The Archive · 1941

Dodgers Beat Reds To Lead by Two Games Again

New York, Sept. 15.

After sixteen scoreless innings those dat Dodgers started knock-me the ball all over the Cincinna park today to crush the Reds ani inerense their National League lead two full games.

When the game ended, it was so dark that occupants of the press box swore they could not see bat ters a! the plate. Though Cincin: native Bill McKechnie protested loudly. the umpires refused to call the game Pete Reiser started the seventeenth inning with a homer and before the Brooklyn club was retired they had collected five runs, Dolph Camilli, Lew Riggs and Arnold Owen contributed singles and the Reds helped out by throwing in a couple of, errors, and a wild pitch.

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