The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-01
KEEP
SLIGHT Lead
Cards Climb to 3rd Rung,
Taking Second Straight
From Giants

/ The Boston Req SQX- ma
their half-game lead in the Amer
/ lean league Yesterday by hammer
mo ont a frcakish 16 TO 4 victory
over the Chicago White SoX.
Sixteen runs were scored in the
first two innings, twelve OF them
/ bv Boston. Whitehead and Cas-
ca,,lla were the starting pitchers
INIT neither was in the box when
those two wild innings ended.
There were a total of 81 base
hits. 10 bases on balls and a triple
play. In the eighth with two men
on, McNair lined to Appling, Chi
cago shortstop, who tossed to Pet
who in turn relayed TO Bonura to
complete the play.
New York's Yankees kept pace
by triumphing 81 over Cleveland
for their third straight victory
over the Indians. Monte Pearson
held his former team mates to
four hits. Vosmik's home run IN
the third gave the Indians their
only tally. Ten bases on balls,
ten hits and four errors gave the
Yankees their eight runs.
The Philadelphia Athletics made
a clean sweep Of their series with
the st. Louis Browns by winning
their third straight, II to 8, in a
smuggling match. Puccinelli, rookie
outfelder led the AS attack with
Il double and three singles for d
perfect day at bat.
The Washington Senators made
it two out of three over the De-
troit Tigers by winning an 8 to
7 decision. The winning run was
provided in the ninth by POwelPs
single. scoring Myer, who had dou-
bled. Irv Burns. who was obtained
from the Browns Tuesday night,
at first for Detroit, in
place of the injured Hank Green
berg. Manager Cochrane had to
retire in favor of Hayworth be-
hind the bat when ne stopped a
foul tip with his foot in the 7th.
Cochrane suffered a badly bruised
inStep. X-ray pictures revealed.
and he was expected to be out of
the game for. two or three days.
The St. Louis Cardinals won
their second straight from the
New York Giants 3 to . enabling
the Cards to climb to third place
in the National league and reduc-
ing the Giants lead to half
game.
Although Paul Dean was out
pitched all the way, he scattered
the IL safeties he gave up. Joe
Giant left fielder, had
perfect score with three singles
and a double out of four attempts.
He drove in both the Giants runs.
The Cards hit safely only five
times off Smith and Gumbert. but
made them count. Durocher's
double brought in Mize, who
opened the second inning with a
double, and Colbert, who had
walked. Mics seventh inning
homer gave victory to the Cards.
The Chicago Cubs moved TO
within a half game of the Giants
by winning an thinning battle
from the Brooklyn Dodgers, 2 to
/. Woody English's long outfeld
fly let Demaree score the winning
run from third. Two walks, sin
gle and an outfield fly sent the
Dodgers into the lead in the sixth,
but Gabby Hartnett's home run
tied it up in the eighth. Both
pitchers went the distance, Brandt
giving up IL hits to the Cubs, and
Tex Carlton seven to the Dodgers.
The Boston Bees defeat of the
Cincinnati Reds, 8 to l, dropped
the Reds to a fourth place tie with
Brooklyn. Danny MacFayden, last
season discard of the Reds, baf-
fled his former teammates, and
their only run came when Dan
ny's, wild pitch allowed a man to
score from third. The Bees Win
ming runs came in the sixth when
Hal Lee doubled with two men on.
Philadelphia's ninth inning raj
Iy. fell short and the Pills lost to
the Pittsburgh Pirates, 6 to 5.
The Pirate lead, built up by s.
run burst in the 6th,. was all but
overcome when Watkins hit
home run in the 9th with one on.
Pittsburgh's attack was featured
by Wilbur Brubaker, substitute
third baseman, who homered with
two ON. in the 9th. Brown was the
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