The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-30
INDIANS MOVE
TO End RUNC
Phillies Slide Down 9
Notch Losing Bitter
Struggle to Bees

NEW lOkh, Spfll 81, NOfl =
Clevcland'S Indians moved into
second place in American league
standings yesterday. hammcring
four Detroit Tiger pitchers for Is
hits and 1873 victory.
Earl Whitehill limited the Ii
gers to seven hits to score his first
win of the year. With three hits
each Larry, Averill and Pytlak led
the barragc off Auker, Logan, Nc
Laughlin and Halter. TroSky
homered for Cleveland while York
hit fOur-bagger for Detroit. The
defeat dropped the Tigers into Il
third place tie with the Athletics.
The Yankees maintained their
position at the head of the parade
with a i-2 triumph over Washing
tons Senators. their fifth straight
win since losing their season open
er. Two walks and two hits Were
coupled i'm the seventh inning by
the Yankees for three runs and
victory. The game started as a
pitching duel between Monty
Pearson and Monte Weaver. Pear
son went the route for New York,
scattering six hits. Weaver was
hit for nine by the Yankees, in
Guiding a double and two singles
by George Selkirk. Buddy Lewis
scored both of the Senator's runs,
hitting a homer in the first inning,
and making home from first base
on KuhepS double in the sixth.
The Chicago White Sox jumped
a notch i'm the standings into a
fifth place tie with Boston, by
blankinC the st. Louis Browns,
1910. behind Monty STATIONS
eight hit pitching. Stratton kept
them well scattered to register his
second victory. The Sox massa-
cred a trio of Brownie huriers for
10 hits. Sewell getting four and
Rosenthal. Walker and Berger
collecting three each.
The Athletic-Red SOx contest
was rained out at Boston.
GIANTS BACK IN NATIONAL
THIRD PLACE
In the National league the New
York Giants regained third place
nv registering a 90 shutout over
the Brooklyn Dodgers. Burgess
Whitehead. with two home runs
and a single driving in five runs,
led the 13-hit attack off Henshaw,
Baker. Jeffcoat and Peterson. Fat
Freddie FitzsimmonS, who limited
the Dodgers to FIVE hits, also took
n big part in the offense with a
homer. double and single. Hen
shaw hurled five scorelesS innings
before the Giants blasted him to
the showers with five runs In the
fourth. -.
The Phillies dropped from third
70 fourth as they lost bitter, IL
inning struggle to the Boston
Rces, GA. Tony Cuccinello hit a
homo run with Warstler on base
in the nth to break IN the oalI
game. Cuccincllo grabbed one
third of the Bee hits when he CON
nectcd safely five times. The
other four were singles. CAIRNS
was next in the l5-hit parade
with n double and three singles.
Guy Bush hurled scoreleSs ball at
ter relieving Hutchinson in the
seventh TO chalk up his second win
of the wear. Lancaster, relief man
for Buckv Walters in the seventh,
suffered his first defeat.
Bill Lee lost a heartbreaker
when the Pittsburgh Pirates top
ned the Chicago Cubs, 6-5, in IL
innings. Relieving Shoun in the
eighth Lee hurled FIVE scoreless
innings before getting wild and
walking three straight men to
force the winning home run in
the 18th. AL Todd opened the last
frame with a single and went to
second on sacrifice. Jensen in
tentionally walked in the 18th,
was purposcly passed again. But
il was a case of Lee not being
able To turn off the faucet, and he
walked Dickshot to fill the bases
and Vaughan To force Todd home.
Bowman. who had relieved Brandt
in the ninth, was the winning
pitcher
CARDS ARE oUTHIT BUT
MAINTAIN WINNING PACE
Although outfit, the st. Louis
Cardinals maintained their win
ming pace with a 6-l decision over