The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-24
REDS MYSTERY
 TEAM OF 1942 PENNANT RACE
McKeChnie Needs New and Younger Talent; PhiIS
 Beat Cards
By PAUL SHEFFELS Limited Press Staff COrrespOndent)

United Press Stan COrrespOndent)
 New York, July 24.-(UP)-Fourth place in the National league was occupied today by the Cincinnati Reds, the mystery team of 1942.
 Mysterious" is just the word for Cincinnati, because it is difficult for anybody to understand, most of all Manager Bill McKechnie, how his club has remained in the first divi- sion as long as 1t has without win- ming any oftener than it has with such weak hitting.
 Simple addition, of course, shows that the Reds have won more games than the Cubs, Pirates, Braves and Phils and it takes only little base ball savvy to learn that only de- fense has kept Cincinnati in the top half of the senior circuit.
 McKechnie's problem is simple He needs new and younger talent He always has had & penchant for building around veterans and now the strategy is ck-firing because time and the law of averages have caught up with his olsterS. His stars are no longer capable of play | ing with the verve and skill of their younger days.
 Perhaps the deacon Is realizing it, too, because he shipped four men away last week and brought in three new ones. OutfielderS Frank Kel- leher of Newark and Eric Tipton o1 Kansas City were purchased from the Yankee chain and Catcher A Lakeman brought in from Syra- cuse. Veteran Rollie Hemsley was released, Harry Craft sent to Kan sas City and Jim Turner and Jot Abreu to Newark.
 Those endorsements will have an excellent opportunity to show their worth today when the Reds begin a battle to regain third from the Giants in the opener of four game series at the Polo Grounds.
 McGee Brilliant
 The Giants took sole possession of third yesterday when they beat the Pirates, GA, behind brilliant re- lief pitching by Bill McGee ant heavy hitting by Babe Young anc Johnny Mize. McGee allowed only two hits in 2-3 innings after re- lieving Dave Koslo. Mize hit his 18th home with one on and Young poled his fiSst with two on, driv- ing in all tfS Giants runs between them.
 Paced by Rube Melton's eight-hit pitching and a pair of timely two- run rallies in the third and f1ftf innings the Phils nosed out tht Cardinals, 4-3, last night. Albie Glossop shared honors with Mel ton, driving in the tying and win ming runs with 8 single to cente in the fifth. The loss dropped thu Cards seven games behind the idl, league-leading Dodgers.
 Cleveland cracked the Yankees winning streak at II games, coming from behind for an Trimmings, g.: triumph. Otto Denning's pincl single in the 11th scored Oscar Grimes from second with the de- ciding run. Ernie Bonham had 8 shutout for the Yankees going into the ninth but the Indians started a two-run rally on an error by Phil Rizzuto followed by singles by Chubby Dean, Roy Weatherly ano Lou Boudreau.
 The Red Sox pared the Yankees league lead to II games by shad- ing the White Sox, 5-4. Joe Cronir and Pete Fox homered for Boston in the fourth but Chicago took 8 one-gun lead with three in the fifth. Johnny Pesky's single sent home the winning marker in the seventh.
 Vern Stephens, rookie shortstop smacked a seventh-inning homer that started a three-run rally that gave the Browns 96 decision over the As.
 Alex Carrasquel, effectively scat tered 10 hits as the Senators stop ped Detroit, 5-3. Hal Newhouser pitched for the Tigers and gave ur five hits, nine walks and four runs in eight innings, tthree coming ii1 the sixth when Johnny Sullivan doubled with loaded bases. WASHINGTON (A.) ab r DO a z