The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-17
PLAYER WHO cor IA BREAK SHOWS SENSATIONALLY
Helped Win Two Games in Row for Club Who Paid
 Him $zO,OO Bonus
By GEORGE KIRKsEY

Limited Press Stan Correspondent
 New York, May 17.-(UP)-The New York Yankee prize rookie birth, left vacant by Joe DiMaggio's gradu- ation into the second year class, was filled today by Thomas David Hen rich, the Ohio boy who saw Babe Ruth blast three straight pitches over the fence and decided to be- come ballplayer.
 Declared a free agent this spring by Judge KeneSaw Mountain Lan- dis, Henrich signed a Yankee con- tract, was Shuttled to the Tanks Newark farm club, then hurriedly recalled last week when Outfielder Jake Powell was operated on for ap- pendicitis and Roy Johnson was sold to the Boston Bees. He stepped into the breach so capably that the Tanks won three out of the four games he played in and improved their American League position from fourth to first.
 Modest
 This 21-year-old lad who learned to play softball in his homs town of Massillon and participated ia organ ized ball only three seasons before skyrocketing to the majors admits T got a break" and is out 10 show the front office he is 8 bargain at $20,000, the bonus New York paid him for signing.
 He played the major role in the Tanks 8-4 win over the Philadel- phia Athletics yesterday, driving in four runs with homer, triple and single. The day previous he cleaned the loaded sacks with triple to give New York a 6-5 win over the As.
 Heinrich is batting the ball at a .412 clip in his four major league starts, hitting safely seven times in IT trips. Four of those blows were for extra bases.
 Philadelphia dropped into second place by the loss, but they'll get 8 chance to go back ahead today be- fore New York departs for home. Only one other American game is scheduled today, Boston playing at Washington, while the western teams move east for their first in- vaSion.
 Boston's Red Sox edged out the Washington Senators, 6-5, yesterday to move into third place tie with the Cleveland Indians wilo were beaten GA by the Chicago White Sox. McNair batted in the winning Boston run with a pinch single in the 18th. Gerry Walker ran his con- secutive game hitting streak to q by 8 single in the sixth which helped the deciding run across in Oetroit's 5-4 victory over St. Louis. The De- troit outfielder has hit safely in every game this year.
 PaSSeau Blanks Giants
 The Pittsburgh Pirates increased their National League lead to 1-2 games by defeating the St. Louis Cards, 2-1, Joe Bowman bes.ing Bob Weiland in a pitchers duel The New York Giants were blanked by Claude Passeaus five hit pitching and Philadelphia won, 60.
 Cincinnati stopped Chicago. 3-2, as two more Cub players were in- jured. The veteran catcher Gabby A1oA oiACCt Wdo AOICCu CO IctAc dlCcE stopping foul tip with his bare hand, and his successor, John Bot tarini, had to be carried off the field with bruised foot suffered in the final play of the game when Kiki Cuyler slid across the plate with the winning run. Van Mungo was bested in pitchers duel by Danny Mac Fayden and the Boston Bees snapped seven game losing streak by defeating Brooklyn, 3-2.
 YESTERDAYS HERO: Danny MacFayden of the Boston Bees who outpitched Van Mungo for II in- nings and scored the winning run when he singled, was sacrificed tc second and came home or Vince DiMaggio's single.