The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-15
YANKEES SADLY TN NEED OF OLD
 POWER AT PLATE
McCarthymen Have Hit But Four Home Runs in
 Nine Games
By CHOICE KIRKsEY

New York, May l5.-(UP)-Marso Joe Mccarthy had Q job on hia hands today getting the New York Yankees untracked and headed In the right direction. Losing 2 out of their last nine games, the Tanks have dropped to an even 800 and are in fourth place.
 Among Mccarthys many head- aches are:
 D Putting the quietus on the home run balls the Yankee pitch- CTS are serving up.
 9 Juggling the Yankee batting order to get more strength in the first three positions.
 9 Getting some pitching out Of the Yankee youngsters. 4) And, of course, finding g formula to score more runs.
 In their last nine games the Yanks have allowed the opposition l3 homers while the Tanks have made only 1, Thus the Tanks are forced to take some of the bitter medicine which they once dished out to the other side. Three Cleve- land home runs yesterday gave the Tribe clean sweep of the 2.gane series at Yankee Stadium, Al.
 The top part of the Yankee line- up isn't getting on base. The first three New oYrk hitters are Rig zuto, batting .246, Rolfe, batting .2ls, and Selkirk, batting .l94. Ris- buto, despite his small stature, doesn't walk much. He likes to swing. He may have to be dropped to second or eighth in the batting order.
 The brilliant crop of Yankee youngsters brought up this spring has now dwindled to three, Charlie Stanceu, Steve Peek and Red Branch. None except Branch has showed much under fire. George Washburn was optioned to Newark yesterday, Hank Borowy, who was unexpectedly sent back to Newark earlier looks like the pitcher the Tanks should have kept He's won { and lost one and in his last start he pitched e 4-hit shutout. He might be brought back for another chance.
 The old Yankee run-making power is sadly missing, In their last nine games they've made only 3l runs to the opposition's 6o--or 3 4/9 runs per game to the other sides 6 2(3. In losing their second straight to Cleveland and their fourth in a row yesterday, the Yanks made only one run ags<.l Mel Harder held them to six hits and outpitchedI Red Ruff o flng to score his fourth victory l against no defeats. Soup Camp bells homer-first of his major \ league career--,after Boudreaus sim B gle proved the winning punch in the eighth with the score tied i-i. , Gene Dc Sautels hit homer in the fifth and Gee Walker one In ] the ninth, first of the season for each man. Joe CroninS grand slam homer in the seventh gparkecV the Boston Red SoX to @ l0-7 victory over the White SoX and elevated the BoSoX back to second place. Although the Red Sex made only eight hits, they capitalized on Bill Dietrich'S loss of control in the seventh to stage T. run rally.
 Champs Sixth
 Washington hung a 9.4 defeat OH Detroit and moved up into fifth place as the Tigers tunibled Into sixth. Steve Sundra won his fourth game behind the Senators ie.hit attack. It was Detroit's sixth straight loss,
 In a game featured by l9 bases on balls by both sides tho Browns defeated the Athletics, i0-6. Rad cliff and Lucadello made three hits each.
 Brooklyn continued to spread gloom In Cincinnati by knocking Paul Derringer out of the box and beating the Reds, 6-2. It was the Dodgers seventh straight and tho Reds fourth straight defeat, drop ping the worlds champions into sixth place. Whit Wyatt held the Reds to eight hits to win his sev- enth game against one loss. Joe Medwick homered with one on in the first.
 Pittsburgh came from behind to beat the Phillies, i2-7, with Arky Vaughan hammering out four hits to lead the Pirates i4.hit assault. YESTERDAYS HERO - Soup Campbell, Cleveland's substitute center fielder, playing instead of the injured Roy Weatherly, who hit . homer with mate on base to Iced the Tribe to Q 4.l victory over the