The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-23
CINCINNATI REDS NEWEST THREAT
 TO BROOKLYN
Great Pitching Expected When Wyatt, Davis, Hig
 be GO to Work
BY PAUL sCHEFFELs

Limited Press Staff COrrespOndent)
 New York, June 23.-(UP)-The Brooklyn Dodgers decisive drubbing of the St. Louis Cardinals last week did so much to wipe the Red Birds out of the pennant picture that the rest of the National league tabbed Bill McKechnie's Cincinnati Reds as today's likeliest "team of destiny.
 Even Leo Durocher's smoothly. geared outfit, which handled the Cards so easily in four out of their recent five games to gain 71s game edge over the field, is lock- ing past tonight's twilight" game with the Pittsburgh Pirates, timing its strategy to ward off the Reds thrust.
 All Set
 The perceptive pilot of the Brook lynS has scheduled Johnny Allen for duty against the Pirates, but in the realization that the Reds are ready to make their most serious bid to get into the flag fight, has timed three frontline men, Whit Wyatt, Curt Davis and Kirby Hig- be, winners of p games between them so far, to pitch the first three games against Cincinnati.
 Brooklyn will have all the best of the schedule, enjoying another off day tomorrow while the Reds are occupied with winding up their two game set with the New York Gi- ants. The return of Dixie Walk CT to active duty will further help the Dodgers. Dixie, who pulled muscle during the St. Louis series was hitting 1901 when he went out of action and will give the Flat. bushers potent outfield trio. Joe Medwick and Pete Reiser are bat. ting for the league lead with aver ages of over .350.
 Reds "HOt"
 Cincinnati'S hot record speaks for itself. The Reds have won B of their last 1T games and seven of their most recent eight. During the string McKechne's pitching staff already accorded premier ranking in either league, has checked in with l2 full-time jobs.
 Paul perringer and Bucky Walters are scheduled to toe the mound against the Giants so that Elmer Riddle, Johnny Wander Nicer and Ray Starr should pitch the first three against Brooklyn. That leaves Gene Thompson, Derringer and Walters to handle the remaining two contests. Thompson, running in hard luck this year. hasn't turned in a nine-inning chore since he pitched one-hitter against the Dodgers on May l2.
 Meanwhile, the rest of the big league clubs swing into action after their last one-day recess until the All-Star games during the first week of July. Manager DurocheT of the National league All-Stars expects to make an announcement regarding his player personnel Fri day.
 The Cardinals will attempt to get back in the winning column after the Ebbets field catastrophe by talk ing on the Braves at Boston. The Braves, now in seventh place l9 games from the top, play three with the Cards and then three with the Chicago Cubs. The Bruins, with only Claude Passeau and Bill Lee showing any pitching of major league calibre, take on the. Philadel- phia Phils for two games.
 Golng Down
 In the American league, the New York Yankees. now in the throes of their worst slump of the season. five defeats in six games-play 6 night game against the Browns at St. Louis, the first of three ganiea, and then switch to Chicago for four more.
 Bostons' runner-up Red Sox, seven games back of the Tanks, play the Tigers at Detroit in three games and then go to Cleveland for three with the Indians. The Tigers have clubbed the Yankees six out of ten times this year but have dropped six out of nine ko the Red gox.
 PhilAdelphias Athletics. strug. gling to keep out Of last place. play the Inc ans ct Cleveland while the cellar-dwclling washington Senators open lip with the White sox e Chi- noon