The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-24
RIDDLE OF REDS FINALLY LOSES; MCCORMICK HURT
White Winner of 1 I2-Inning Thriller Over Giants;
 Crabtree's CIout Wins
BY GEORGE KrRKsEY

any ChuSHL up WltLl 6iLklSC kClQQle and the hitherto unbeaten sopho- more sensation suffered his first defeat after winning Il straight. The Dodgers beat him in a thriller, 5-4.
 But worse than that, the Reds star first baseman, Frank McCor- mick, twas beaned" by one of Kirby Higbe's fast balls and had to be carried off the field on a stretcher. First X-ray reports indicated Mo- Cormick's injury was nothing worse than mild concussion but he was kept overnight in Christ hospital for observation.
 The Dodgers up-the-hill triumph before 29,503 at Cincinnati enabled them to remain in their first place tie with the Cardinals who beat the Giants in the afternoon, 5-4, in 12 innings. Both games were dog eat-dog struggles which were in doubt until the final out.
 Ridle had a 40 lead and had held the Dodgers to two hits until the fifth when single by Herman, Werber's error and singles by Walk CT and Medwick produced two runs. But the big explosion came in the 9th when Reiser's double. Lava gettos single, Walkers third hit and Wasdells two-run single produced three runs and sent the Dodgers ahead.
 It was one of those games that the Dodgers just had to win, because the Cards had battled through 12 tense innings to conquer the Gi- ants. Lon Warneke had the Gi- ants beaten, 4-2, on two hits with two out and two strikes on Mel Ott in the ninth. But he walked Ott and Danning and Young dou- bled to tie the score. Crespi's single, a sacrifice, Hubbell's wild pitch and Crabtree'S single produced the winning run off Hubbell, who came in as a relief pitcher in the 11th. Ernie White, Cards south- paw, wiao relieved, was credited with his second victory in two days, while Hubbell had his seven-game winning streak snapped.
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 The Yankees tomahawked the In- dians again, 3-2 and increased their American league lead to g full games. It was a day of revenge for Joe DiMaggio, who blasted his 22nd homer of the season off Lefty Al Smith, who teamed up with Jim Bagby to stop the Yankee star $ hitting streak at 56 straight in Cleveland last week.
 DiMaggio's homer started Smith on the Skids and Charlie Keller cracked homer No. B with Rosar, who had walked, on base. An in- ming later two more hits had Smith out. Marius Russo allowed only five hits in winning victory No. g.
 The White Sox found their bat ting eyes and slugged out IT hits to beat the Red Sox, 10-4, and move within a game and a half of third. Taft Wright and Myril Hoag, with four hits each, led the Chicago at- tack. Thornton Lee. although al- lowing 12 hits, coasted to his 11th victory.
 Veteran knuckleballer Dutch Leonard outpitched Buck Newsom as the cellar-dwelling Washington Senators defeated the Detroit Tig- CTS, Gel, before night game crowd of 1000 at Griffith stadium. Leon- ard held the Tigers to nine hits for his ninth victory and the 10th de- cision registered by the Senator in IA games with the Tigers this year.
 The Philadelphia Athletics de- feated the St. Louis Browns, 5-4. Frankie Hayes homer with one on in the sixth provided the winning edge.
 Phillies Lose IS
 Pittsburgh handed the Phillies their 18th loss in their last 16 games by scoring a 5-2 game victory be- fore l3,109 fans. Max Butcher held the Phils to nine hits for his 10th victory. The Pirates won the game in the fourth with four runs, Vince DiMaggio's double driving home two and errors by Dan Litwhiler and Merrill May letting in the other two.
 With Dick Erickson pitching T. hit ball the Boston Braves trimmed the Chicago Cubs, 6-1. A four-run rally in the fifth iced the game for the Braves who collected 12 hits off Page, French and Paul Brick son.
 YESTERDAYS HERO - Estel Crabtree, Cardinals veteran rookie whose tenth hit in his last IA times at bat was a winning single which gave St. Louis a 5-4 de- cision over the Giants in the 18th.