Evening star., 1936-06-01
INDIANS CLIMBING
| AS TIGERS SLUMP
Fifth in Row Boosts Tribe
to Third Place, Half Game
Behind Red SOx..
BY SID FEEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.
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Associated Press Sports Writer.
THOSE Indians from Cleveland
are on the warpath.
Tomahawks swinging. they're
u hot on the trail of the Ameri-
can Leagues leading and most highly
priced Scalps-the New York Yankees
and BoSton's million-dollar Red Sox
Pulling up from fifth to third place
last week, the Tribe camped today
only half a game back of the SoX
after stretching its winning streak to
five straight with a Us victory over
the Chicago White Sox yesterday.
The Indians surprising showing in
the last several days, particularly in
a generally better performance rec
ord by the Cleveland pitchers. was
climaxed yesterday by whole land
slide of surprises all down the line in
both leagues.
Browns Again Nip Tigers.
EOR instance, in the American the
the hapleSS st. Louis Browns up
set the Detroit Tigers, lilo, for the
third straight time, and the Yankees,
with Joe Di Maggie again in the
hero'S role at bat, made it three out
of four in a week over the supposedly
mighty Red Sox with a 5-4 triumph
Rounding out the day for the
league. Pete Appleton. in siXinning
relief trick, outpitched three members
of Connie Mack'S up-and-down Ath-
l4tics' hurting staff for GA win by
Washington.
The unexpected was even more
marked in the National League. The
Dizziness boys from Brooklyn handed
Bill Terrys Giants, who seem to be
cracking, as expected, a 43 setback
their third straight at the Dodgers
hands; the Boston Bees. after taking
| four losses on the chin from the
PhillieS, turned on the heat and came
| through with 6-5 win in IL llningS;
Dizzy Dean was belted for 10 hits by
the Cincinnati Reds, but the Cardinals
| slugged just as hard and came through
81 in a l2-frame thriller, and the
Cubs. on the strength of Ethan Aliens
timely single in the tenth to score the
winning run, outlaSted the Pittsburgh
Pirates, 81.
The sudden form reversal Of the
Cleveland pitchers in the last week
along with generally better fielding
rank as the most likely reason for the
Tribes big push. In the five-game
streak they have yielded total of only
38 hits while the Indians were collect
ing nearly twice as many. Mel Harder
came through with a nine-hit per-
/ formance yesterday as the Indians fell
on Vernon Kennedy, who won his no
hit-no-run fame at their expense a
year ago, and shelled him for 13
safeties.
Rockies in Spotlight.
! ROOKIES stole the show in several
spots on the big-time program for
| Sunday Di Maggie tripled to drive
/ in the winning run against the Red
! SoX. Stuart Martin singled to do the
same for the Cardinals in the batting
! barrage against the Reds.
/ Gene Moore homered in the ninth
! to bring the Bees from behind. tie up
/ the count. and enable them to hang
on until the Phils were downed. Bud
dy Hassett's batting, including two
run-making singles, helped force the
Giants down before the Brooklyns,
while Appleton's twirling for Wash
ington saved the Senators day.
However. some of the boys who've
been around longer shared the glory
For instance, Rogers Hornsby, the
Browns manager, came up as pinch
hitter in the ninth and drove over the
winning run against the Tigers in his
| first playing appearance of the year.