The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22
CUBS WIN AS
EAST INVADED
Pirates Retain Their Frac-
tional Third Place
Lead in National

NEW YORK, July %. (UP).-
The front-running Chicago Cubs
opened their invasion OF the east
with a 5-3 victory over Brook
t lyn's Dodgers yesterday, extend
ing their National league lead to
two full games over the runner
up St. Louis Cardinals, who lost
to the New York Giants 81, in
overtime.
The Pittsburgh Pirates retained
their fractional third-place lead
over the Giants as they walloped
the Phillies, II to 6. The Gin
cinnati Reds shaded the Boston
Bees, 3-2.
Lon Warneke posted his 10th
win as the Cubs downed the
Dodgers but Bill Lee and Larry
French in turn had to come to
Ions rescue to quell a ninth-in-
ming Brooklyn uprising that net
ted two runs. A big fifth inning
in which they raked Southpaw Ed
hits, a walk and a fly gave the
Cubs the game.
Only home runs counted IN the
Giants-Cardinals game, Shortstop
Dick Bartells four-bagger in the
10th off Dizzy Dean clinching the
verdict. The other homers were
Gus Mancuso's, off Dean in the
fifth, and Pepper Martins of
Carl Hubbell of the Giants in the
sixth. 1t was HubbelPs 18th vic
tory and the eighth defeat for
Dean, who gave up only five hits.
Pittsburgh lambasted four
pitchers for 81 hits, including
homers by Jensen and L. Waner,
in trouncing the Phillies. Eight
hits and three walks gave the Pr
rates nine of their runs in the
fourth. H. Suhr, Brubaker and
Young of the Pirates each had
four hits.
Bonnie Frey shaded Ben Can't
we'll in a tight pitching duel in
which each gave only six hits as
the Reds edged the Bees. Scarsella
scored the winning run In the
ninth when Myers easy grounder
to third was DETECTED by a peb-
BILE. Cucinello homered for the
Bees in the ninth.
In the American league the
first place New York Yankees lost
to the st. Louis Browns, ga, and
had their lead cut to eight games
as the second-place Cleveland In
dams defeated the Boston Red
Sox, 6-5. Detroit's Tigers took a
doubleheader from the Athletics,
so and 9=8, to supplant the Red
Sox in third place. Washington
defeated the Chicago White Sox'
6-5.
Al Thomas outsteadied Johnny
Broaca, as both went the distance
| in the Browns Yankee contest;
Bells single scoring Bejma ana
Solters in the eighth was the
clincher. :.
Mel Harder got credit for his
18th win in the Cleveland-Boston
game although touched for Ia
hits and replaced by Oral Hide
brand when the Red Rose rallied
for three runs in the ninth. Hal
Trosky hit his 25th home run off
Lefty Grove with one on in the
third.
Tommy Bridges shutout in the
first game of the Detroit-Athletlcs
doubleheader was his 18th victory
of the season.
Gerald Walker scored from sec
ond base behind Goose Goslin
while a double play was being
executed in the eighth to give
the Tigers the second game and
] tumble the AS into the cellar:
Schoolboy Rowe, who followed
Sorrell and Lawson to the mound,
was the winning pitcher.
Carl Reynolds homered and
Ben Chapman scored the winning
run with a single in the fifth as
the Senators won to cut Chicago's
winning streak at eight games.
Joe Cascarella, who relieved
Jimmy Deshong in the fourth, got
credit for the win.
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