The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-12
SOUTHPAWS ARE EXPECTED DAILY BY DEM BUMS'
Braves Could Be Dark Horse; Fleming May Be
 Rookie of the Year"
By GEORGE KTnKSEY ry-sA - eAS@ fa@annmnnus.A AAv.

Limited Press staR COFrespOnaent)
 New York, May I2.-(UP)-The major league clubs squared oil to. day ix1 the seaEpn's second set of intersectional games with the Nae Cional league western clubs invading the east and the American league eastern clubs swinging through the west.
 The east-west games, lasting through May 2l, aiaoOld go a long way toward shaking the penrAnt races down to their true propof. tions.
 When they ere over the fact may be established that the Yankees end Dodgers, last years world series rivals, are again the class ot tiaeiy respective leagues or 1t may see 10th champions turned topey- turvy.
 The Tanks, going west with . seven-game winning streak intact, nevertheless may face tough going in defending their game and a haif American league lead. In their first brush with the west the Tanks had Q peck of trouble, dropping two out of three to the Browns and two ia1 Q row to the Tigers before fattenlng up with four straight over the feeble White Sox and single vic. tory over the Indians. The Tanks pitching has been gilt-edged. If their hitting picks up, they are zoe Ss.. k@ han <sAsslaYn sNaaAn
 ScuthpAws Ahead
 The Dodgers, enjoying two and a helf game National league lead, anticipate "southpaw plague" during their ll-day home stand against the west. Because four of their big hitters -- Vaughan, Reisef. Walker and Calnilli are left- handlers, the opposition believes the way to beat the Buns Is to south- paw 'em. The last seven straight starters against Brooklyn have been left-handerS. At least seven 1efties Wander Nicer, He1ntzelman, VII. kie, Scf1mitz, Olsen, White and Pollet - are expected to face the Dodgers during their home stand.
 Particular attention will be 10. cused on the Braves, who have won Il out of theie last IS games, and the Reds, wlao've come to fife ard won seven out of their last nine after Q miserable start. If the Braves can get hot against the west they may blossom out as c dark house. The Reds, who dropped three In a row to the Dodgers in Gin. cinnati recently, will try to tur1 the tables on the Buns in T1atbusA, opening up today with big Paul Derringer.
 Mel Otis Giants, who have been doing everything wrong lately, probably will open up against the west with a changed lineup. Rookie Connie Ryan may replace Nick Witek at second.
 W0ttA Finish
 Making a whirlwind finish for the second straight day, Cleveland came up with five runs In the eighth and three In the ninth to beat tke T1g. CTS, S-5, and trim the indie YasikS' lead to a game and a half. It was tIlG SGCO1lQ StxA1S4tI u1y VAAC 4ABGAo squandePed & live run lead. Doing the same thing in the ninth in- ming of Sundays nightsap. DiEzy Trout was driven to cover in the eighth and Rookie Charles Fuchs failed to stop the Tribe uprising.
 Rookie Les Fleming's h~ner w'tr two mates on in the ninth proved the winning punch. Joe heving, who pitched one inning, was given credit for the victory.
 Ernie Lombardi's third homer with a mate on base enabled the Braves to beat the Phils, 3-2, in the only other major league game. Johnny Podgajny gave the Braves the!r first run on Q balk.
 YESTERDAYS HERO Leslie Fleming, CieveIands rookie first baseman who homered and singled, in four runs as the Indians