The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-23
TWIN WIN OVER
 REDS AND CARDS DOUBLE DEFEAT
Giants Shell 0umbert; Wyatt Homers to Beat
 Derringer
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 Limited Press Stan Correspondent
 New York, June 2S,-(uP)-lt th, Brooklyn Dodgers-thoSe glorioui buns from FfathuSh--win the Ma tional league pennant, they can lool back to Sunday, June 22, as the ca! the golden gates opened wide fol them,
 The Dodgers, snarling and scrap ping and hustling like champions wrested two dog.eat-dog game, from the world champion Cincin' natl Reds before 35,702 at CroSleS field, Cincinnati, winning the bit terly-fought opener in l6 innings 2-l, and the nlghteap, S-2 Thog' were two wonderful triumphS fol the Dodgers but who'd ever have thought that at this critical june ture their hated rivalg, the Giants would have given them the lift o the season by knocking of th' league leading Cardinals twice,
 Playing as though they were IL the thick of the race themselves the Giants throttled the Cards twice 4.S and S-2, Thus the Dodgers double win an dthe Cards twin los' left St, Louis on top by only onC game.
 Whit Wyatt and Paul Derrlnge, hooked up in one of the finest mound duelS of the year In the Dodger-Red opener, Neither team scored until Wyatt hit a homer or the first ball pitched In the eleventh Just prior to going to lat Wyatt was handed a glass of antiSeptiS with which to gargle his throat Thinking 1t was water, he drank 1t When he came back to the tiugout after his homer, the Dodger pitcher became sick at the stomach and had to retire, Hugh Casey relieved him and, after Q stormy eleventh went on toibeat the Reds for the second time in three days,
 Good Baseball
 Lonnie Frey opened the eleventh, with 0 double but was out trying to stretch 1t into triple. With tive out Prank McCormi:k'S double ant singles by Goodman and Mike Mo. Cormick tied the score, i-l. Brook. lyn won in tho sixteenth when Pete Reiser singled and raced to thire on Riggs bunt which Frank Nc. Cormiok threw wild to first, Dixie Walkers squeezed Re!ser home, Der, ringer allowed i3 hits while Wat gave up 2 in 10 innings and Case, 6 in 6 innings.
 After allowing two runs and thre, hits In the first innings, Rirb, Higbe held the Reds hitless the res of the way in the nightcap and tn Dodgers won that one too. Pet ReiSer'S single of Wander Nee drove in the Dodgers winning run
 Bill Terry got some slight Solact for the unfortunate deal he mad, In trading Harry Gumbert to tn, Cardinals for Fiddler Bill McGet when his Giants clouted dumherl out Of the box in the ninth anc scored three runs to snatch the frs game, 4-S, Hits by Joe Moore anc Pinch-Hitters Harry Danning anC Gabby Hartnett and Dick Bartells double tied the score, Johnny Ruck. CTS fly off Relief Pitcher Shour sent home the winning run. Johnny Wittig, with & little help from Wal. ter Brown ia the ninth, pitcher the Giants to a clean sweep He allow. cd only s hits in 8 l.S innings and Brown finished the job.
 The Braves plastered double dc. feat on the Cubs, 6-5 and 3.2. They Knocked Vern Olsen out In the opener and finally won out witt, two 2-run rallies in the eighth and ninth, Ava Javery pitched a 6. hitter to cop the nightcap.
 The Pirates beat the Phillies, 4.i for the only National league game won by Q western club but the tail- ends came back to get an even break by grabbing the nightcap, 7-4 The Phils clouted l7 hits to break . 7-game losing streak in the second game.
 Bob Teller protected Cleveland's 2-eame American league lead by setting Washington down with seven l1itS In winning his i4th game, 6-0 only three Senators advanced be- yond first base. Jeff Heath made three of the Indians 10 hits.
 Bob0 the Goat
 The Tanks pulled one out of the Ire, beating the Tigers, 5-4, with two out in the ninth. Red Rolfe hit Q homer of Buck Newsom, who had relieved Hal Newhouser in the sey- enth, with the count two strikes and one ball, tying the score in the ninth. Then Newsom walked Cor don with the bases loaded, forcinc In the winning run. Joe DiMaggio hit his 18th homer, making the S5th consecutive game in which he's hit safely. Two Yankee roundtrippers game them 30 homerS in IS games a new major league record.
 The Red SoX and Browns broke even, Boston winning the opener 7-S, and St. Louis the nightcap, l2-3 The second game victory enabled tne Browns to desert the cellar by .00l point.
 Alter Ted Lyons had pitched the White SoX to a l4-O victory over the Athletics, Philadelphia gained an even break by winning the night cap, 80, on three hits.
 YESTERDAYS HERO U Pete Reiser, Dodgers rookie outfielder who scored the winning run in the