The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-17
DONALD PITCHES. FOR MCCARTHY. AGAINST INDIANS.
Yankee Pitcher Wins First Game of Important
 Series
BY GEORGE KIRKsEY United Press StaR COrresDondcnt)

United Press Staff Correspondcnt)
 New York, July 17 17-(UP)-O One school of baseball thought contends that a good ball club runs itself and that all the manager has to do is sit tight and look smart. Don't you believe it.
 When a good ball club is win ming the pilot is making some very smart guesses. Take the New York Yankees. Joe Mccarthy is doing the best job of masterminding in the majors with a run of the mine pitching staff. That's one of the big reasons why the Tanks are six games on top and making an old- time Yankee runaway of the Amer ican league race.
 Mccarthy, who has a definite leaning toward the occult, is jug gling the Yankee staff like @ base. ball Houdini He brought Alley Donald out of his silk hat yester- day and bamboozled the Indians, 10-3, in the opening game of what was to have been Cleveland's mid- season drive to knock the Tanks.
 In the Clutch
 That's the second time Mccarthy has reached way down and brought up Donald to the consternation of all, mostly the Indians. The first time was back in June when Alley, who had won only one game, was pitted against Bob Teller. Donald pitched a 3-hitter as the Tanks won 4-1. Since then Donald has failed to finish against the Tigers and Athletics, but Mccarthy sent him to the firing line yesterday instead of Marius Russo, the expected starter, and he came through with an 8-hitter. It was DonaldS fourth victor against two defeats.
 In winning their eighth game in Ii starts against Cleveland, the Tanks pounded Al Milnar to cover and scored their most one-sided victory thus far over the Tribe. Joe DiMaggio hit two singles and Q double, running his consecutive game hitting streak to 56,
 Warneke Wins
 Billy Southworth, St. Louis man. @SSA Aiao bSOAA SOAAAAAAS A4A AOA eOAAAS criticism as to his methods of handling the Cardinal pitching staff, but the ond-guessers took a back seat following his willy strategy in last nights 7-4 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers.
 The Dodgers shelled Souhworth's s ace southpaw, Max Lanier, for six hits and @ 40 lead in three inn ings but Billy came up with his leading winner. Righthander Lon Warneke, in the fourth. Warneke took over with two on, none out and two in, and retired the side allowing only one more run. He hlanked the Dodgers with three hitr for the last six frames for his 11sh win. The Cards won the game with 41ve-run rally in the sixth inning
 Poor support cost Bucky Walters dearly and the Giants beat the Reds, TIA Four unearned runs were responsible for Walters seventh defeat. Dick Bartell had a perfect day at bat, for 3.
 Pittsburgh broke even with Bos- ton by winning the second game of a twin bill, 1895, after dropping the opener to the Braves, Al. Jim Tobin won his fourth straight in the opener. A 7.run rally in she eighth inning of the nightcap pull- ed it out of the fire for the Pi- rates.
 Veteran Stars
 Charlie Root won the l98th vic- tory of his career as the Cubs wall loped the Phillies, 9-5. Clyde Me- Cullough's three-run homer in the third broke a 3-all tie and put Chi cago in front to stay. Root homer ed with the bases empty in the sec- ond.
 In the other two American league games the Red Sox nosed out the White Sox, 2-l, with Tex Hughson winning his third straight game, and the Browns slugged out Q 11-2 victory over the Athletics before a corporal's guard of 704 fans at St. Louis.
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