The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-02
CARDS SET BACK
 GIANTS AGAIN.; TELLER HOMERS
McKechnie Promises Diff. ferent Club From Now
 on; Yanks Second
BY GEORGE KIRKsEY

United Press Staff COrrespOndent)
 New York, May 2 = (U.P) -I Somebody some day undoubtedly will invent robot that'll wash the dishes, sweep the floors and answer the doorbell and somebody elsell build a rocket thatll travel to the moon but the job that1l stop 'em all IS the cure for baseball slump.
 Slumps come and they go and mo- body knows why. They make old men out of boys and they drive managers close to insanity. Some- times they pass away in the twink ling of an eye, Other times they last for what seems like eternity.
 Take the case of the world chain- pion Cincinnati Reds They lost four i1l row, then they won 2 out of 6, only to drop three more in success sion. Then they hung on the border- line between victory and defeat for a heart-pounding 30-minutes at Ebbets field yesterday between the ninth and eleventh innings. Finally lady luck tilted the Dodgers and bestowed her affections on the Reds. In Il savagely- fought innings the Reds beat the Dodgers, 2-1, snapped Brooklyn's 0-game streak and came up for daylight again.
 Patient Boss
 What did Manager McKechnIe do to bring the Reds out of their slump? Almost nothing but exert the kind of sympathetic patience a father would lavish on a stumbling baby trying to learn to walk. He held no hell-flre meetings. He railed at none of his players. He talked quietly to them about their mis- takes. Once when q Cincinnati player yelled at Pitcher Gene Thompson about q mistake, Me- kechnie cautioned the player, "don't say anything else to Gene, please. He's trying as hard as he can and having enough trouble"
 McKechnie's only move was c normal one-shaking up the batting order. Every manager does that when his team is going bad, hoping it'll have results.
 After Bucky Walters had pitched | and batted the Reds to victory yes- terday, McKechnie revealed in the dressing room he had called the turn on his ball club. He pointed to Coach Jewel Ems and said, Task him."
 "Bill told mo last night" Ens said, "that we would come out of 1t to- day. He said he could feel the ten- sion releasing on the players.'
 And another thing" McKechnie said, you'll sec us \ different ball club from now on. We've come out of the wilderness. Yes sir"
 Walters in winning his third straight, allowde only seven hits and famed Cascarar with the bases loaded in the ninth and pinch-hit- ters Pete Reiser and Babe Phelps with three on in the eleventh. He scored the winning run on Eddie JoostS single after he had doubled in the eleventh.
 The cards kept up their fiery dash by knocking of the Giants, so. be- hind Lon Warneke'S 9-hit pitching. Jimmy Brown and Siats Marion each homered with q mate on.
 Pittsburgh slugged out g hits to swamp the Phils, 15-2, and snap Q 5-game losing streak. Frisch shook up his lineup and started seven left- handed hitters.
 Teller Hits Homer
 Cleveland made 1t seven in c row behind Bob Teller beating tho Ath. letics, l3.g. Teller famed aeyen. passing the l,00O-mark in strike. outs. He now has 1,002 for his career started In 1036. He allowed only four hits until the ninth when Bob John- son homered with the bases jam- med. Teller hit c homer with two on.
 The Yanks moved into second place by clipping the Browns, l4-6, as Ernie Bonham won his third straight. Charlie Keller drove in seven runs, hitting q homer and triple, featuring c 17-hit assault.
 The Red SoX won a slam bang 15-0 decision from the Tigers, pounding Tommy Bridges to cover. BoSton's rearranged lineup Slugged out 20 hits with Dom DiMaggio and Frankie Putlak getting four each.
 Dutch Leonard pitched Washing. ton to 6 TO shutout over the White sox, handing Bill Dietrich his first setback. Cecil Travis hit 6 homer and two doubles.
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