The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-21
CINCINNATI REDS BEGIN TO 'CLICK' TLONG LAST
Champs Have Found Hit. ting Range; Brooklyn
 Badly Beaten
BY GEORGE KIRKsEY United Press Staff Correspondent

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 New York, May g.. (UP) - There was some evidence today to indicate that the worlds champion Cincinnati Reds, who cavorted like something out of circus sideshow during the first month of the sea- son, finally have unwound them selves,
 Scoring six runs In the ninth inn ing, the Reds overcame Q three run difieit yesterday to trim the Boston Braves, 9-6.
 It was the Reds third straight win, and gave them undiSputed pos" session of fifth place,
 Tn their last three games, the Reds have made 20 runs, or exactly the number they made in nine games previous to their current streak.
 They've started to hit, which was tho main thing wrong with them. They made 10 hits yesterday, i4 Monday and Il Sunday, Tn their first 25 games they averaged less than seven hits per game. Big Prank MeCormiek'S homer with two out and two mates on In tho ninth was the erowning blow of the Reds siX-run rally, It was Mccormick s seventh homer but his first with anybody on base, Ernie Roy, re- gently bought from the Cards, slug - ""mer and double, driving In four runs.
 ...ul,r Riddle, who pitched the ninth following Whitey Moore and Gene Thompson to the mound, re- oeived credit for the victory. Dick Erickson held the Reds scoreleSs in tho first five innings but was re- lieVed after Koy's homer in the eighth. Johnson couldn't stop the Reds and Javery was the victim of Prank MeCormiek's homer.
 Going Down
 The Dodgers nosedive continued with their fourth straight loss, c Del shellaeklng by the Chicago Cubs. Kirby Higbe was the loser and for the fourth time in his last five starts failed to finish, Lou Stringer, Cub rookie who took over Billy Hermans job, drove in rour runs with c triple and single while Her man was helpless before Bill Lees slants. In their last four games Dodger pitchers have allowed the opposition 8 runs while Brooklyn has scored only eight,
 Pittsburgh moved into sixth place by beating the Giants, 7-4, Arky Vaughan'S first homer of the sea- son with 0 mate on base was the Pirates margin of victory. Bot Klinger went tho route to win NO 2.
 The amazing PhillieS spotted the leagueleading Cardinals four runs and then came on to beat them 0-4, in II innings. RizSo's single and Nick Etten's double in the eighth tied the score. Then Marnie and May singled home two runs In the eleventh Ike Pearson's ofie-hit re- lief pitching in the last five innings stopped the Cards cold, The PhlS slugged out l8 hits.
 Still Two Up Cleveland dropped It's third straight to the Athletics, 0.b, and the Indians American League lead melted to two games over the White SoX who trimmed Washington, b-2' Fine relief pitching by Rookie Tom FerrIek who blanked the tribe in the last two frames, and Pete Sud- CTS homer won for the As,
 Thornton Lee held the Senators to six hits and scored his fourth vie- tory. For the third straight day the two former Senators, Taft wright and Joe Kuhle, led the White SoX to victory. They figured in four of the five Chicago runs.
 Aided by six St, Louis errors the Yankees staged a i0.9 victory over the Browns and reached the 300 mark again. Bill Dickey ho'nered with two on in the eighth.
 Rookie Earl Johnson's four-hitter paced the Red Sox to c 4-2 win over the Tigers, snapping BoSton'S fiye.g game losing streak, He blanked Detroit until the ninth when Rudy York homered with one on. Skeeter Newsome's single drove In two Red SoX runs,
 YESTERDAYS HERO - Frank Mccormick, big Reds first baseman, who hit homer No, 2 with two mates on base in the ninth and two out to give Cincinnati q 9-e victory over the Braves,