Moore's triple in the eighth and
Moore scored the tying run. Then
Enos Slaughter banged his 14th
homer. Lon Warneke beSted Jim
Turner in the nightcap, the Cards
leading all the way after Browns
double and singles by Mize, Koy
and Padgett counted two runs in
the first inning. =
1t was only the second time this
season that the Reds have lost both
ends of a doubleneader, the losses
trimmed Cincinnati's lead to five
games over the Dodgers. .5#.#
Detroit suffered two 43 defeats
at the hands of the pesky White
Sox, and had two of their best
pitchers, Buck Newsom and Tommy
Bridges, licked il the bargain. A
Throng of $4,000 saw the White
Sox maintain their weak hold on
fourth place. Although Newsom
wasn't charged with the. defeat he
was on the verge of losing when he
was taken out for a pinch-hitter.
Freddy Hunthcinson, who relieved
Newsom, was charged with the loss.
Ted Lyons was tight in the pinches,
despite IL hits he yielded and fan
ned seven. Lyons drove in the win
ming run. Taft Wright's double off
the right field wall drove in the
two deciding runs in the eighth in
ming of the nightcap. In the inning
previous successive homerS by
Greenberg, with one on, and York
with the bases bare, gave the Tigers
80 advantage.
Despite the Tigers twin loss, the
Indians could gain no more than a
tie for first place. They divided with
the Browns. AL Milnar won victory
No. Is as the tribe won the opener,
ia, slugging five piechers for 18
hits. A home run by Harlond Cliff
provided the edge as the Browns
won the nightcap, TO. Tied at Sail
in the fifth the Browns tore into
AL Smith for two runs each in the
next two frames to bag enough runs
to win.
Brooklyn picked up game on
the Reds by dividing twin bill
with the Bees. After dropping the
opener. 80, the Dodgers came back
to win the afterpiece, 80, on Vito
Tamulis 7-hit pitching. Dick Coff-
man relieved Bill Posedel with the
bases loaded in the first game and
saved the day for the Bees. A crowd
of 24021, largest for the Bees at
home this season. attended.
Pittsburgh regained fourth place
by tripping the Cubs twice, 7-3 and
ST.. With the score tied 3-3 in the
eighth inning of the opener the
Cubs made three errors, and the
Pirates showed over four runs. Dick
Lanahan held the Cubs to four hits
in winning the nightcap
The Phillies snapped their O.
game losing streak by shutting out
the Giants, 20, but dropped back
into their old ways by losing the
nightcap to the Terrymen, 81.
Kirby Higbe held the Giants to five
hits in the opener, won by Joe Mar
tvs triple. Babe Young clouted two
homers, one with the bases loaded
and drove in five runs in the sec
on game. Hal Schumacher tWirled
a 3-hitter in the nightcap.
In single games in the Aemircan
league the Yankees won an IL
inning struggle from the Athletics
7-6, and the Senators squeezed out
a 81 triumph over the Red Sox
Joe Gordons homer won the Yam
kee game after Selkirks pinch
homer and Joe Dimaggios single
had tied the score in the ninth
Rookie Sid Hudson outpitched che
veteran Lefty Grove to trim the
Red Sox