The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-14
BAD BREAKS OF
 GAME BEAT REDS AND YANKEES
Bucky Walters and Russo Drop Tough Games to
 Dodgers and Indians
BY GEORGE KIRKsEY United Press Staff Correspondent

New York, May l4s-(UP)--Little things decide ball games and pen- ants-little things like Q wild pitch and Q ground rule.
 An inopportune wild pitch by Bucky Walters cost the Reds two runs and Q ball game yesterday. A Yankee stadiurN ground rule which held up runner at third prevented the Yankees from beat- ing the Indians.
 Ball players call the little things breaks of the ball game" Ed Bar row, the wise old major domo of the Tanks, says no ball club ever won q pennant without getting the breaks. The Dodgers and the In. dians are getting the breaks and that's why they are blazing the winning trail in the two major leagues. If they keep on getting 'em, who can stop themp
 Gift Runs
 Opening their western invasion, the Brooklyn Dodgers nosed out Cincinnati, 4-3 on the strength of the two gift runs which crossed the plate on Bucky Walters wild pitch In the third inning. With Hugh Casey in third and Billy Herman on second and two out, Walters let loose tho pitch which permitted both runners to score. He then re. tired the hitter on an outfield fly. without the wild pitch Walters would have gotten out of the in- ming without any damage. As 1t was he went down to his second defeat, snapping Q four.game Win- ming streak. Casey won his fifth straight and the Dodgers their sixth in 6 row. The defeat dropped the Reds into the second division.
 The Indians and Tanks were deadlocked l-i In the ninth when Charlie Keller singled with one away. Then Joe Gordon forced him. Bill Dickey slashed c liner down the left field line, and the ball bounded intot he stands for . ground rule double, thus automatl. cally holding Gordon up ct third. If the ball had remained in play, Gordon would have scored and the Yanks would have won, 2.l in nine innings. But with runners on second and third, Teller retired Ger ald Priddy for the third out. Then Lou Boudreau hit q homer thls fourth Into the right field stands in the 10th, giving the Indians Q 2-l triumph. ...
 Feiler famed nine Yanks, win- ming his sixth victory and hts fourth by Q 2.1 score. Marius Russo pitched on almost even terms with Teller, yielding eight hits to Eel. er's six, and famed six. ItsWag his first loss after winning three straight. ~ ner In Q pitchers duel and the white Sox moved into second place by n 3-l victory over the Red Sox. Rigney allowed only four hits, two of them homers by Foxx and WI. Hams. It was Bostoi's first loss at home.
 Bobo Newsom couldn't hold c 4- run lead and Washington came on to beatt he Tigers, 6-4, behind Sid Hudson's three e-hit pitching. It was Hudson's third straight win.
 Bob Johnsons seventh homer Of the season, 0 400 foot drive with a mate on base, and Jock Knott's seven hit pitching featured the Ath. ietics' "a triumph over the Browns'
 Close Finish :.
 The St. Louis Cardinals repulsed the Giants, 3.2, with Morton Cooper scoring his fourth victory on 6 seven hit performance. The Giants tied 1t, 2-2 in the eighth but the Cards won in the ninth when Jimmy Browns single scored Walker Coop- or, who had reachedi first on White. heads error and advanced on c sacrifice. Mize's two doubles drove in the other two Card runs.
 The Chicago Cubs won their third straight and moved into fourth place by defeating the Boston Braves, 4-3. Jake Mooty, who re- lleyed Vern Olsen, started the Wln. ming rally with Q single and scored when Tom Early walked Hank Lieb. CT with the bases loaded In the seventh. Lieber hit 6 homer with a mate on in the first.
 Only os6 fans, one of the smallest crowds in years at Forbes field, saw the Pirates snap their four" game losing streak with q 6-3 vic- tory over the Phillies. It was the phiis' fifth EtraiRht loss.