The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-07-15
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AZ Triumph Over Pirates
HubbelI's 5th Straight
Victory

NEW YORK, July Is. (UPl-
NCarl Hubbell pitched the New
York Giants into the National
league lead yesterday when he
limited the Pittsburgh Pirates to
four hits for 4-2 triumph. 10.
It was Hubbell's. fifth straight
victory and his 18th of the year.
1t put the New Workers half
game above the Chicago Cubs. who
had been sitting on the top perch
since June Is, ,.-.... no..
Doubles by Bartell and Berger,
a pair of walks, and McCarthys
long fly gave the Giants two runs
in the first inning. BartelPs l3th
homer came in the third, and Mel
Otis 18th in the sixth. The Giancs
got all of their seven hits OH
Bowman who gave way to brand'
in the eighth. 49,.
The Cubs dropped into second
place when they were nosed ou'
81 by the Boston Bees. IL was d
close decision at the plate IN the
fifth that broke a IL deaaioch
and gave the Bees the decision.
CAIRNS singled, and when war
stler clouted two-bagger, ne
raced for home, sliding into CAB,
by Harrnett. Umpire Goets called
Deb safe despite vigorous pro-
tests by the Cubs. Jim Turner
doled out five hits to score his
ninth win of the year. Charley
Root allowed the same NUMBER
until the eighth when he was MT
ed for pinch hitter. =, :.
Cincinnati's Reds scored their
fourth straight win when they
pushed over two runs in the ninth
TO defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers,
SIS. Lefty Lee Grissom, star Reds
rookie, held the Flatbushers to SIX
hits and three runs before, being
banished from the game in the
ninth. A walk and singles by MY
ers and Grissom filled the bases
for Cincinnati in the final inning.
Kampouris came home on a long
fly and Myers tailed on Good,
mans single. Grissom attempted
to score from third on Cuyler's
force-out, but was doubled at the
plate-Lavagetto to Phelps. Girls
som tumbled over Phelps, and the
Brooklyn catcher attempted TO
punch Lefty. Players from both
sides separated the combatants
and Umpire Magerkurth banished
both from the game. Davis turn
ed the Dodgers back scoreless in
the ninth although touched for
two hits. r..,.,. ..
St. Louis at Philadelphia was
rained out, . ,-
YANKS co TO EIGHTH
SUCCESSIVE WIN
In the American league, the
leading New York Yankees assem-
bled their longest winning streak
in three years when they defeated
the Detroit Tigers, 1912, for their
eighth successive win. Red Ruff
fling turned the Bengals back with
five hits for his 18th win of the
year. The Yanks got to Wade,
Coffman and Gill for II, inciud-
ing DiMaggio's 23rd homer. e.
The defeat dropped the, Tigers
to fourth place behind The Boston
Red Sox and the Chicago Sox. The
Red Sox walloped the st. Louis
Browns, 1916, and the White Soy
defeated the Philadelphia Athlet-
les Ga in game called in the
last half Of the fifth because Of
rain. Vernon Kennedy held the
AS to five hits for his eighth vic
tory. Boston collected 81 hits, in
GLIDING homers by Higgins and
Mills, while Buck Newsom coasted
to victory, giving up nine safeties
to st. Louis batsmen. .,..
Cleveland's Indians defeated
the Washington Senator'S, 1l-3, in
the first of three-game series.
Willis Hudlin accounted for his
ninth victory, limiting the Nation
ais to seven hits. Averill and. Tros-
ky hit home runs for Cleveland.