The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-20

Threat ofReds,.
Tribe Ends as
Teams HtSkids
By AUSTIN BEALMEAR
Associated Press Sports Writer

hssoCihteu Sports
II the baseball fans of Ohio
have any knack for solving
puzzles, they might use that
talent to good advantage right
now by finding a reason for the
sudden collapse of their two
entries in the major leagues.
Not so many days ago the
Cleveland Indians were runners
up in the American League, the
Cincinnati Reds were skipping
along in third place in the Ma
tional Loop, and citizens Of the
Buckeye state were specializing
on the possibility of an all-Ohio
world series for the first time
in history.
NEAR 2ND DIVISION
But today the Indians and the
Reds look as if they'll be ex-
tremely fortunate to finish in
the first divisions.
Each team has lost nine of it's
last eleven games. The Reds
have dropped into fourth place,
only three games away from the
second division. The Indians are
hanging on to third in the Amer
lean League by four percentage
points but will find themselves
sharing that position if the St.
Louis Brownies win today.
The Pittsburgh Pirates, gun
ming for Cincinnati's first divIs-
ion place, handed the Reds their
sixth setback in row yesterday
and beat Paul Derringcr in the
bargain, 90. The drubbing left
the Reds 81. games behind the
third-place New York Giants.
who were idle.
Hank Gornicki gave only eight
hits, although the Reds ended a
scoring drought that had
reached 10 consecutive innings
when they tailed in the fifth.
The BUGS scored eight runs in
the seventh inning when they
shelled Derringer off the hill.
TIGERS PASTE TRIBE
The Detroit Tigers pasted the
third straight loss on the In
dams, 6-1,- in twilight game.
Virgil Trucks pitched six-hit
ball for the Tigers and had the
help of a three-run homer by
Rudy York which bounced Jirl
Bagby in the third inning. and
another round-tripper by Ned
Harris.
Elsewhere in the American
League, the Philadelphia Ath-
letics shut out the Washington
Senators. 80, in a night game
and the Boston Red Sox divided
a doubleheader with the New
York Yankees, continuing a
stretch duel that would be more
if the Yanks were not
IL u games ahead.
A pair of homers by Jim Ia
Dor and another by Ted Williams
accounted for all of BoSton's
runs and a Ga triumph in first
game as Tex Hughson limited
the Yankees to seven hits for his
18th pitching victory and his
tenth in a row.
Charlie Keller, who hit his
Goth home run in the opener,
No. 81 with the score
tied in the ninth inning of the
to break up a pitching
duel between Ernie Bonham and
Joe Dobson and give New York
a 81 decision. The blow carried
Bonham to his sixth straight
win and his 18th of the year.
Roger Wolff blanked Wash
ington on nine hits as the Ath-
letics pounded three hurlers for
a dozen blows. three Of them
by Dick Siebert.
In the National League pen
nant chase, the Brooklyn
Dodgers crushed the Boston
Braves, Ill, but the st. Louis
Cardinals stayed 6l2 games be-
hind by walloping the Chicago
Cubs, 81, in a night contest.
Mort Cooper distributed seven
hits in beating the Cubs for the
first time in three attempts this
season, while the Cards clipped
Lon Warneke and Vern Olsen
for Il blows, including home
runs by Walker Cooper and
Enos Slaughter.
The Dodgers pounded four
Boston pitchers for 10 hits,
three each by Pete Reiser, Dolph
Camilli and Billy Herman. Curt
Davis hurled eight-hit ball for
his 18th triumph bat missed his
sixth shutout when Eddie Miller
nicked him for a homer.