The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-13
CARDS SURGE
BACK IN LEAD
Giants Take IL Innings z
| Win From Brooklyn;
'Yank Slump Ends

NEW YORK, Aug. Is. (UP),
Paced by their home run twins,
Johnny Mize and Joe Medwick,
i the st. Louis Cardinals surged
back into the National league lead
by a one-game margin yesterday
as they downed the Chicago Cubs,
5-3, in the rubber" game of
their three-day engagement.
Chicago outhit the Cardinals by
a wide margin, IA to 5, but Mize
and Medwick more than made up
for the deficit by the range of
their clubbing. Mize hit home
run into the right field pavilion
with Medwick and Moore on base
in the sixth to drive Larry French,
Cubs Southpaw, to shelter. Med
wick doubled and later scored the
first st. Louis run in the second
and hit a homer in the fourth.
Between them they scored and
drove in four of the five St.
Louis runs and collected four Of
their five hits. Silas ohnson,
former Cincinnati pitcher recently
acquired from Toronto, went the
route for the Cards. He scattered
Chicago's IA safeties, only one OF
which "a double by Allen, was for
extra bases.
The New York Giants won a
12-inning thriller from Brooklyn,
2-l. to move to within 2 IL
games of the second-place Cubs.
Frank Gabler, for the Giants, and
Van Mungo, for the Dodgers,
pitched shutout ball for II in
nings. Gabier tripled to score two
runs and win his own ball game
when Mungo, after previously
tanning nine and allowing only
five hits, weakened in the 18th.
Carl Hubbell pitched the last in
ming for the Giants, giving Brook
lyn it's only run on two hits and
wild pitch.
Pittsburgh defeated Cincinnati,
6-1, behind Bill Swift's siX-hit
pitching and strengthened its hold
on fourth place. Swift also got
three hits to drive in two of his
teams runs. The Boston Bees de-
feated Philadelphia, AZ to sweep
the three-game series and hand
the Phillies their 10th straight
defeat. The veteran Guy Bush
went the distance for Boston,
scattering eight hits. Gene Moore
drove in two of Boston's runs
with a home run and single.
The New York Yankees, after
losing two straight, defeated the
Washington Senators, III, in the
American league. Hadley pitched
his 18th straight victory although
he walked seven and allowed 10
hits. Jake Powell, returned to
the Yankees lineup after beng
benched for light hitting, hit a
home run and single and drove IN
two runs.
Detroit defeated Cleveland, "a,
the defeat dropping the Indians
II 1-2 games behind New York.
Tommy Bridges pitched for the
Tigers, allowing nine hits lnciud-
ing Hal Trosky's 34th home run.
Marvin Owen, with two singles IN
three times at bat, drove in four
Detroit runs. ,,,.,
The Boston Red Sox and Phila-
delphia Athletics split a double
header. Yves Terrell had one OF
his field days in the first game,
pitching the Red Sox to a "a VIC,
tory, his 18th, and driving in all
his teams runs with two homers
and a single. Harry Kelley held
the Sox to three hits as the AS
took the nightcap, 60:
Chubby Dean led the Phi!adel-
phia attack, driving in three runs
with two singles.
The Chicago White Sox defeat
ed the St. Louis Browns, S-3, as
Vernon Kennedy scattered eight
hits to record his 10th victory of
the season. Zeke Bonura hit a
home run with two on base for
Chicago in the fifth.