Evening star., 1941-07-24
Late Blows Beat
Victor,
Spotted a Runs
Win Keeps Brooks
In Top Tie; Yonks
Nip Tribe Again
By JUDSON BAILEY,

ASSOCIATED Press SpOIiS writer.
The Brooklyn Dodgers have solved
the riddle. heretofore known as
Elmer, the unsolved. and given the
Cincinnati Reds their biggest shock
since the New York Yankees swept
the 1889 world series in four straight.
The young righthan0er had won
II games without a defeat this sea-
son and become a symbol of hope
for the beleaguered National League
champions He had been in tight
spots, but always came out on top.
Last night. while crowd of 10000
at Crosley Field whooped in glee,
Riddle gained 40 lead over the
groggy Dodgers in the first five
frames and looked unbeatable Then
with two resounding salvos Brooklyn
came from behind TO crush him 5-4
and continue the first place dead
lock in the senior circuit.
They ripped off two runs in the
sixth on three singles ard an error
and landed a three-run haymaker
in the eighth on double by Pete
Reiser and three more singles.
"Beaner" KayOes Mccormick.
This was some sort of irpnic justice
catching up with the Reds foT scOr-
ing five runs in the ninth to beat
the Dodgers 5-4, the day before. In
that rally Chuck Aleno had tried to
dodge pitch only to have the ball
strike his bat and bounce off the
rightfeld foul line for a triple with
the bases loaded.
Frank Mccormick, last years
most valuable player in the Ma
tional League. was knocked out by
one of Kirby HigbeS fast balls which
struck him on the head. but an
examination at a hospital showed
he had received only a mild con-
cussion and might be able to ap-
pear in the lineup tomorrow and
preserve his iron man. string OF
$40 consecutive games
The victory checked a Brook
lyn skid just in time. for the ST
Louis Cardinals nosed out the New
York Giants. 5-4. in 12-lnnlne
thriller earlier in the day in An ef-
fort to gain exclusive possession
of first place.
Cards Bunched Singles Tell.
Lon Warneke held the Giants to
two hits for eight innings, but the
New Workers caught up with him
in the ninth and tied the score
However, the Redbirds punched
across the winning tally in the
18th on a pair of singles by Frank
Crespi and Estel Crabtree to give
Ernie White. working one inning in
relief. credit for his second VIC
tory in two days.
Vince Di Maggie doubled with
the bases loaded in the fourth in
ming of a night game to boost the
Pittsburgh Pirates to So de-
cision over the Phillies and put the
Buccaneers in a challenging spot
one game behind the fourth-place
Giants.
In the other National League
game, Dick Erricksons seven-hit
hurting brought the Boston Braves
6-1 triumph over the Chicago
Cubs.
The New York Yankees conquered
the Cleveland Indians again. 80. tc
draw nine games out in front of the
American League pennant race, SC
called Marius Russo limited the In
dians to five hits and Joe Di Maggie
and Charley Keller each hit home
runs.
Shift No Help to Indians.
Manager Roger Peckinpaugh
benched Second Baseman Ray Mack
and shook up the Indians batting
order to no avail. 1t was the YAM
KEGS fifth straight victory and their
36th in AZ games.
The Chicago White Sox went on a
rampage and whipped the Boston
Red Sox. 1914, with 17-hit bonn
bardment, led by Taft Wright and
Myril Hoag. each with four hits.
A two-run homer by Frank Hayes
helped the Philadelphia Athletics
nudge the st. Louis Browns. 5-4, in
night game, and move within one
percentage point of the fifth-place
Detroit Tigers, humbled for the 10th
time in IA meetings by Washington