The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-12
DERRINGER AND
 NEWSOM LOST
 40 SERIES FORM
Reds Mound Star "Mur- dered" By Brooklyn .
 Eaters
BY GEORGE KIRKsEY


 United Press Staff Correspondent) New York, July l2 --(UP)-- The fortunes of baseball shift swiftly and inexorably. Last October 8, Paul Derringer and Buck Newsom toed the rubber to do battle for the worlds championship. Today those two erstwhile toasts of the baseball world were down in the dumps.
 Strangely enough, their records are Identical. Each has won 2 games and lost Il. They've lost some tough ones and they've also been hammered from pillar to post. But, winning or losing, they aren't the pitchers they were few short months ago.
 Derringer, trying to start the Reds on a concerted pennant drive, floundered badly at Ebbets field yeg- terday. He couldn't get the side out in the first inning. The Dodgers hammered him for six hits in 2-3 of an inning and made 6 running start to . 1922 triumph over the world champions. The Dodgers scored seven runs in the first frame and had the Reds licked. Comeback?
 Newsom was somewhat happier yesterday. He pitched his best game of the season, and the Tigers blanked the Red sox, 20. Oppos- Ing with Lefty Grove, who was in quest of his S00th victory, held the Red Sox to six hits, shutting them out for the first time this season. Tn the first three innings NewCom struck out Williams, Cronin, Foxx, Tabor and Doerr Give of the Amer ican leagues toughest i1itters) in succession. Ted Williams, the All- Star game hero, went hitless in four trips against 0p Boho.
 But NewSom's superb pitching yesterday was only q brief interlude in his stormy season. In four of five previous starts prior he had been knocked out of the box. Like Newsom, Derringer has been good and bad by turns. Some of the hit. ters feel that the breaks are going against both and consequently do not have the fear of them they had last season.
 Brooklyn's triumph, featured by 16 hits, including homers by Med. wick, walker and Pitcher Curt Davis, enabled the Dodgers to in. crease their lead over the idle Gard. iaaie tA 1.0 0a t,aAD
 The Yankees tied the naajors' longest winning streak of the sea- son by winning their iith straight from the Browns, 6.2. It also was the Tanks 18th win in their last 2o games and enabled them to in- crease their lead over the Idle In. dians to four games.
 The question no longer is: Did DiMaggio hit today?" The proper query Is, How many dtd Joe get?" The answer yesterday was a homer (No. 20) and there singles in five trips, making the 6oth consecutive game In which he's hit safely.
 Gordon and Russo
 The Browns held the Tanks b a 2.2 tie until the sixth when Joe Gordon crashed his .i4th homer, Tommy Henrich previously had hit No. IS with Rolfe on base in the first inning. MariuS Russo, blank. ing the Browns after Cullenbine's homer with a mate on in the first, won his eighth victory.
 Maybe the White Sox don't need Jimmy Dykes fater all. With Dykes still in the stands because of strong language, the White Sox, under the leadership of Muddy Ruel, won their third in a row by defeating Washington, 3-1. Billy Knickers lockers homer with a man on de. cided the game. Edgar Smith pitched six-hitter for his eighth victory.
 Jim Tobin hurled the Braves to a 7-2 win over the Cubs, yielding only live hits. Sibby SiSti, with three doubles and Q single, and Johnny Cooney, with a double and two singles. led Boston;s attack.