The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-12
REDS RANK LOW BUT MCCORMICK
 AND FREY CLICK
Once Most Valuable Play CT, Frank Had TwO=Year
 Batting Slump
BY PAUL SCHEFFELS United Press Staff COrrespondent)


 United Press Staff COrrespondenD
 New York, June 12.-tUP)-Ths overall performance of the Gin cinnati Reds for most of this young season has been so generally in- adequate that the baseball spotlight has failed to focus on two of the best individual performances of the year-those of Frank Mccormick and Lonnie Frey.
 Mccormick, 3O-year old first base man, set the National league on fire when he hit the big time for the first time. The 2OO-pound native of New York city, led the circuit ip seven hitting departments in his first three years up. He was choS- en the loops most valuable player in 194O after leading in hits for the third straight year. But for the past two seasons he had been in a dismal batting slump.
 Exactly what happened to Me- Cormick was something of a mys- tery. He fell to .269 in 1941 and hit only PIT the following year. Now, in his eighth year in the big leagues, he is on the road back with bang. Official averages credit him with the circuits sixth best batting mark at 1925 for his first Al games, while his defensive work at first base has been up o it's usual excellent standard.
 Frey's performances have not been so brilliant. He started his career with Brooklyn, went to Chicago for a season and then to the Reds in the winter of 1888. Now he is in his 11th season.
 Lonnie reached 300 only once, his first year with Brooklyn, and his chief claim to fame, besides his eX- cellent work at second base, was the fact that he pilfered g sacks to take down the league base stealing title in 1940.
 This season, Frey seems likely to hit the jackpot. In his first 40 games, he clouted 1905 to become a batting bulwark for the Reds.
 Mccormick and Frey each drove in run as the Reds walloped the Cubs, "A, yesterday in Chicago's first morning baseball game. The II a. m. starting drew a ladies day crowd of 8,7O7, including 5,307 paid the largest forenoon throng of the year. :.
 Frey hammered out a pair Of singles in five trips while McCor- mick connected safely once in as many tries as Cincinnati garnered IA hits off Lon Warneke and HI Bithorn. Ray Starr and Clyde Shoun divided the Reds pitching chores, giving up ten hits between them. Starr, who gave up nine before being relieved with two out in the eighth. was the winner.
 Comeback
 The New York Yankees stretched their lead to three games over idle Washington last night by trimming| the Athletics, 2-1, in night game| at Philadelphia. The loss dropped| the As into a three-way tie with Boston and Detroit for fourth place.
 Nick Etten's potent bat helped| the Yankees, held to four hits byl Orie Arntzen, to victory. Ettenl clouted Arntzen's first pitch for al home run in the third. In the| eighth, he led off with a double. After the next two men went out.| Etten tallied on George SrirnWelss'I single.
 Charlie Wensloff shup the As out until the eighth when Bobby Es-| tella singled and score on Jo Jo| Whites double. Wensloff alloWedI eight hits for his third victory.
 YESTERDAYS STAR-Nick Et-| ten, who collected two of the Yam kees four hits as his mates shaded the Athletics 2-1