Evening star., 1941-03-16
Sluggish at BAT,
Mats Drop4.2
Tilt 10 Reds
Horrismen Fortunate
In Holding Champs
To Small Score
By & Staff Correspondent of The Star.

By 6 Staff Correspondent of The Star
ORLANDO, Fla, March 15.-The
Cincinnati Reds regained the cham
pionship of the world from the Ma
tionals today before a crowd of
1853 cash customers at Tinker
Field. They got revenge for a beat
ing six days ago by getting a 4-to-2
decision.
Except for some f1ossy defensive
plays, the Mats offered little to the
afternoons entertainment. They
couldn't hit Paul Derringer, Jim
Turner and Elmer Riddle with any
consistency, and their own pitch
ing wasn't as good as the score
might indicate.
In fact, 1t was a defensive battle
the Mats fought all day. They were
behind from the third inning until
the finish, although there were times
when they threatened to stage big
innings and mop up. On the other
hand, it was a mystery how the
world champions held themselves
to four runs. The keynote of the
battle was Illustration, and the Reds
won because they were slightly less
frustrated.
Reds Get to Leonard.
Of Dutch Leonard, Boom boom
MacFayden and Rookie Hardin Ca
they the Reds banged out IL hits,
including 3 triples. On a smaller
held, with fences, the Reds prob
ably would have made at least twice
as many runs
Derringer, who started for the
Reds, worked three scoreleSs in
nlngs with a minimum of difficulty.
Leonard was as good until the third
inning, when Catcher Bill Baker
singled to start the round, moved
up when Bill Werber walked and
scored when Lonnie Frey singled.
MacFayden followed Leonard.
The box score shows the Reds made
only one run against Boom Boom,
The box score isn't lying. but it
isn't telling all. The Reds hit BOOM
Boom with everything they could lay
their hands on.
First of all, they made it 20
when, with two down in the fourth,
Eddie Joost tripled and Baker and
Pinch-hitter AL Mele singled in sue
cession. That accounted for the
run.
In the fifth MacFayden pitched
to only three hitters, but it prob
ably was the most unimpressive in
ming he ever worked.
Great Defense Stops Reds.
With a great diving catch. Buddy
Myer speared a line drive off Frey's
bat to retire the first hitter. Jimmy
Gleeson came up and drove toward
right field. With his back to the
distant wire fence, George Case
leaped high to snare this smash.
Then Frank Mccormick slammed
one that would have torn through
the wooden scoreboard in left field
if Ben Chapman hadn't made a
leaping one-hand catch.
MacFayden's best inning was the
sixth. This started with Center
fielder Harry Craft hitting into the
hedge which serves as a left field
fence. 1t was a ground-rule triple,
but Craft died there as MacFayden
got Mike Mccormick on foul pop,
Joost on an infield roller and Baker
on a grounder to Buddy Lewis at
third base.
After Derringer finished his
chores, the Mats looked as if they
would get into the game against
Turner. But after Chapman opened
the fourth with a single, Buddy
Lewis wiped him out with double
play shot, and in the fifth, after
George Archie started with an in
field hit, the next three hitters
went down.
Mats Finally Score.
Not until the sixth, Turner's last
round, did the Mats finally score.
George Cases infeld hit started it.
Johnny Welaj, batting for Roger
Cramer, singled off Werber's glove.
Then, after Chapman lined out,
Lewis singled Case home and put
Welaj in scoring position. Here
again, with one down and two run
ners on base, the attack f1zzled, as
Cecil Travis and Archie went out
weakly.
The Reds made it to l in the
seventh, Cathey's first inning. With
one out, Werber, Frey and Gleeson
singled in succession. The champs
were loving what Cathey was serving
up, but Lewis showed the poor taste
to grab a hot smash by Frank Nc
Cormick and turn it into a double
play, retiring the side.
Perhaps the most painful WASH
ington inning was the seventh. Myer
singled and Catcher Al Evans scored
him with a triple. The pitcher was
Elmer Riddle, a Red rookie. The
Mats behaved as if they were going
to take him apart.
Victory Chance Muffed.
Having cut the score to 80 and
with the tying run on third base
with nobody out, however, they pro-
ceeded to blow everything as Cathey
famed, Case rolled out harmlessly,
while Evans Rugged third and Welaj
bounced to Werber for the third
out.
What happened thereafter isn't
important. The Mats were licked
and went out in order in the two
final innings. For the sake of the
record, the Reds scored again in the
ninth on Werber's triple and Frey's
long fly.
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