The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-10
YANKEES ARE
CERTAIN TO SET
MORE RECORDS
Pennant CIinched With
10 Games to Play--Pear-
son Was Big Help
BY LESLIE AVERY

United Press Stam Correspondent
New York, Sept. 10-(UP)-The
Yankees are in.
They received the checkered flag
in the American league race after
topping the Cleveland Indians in
the first game Of double header
yesterday, leaving the baseball world
to speculate on which National
league pitching corps could hope to
silence thue big guns Of the Bronx
bombers in the coming world series.
The Yankees have assembled one
of the most dangerous collections of
sluggers in baseball annals, one that
even surpasses in some departments
the famed "murderers' row" of 1927.
Some Club!
1t takes topnotch pitching to stop
them, as is easily seen from their
record Of clinching the pennant with
16 games left to play, and none of
the National contenders seem to
have the twirling strength to down
them. Only Carl Hubbell Of the
Giants, Dizzy Dean of the Cardinals,
and Larry French Of the Cubs ap-
pear dangerous.
With 1874 home runs to their credit
the Yankees are almost certain to
better the all-time mark Of 173 set
by the Philadelphia Athletics in
1882. Leading the circuit by 10
games, there is excellent reason to
believe that the Yankees will estab-
lish new American league margin
for winning the pennant. Another
two game advantage, and they will
top the record Of 10 set in 1927 by
the original murderers' row, which
had Ruth, Gehrig, Meusel and Lag
zeri.
Only one Of that quartet, Lou
Gehrig, has maintained his 1927
reputation this year. Iron Man"
Lou has had one of his best years.
Besides running his string OF con-
secutive games played to 1913. he
has clouted the ball at a $3.50 pace,
and leads the league race in home
runs with A. Tony Lazzeri, only
remaining member of that famous
foursome, is at the tail end of the
Yankee regulars with a batting
mark of .273, but in the pinch he still
is one of the most dangerous bats
men in the league.
However, Col. Jake Rupert has
made ample requirements, and the
new murderers' row has six mem
bers instead Of four. Gehrig, Bill
Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Jake Powell,
Red" Rolfe, and George Selkirk,
all pasting the ball at better than
soon make the Yankee lineup one
of the most formidable ever known.
Besides Lazzeri, the only regular on
the team hitting less than 300 Is
Frank Crosetti. He is lowering
around 200. Manager Joe McCar-
thy also has two pitchers high in
the batting columns, Johnnie Muir
ply and Red Rufflng, with percent
ages of 1857 and .316, respectively.
Looking back on the drive to the
pennant, 1t appears that the &C
quisition Of Monte Pearson from the
Cleveland Indians last winter was
McCarthy's master stroke. When
Lefty Gomez failed 1t was only the
brilliant pitching of Pearson which
enabled the Yankees to clinch the
flag on the earliest date In Ameri-
can league history = four days
earlier than the 1927 Yanks turned
the trick. Pearson had the honor Of
twirling his team to a mathemati-
cal certainty for the championship
yesterday.
He limited his former mates to
eight hits as the Yanks romped off
with an II to 8 decision for his 18th
win Of the year. In the second
game the Yanks won out IL to 8,
despite being outhit 16 to 10. 1t was
the old story of extra base blows.
Lou Gehrig's four base wallop with
the bases loaded In the second in
ming was the feature.
Coming Up
The Chicago White Sox took bet
ter grip on second place by edging
out 80 decision over the Boston
Red Sox in 10 innings. The Wash
ington Senators climbed into third
by walloping the Detroit Tigers, II
to 4. Philadelphia at st. Louis was
rained out.
In the National league, the New
York Giants leading margin was
lessened to Az games over the st.
Louis Cardinals as they split a
double header with the Cincinnati
Reds while the Cards grubbed out
q 8 to / victory over Boston in Is
innings. The Giants won the first
game, 4 to 2, and then succumbed,
5 to 2. The Chicago Cubs slipped
to q game and q half behind st.
Louis by dividing with the Phila-
delphia Phillies, triumphing in the
opener, 1913, then falling In the IL
inning nightcap, ga. Brooklyn
scored three times In the ninth to
beat Pittsburgh, 8 to Z.
YESTERDAYS HERO: The New