Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-15
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Reds in Ninth
In WiIdContest
Baseball Spotlight
Is Focused on Game
in Cincy Today
BY International News service

BY International News service
BaseballS spotlight focused on
Cincinnati today as millions OF
fans from coast to coast waited
TO see if Brooklyn's darling Dodg-
ers can repair the damage done
to their pennant bandwagon
which, nevertheless, continued 10
rumble along ahead of the Ma
tional League parade.
The damage positively was be-
yond control of the flag-foolish
FlatbuSh flock. They did every
thing they could do. but in the
process had their league lead
clipped halt notch and thereby
reduced TO a game and a half
The Dodgers rallied in the ninth
inning 20 beat Cincinnati, 7 to 5.
This garrison finish was a thriller,
but ST Louis was the town where
spectators really were gasping for
breath. The second-place Cardi-
mails nudged out New York, / 10 o.
when Lon Warneke bested Carl
Hubbell in a mound duel. and then
defeated the Giants. 6 TO 5, in an
.extra-inning battle wherein New
York's defense cracked in the
tenth and permitted the Cards
winning run TO dent the rubber.
IN A NUTSHELL
These enthralled base ball
minions awoke TO find the status
of the torrid National League
campaign, in a nutshell, as fol-
lows:
Be To
w l. Pct. hind Play
Brooklyn 81 so .645 -. Is
st. Louis 80 81 1886 IL II
The Dodgers, however, had
chance to restore the half-game
lost in the Sabbath melee by
Injecting the Reds again today
while all other National League
clubs. including the driving Cards,
remained idle
Manager Leo Durocher Of
Brooklyn expected to send his
skinny Highlander, Luke Hamlin.
lagainst the Reds in an attempt
TO make il two wins in a row in
the second contest of a three
game Series.
Durocher was the target Of
severe criticism in the press coop
4 yesterday for the manner in which
i he handled the game-and, for
once, all agreed the experts were
100 per cent right and definitely
not "second-guessing" Leo.
The lip almost presented the
, Reds with the ball game by refus-
ing to take Kirby Higbe out Of
the box before he was killed by
Cincinnati line drives.
STAYS UNTIL 8TH
Higbe was definitely off. He
was clipped for eight hits, includ-
] ing two triples, double and a
homer, had walked men and
had been saved repeatedly by his
support before he was removed
for a pinch hitter in the eighth
Inning.
| Durocher had Hug Casey
warming up in the right field bull
pen from the third inning on and.
|, though Higbe was very wild and
/. was hit very hard, he refused to
,Iyank him.
Brooklyn lost a 10 lead when
the Reds collected two runs in the
fifth; came back to make il Az i'm
, their favor and then saw Highs
blasted for three more runs on a
, seventh inning homer by Frank
Mccormick which put the Reds
back on top, Sd.
The happy fact that Manager
McKechnie allowed Bucky Wall
ters, VINO was as bad as Higbe.
to stay in there. was all that
, saved the game for Brooklyn. So
in the eighth a double TO left by
Medwick. an infield out and pinch
hitter Lavagetto's fly to Mike Me-
Cormick tieG it up again.
Billy Herman hit a homer over
the left field wall TO open the
) Dodger ninth and they added an
other tally moment later to sew
up the contest.
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