The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-16
PIRATES GREAT HELP TO TERRY
 IN TITLE RACE
Giants Have Lost But Six of l9 Games to Pitts.
 burgh Up to Today
BY GEORGE KIRKsEY,
United Press Staff Correspondent,

(Unlted FreSS St0tt C0rresp0ndentl
 New York, Sept. 16.-CuP)-Bill Terry and the New York Giants say goodbye to Pittsburgh today-but with regrets. If the Giants go on to win the pennant they will owe debt of gratitude to Pie Traynor and his Pirates.
 The last game between the Giants and Pirates is scheduled ct Forbes field, Pittsburgh. Up to today the Giants have licked the Pirates l3 times, more victories than they've scored against any other club, while losing only six times.
 But that isn't all The Pirates have performed Q double service to the Giants. While proving ca5y prey for New York they've made life miserable for the Giants clos- est rivals, the Cubs, by beating them lS times, five games more than any other club, out of 22 games. The Giants hung another defeat on tho Pirates yesterday in typical fashion, 7-2. They let the Pirates help them. Two unearned ru,H scored in the first inning when Russ Bauers made c wild throw and Arky Vaughan fumbled q grounder. Another unearned New York run came in the fifth, and between times the Giants batted in five other runs. Hal Schumacher scat. tered the Pirates nine, hits, includ- ing triples by Paul Waner and Vaughan, and won It's 18th game. Russ BauerS, driven ut in the sec. ond. was charged with the loss.
 The Chicago Cubs held their dis- tance - 2h games -- behind the Giants by downing the Boston Bees, 6.2, Curt Davis outpitched Milt Shoffner, rookie southpaw, allowing only six hits. Frank Demaree hit a homer and drove in the winning run with e single.
 Battling for 13 innings, the Oar. dinals and Phillies finished e 6-6 tie which will be played off today as part of e doubleheader. Each team used three hurlers and each got 12 hits - two of Phlladelphia's being home runs by Dolph Ca- milli, and one of St. Louis being circuit clout of Joe Medwick, who also banged three singles.
 Brooklyn and Cincinnati divided a pair of games, the Reds winning the opener, 60. behind Gene schott,s 6-hit pitching and the Dodgers talk. ing the ilightcap, 8-6, by combin- ing l3 hits with three Red errors.
 The New York Yankees had their American league lead trimmed to 01s games by splitting a double. header with Cleveland. The Yaniso now need any combination of Il New York victories and Detroit de- feats to clinch the pennant. Taht is If the Tanks win 6 games and the Tigers lost 5 New York will be in.
 Cleveland won the opener, b-4, in 10 innings for the Indians first vic- tory in Yankee stadium this sea- son. The game started out pitchers battle between Joe Vance, Yankee rookie from Kansas City, and Bob Teller, but both were knocked out. Teller gave way un. der c 4-run barrage in the eighth after blanking the Tanks for sever innings. Julius eolters' triple aud Hales fly accounted for the win- ming run.
 Monte Pearson held the Indians to { hits as the YanIs won the sec. c1d game, 3-l-a piayoff of the protested game of August 6.
 Detroit put on. 3-run rally in the ninth to nose out Washington, 4-3. Until the ninth Yves Terrell had held the Tigers to 2 hits and one iinearned run. N f
 Brilliant relief pitching by Clint Brown featured the Chicago White Sox D-3 victory over the Boston Red Box. He allowed only 2 hits in four innings. Lefty Grove weak. efied in the seventh and the White scx put across the three winning rttfls.
 In the battle for the cellar the Athletics and Browns brcke even. Tho As won the first game, e.1, atld the Browns took the tiishtcap, s-1. ]