| Show Reds Cards tards as Pete Triumphs By Dy CARt CARL LUNDQUIST NEW YORK April la Us UP UP UP-Cin- Cin Cincinnati lana fans were rubbing their eyes in irs amazement today and beginning to believe that their new manager Johnny wasn't kidding when ne no said he ho was going to get some come punch into this thu club The Tho Reds Redl the poor old as Reds were the one slam bang team in the majors with six Ix home homo runs In three days and all of them thern smashed against the supposedly supposed ly stellar pitching of ot th the world champion chain cham pion St. St Louis Cards The fans tans just couldn't take seriously sly at first when he said that he ho was going to try to install American Amer lean ican league slugging tactics they had seen Icen too many good defensive Cincy clubs' clubs fall faU apart for want of ofa I a Q few timely basis base hits hils Jilt Hit l In Run Were going to try to hit a little littlemore littlemore littlemore I more and run a little more even if It we have to sacrifice a Q little on defense said I dont don't know Just whore where well we'll get the th hitters but butwell butwell butwell well we'll keep trying until we find them The current crew may lapse into the old rut of being a good field no hit club for Is operating with untried rookies In key positions position and it Jt would be surprising if they kept up their early carly spring slugging But the Reds made four homers yesterday two by rookies Clyde Vollmer Vollmer Voll Voll- mer and Frank Baumholtz and two by veterans Augle Galan Gaian and Ray Lamanno Lamanna in their hit 10 9 to 4 I victory victory vic vie tory over the Cardinals Another rookie pitcher pilcher Kent Peterson took over with one out in the first tint in inning in in- fling ning and held the slug slugging Cards to to three hits the rest real ot of the way Starter Everett Lively was wa batted out when St. St Louis Loula picked up three quick runs Cincinnati made seven runs in the first three Innings off the usually reliable Murry Dickson Brooklyn had a 8 hitting field day daya a against Boston winning 12 to 6 at Ebbets Ebbett field and rookie John Jorgensen Jorgensen Jor Jor- gensen accounted for the margin of victory all by himself with a homer and two doubles d batting in six runs First Four Four-Bagger Hank Greenberg hit his first National National Na Na- league homer to pace Pittsburgh Pitts Pitta- burgh in a 11 7 1 to 1 I victory over the Cubs Cuba at Chicago As In their opener the Pirates got brilliant pitching Elwin Preacher Roe giving up only five hits to make it two straight for tor th tho Bucs over the Cubs He had a shutout until the ninth when the Cubs made two hits hlis and their lone lono tally The Phils topped the Giants 11 to 5 at Philadelphia getting 15 hits as New York ork made mude three errors for to fora a U total of eight In two days Frank McCormick led Philadelphia with a homer and two singles PInch hitter Paul Lehner a 1 rookie singled with tho the bases loaded in the to give the Browns a a. 4 to 3 win over Detroit at St. St Louis Jack Kramer was the victor over Paul Dizzy Trout whoso whose homer sparked a three run rally for the Tigers Tiers i ii Floyd loyd i Bevens Sevens held the Athletics i ito to three hits as the Yankees won a 8 2 to 1 I decision at New York and the Red Sox Sax won their second se straight from Washington 4 to J 1 at Boston Cleveland and Chicago were not scheduled in the tho American |
