The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-07-28
YANKEES nose
TIGERS 6 TO )
Latter Fails To Cash In
Hitting Spree; Cubs
Win Opener at Home


The New York Yankees increased
their lead TO six games yesterday
when they turned in the only vic
tory of the American league first
division clubs.
The Mccarthy bOmbers, al
though outhit 1913, nosed out the
rhird-place Detroit Tigers, 6-5,
when Red Rolfe clouted a home
run with a mate aboard in the
18th. Joe DiMaggio's 2Sth circuit
clout of the season with one on
in the sixth gave the Yanks their
first two runs, and Bill Dickey's
double with the bases loaded
brought two more runs across in
the eighth. The Tigers again took
the lead in the 18th when Hank
Greenberg singled, stole second
and scored on Walkers one-base
blow.
The runner-up Chicago White
SoX were edged out 6-5 by the
Washington Senators, who scored
their margin of victory in the
ninth when Lewis singled, gal
loped to third on a pair of in
field outs, and Tailed on Myers
single. Zeke Bonura clouted his
10th home run of the year for
Chicago, and Lewis got four sim
giles for Washington. The Sena-
tors blasted Whitehead from the
box with a four-run burst in the
first inning. Pete Appleton who
relieved Monte Weaver in the
second was the winning pitcher.
BoSton's fourth-place Red SoX
fell, SIS, before l5-hit st. Louis
Brown attack. Lou Koupal went
the route for st. Louis, scatter
ing nine hits, two of them homers
by Foxx and McNair. Vosmik and
Cliff led the Brown attack with
three safeties each. ..
A two-run rally in the eighth
gave Philadelphia Athletics a 4-3
decision over Cleveland. Bill Wer-
ber's double drove in Moses and
Finney with the telling TALES.
George Caster, distributed seven
hits to win, the same number Civ
en- up by Mel Harder in losing.
Julius Solters hit a home run for
Cleveland.
In the National league, the
leading Chicago Cubs opened
their 21-game home stand with a
So triumph over the Brooklyn
Dodgers. Tex Carleton went the
distance for the Cubs, distribute
ing nine hits. The win increased
the Cubs margin to three games
over the New York Giants who
were raped 9-S by the st. Louis
Cardinals.
Joe Medwick's 2lst home run
of the year came with the score
tied S-S and two out in the ninth
to bring the Cards victory. st.
Louis had scored all of its runs
in the fourth inning, driving Carl
| Hubbell from the mound to over
come one-run deficit. The
| Giants came back and shelled 81
Johnson to the showers with four
runs in the sixth, two more off
Blake in the seventh and knotted
the count with another in the
eighth. Al Smith, who followed
| Hubbell and Coffman to the
Giants mound, was the loser: Har-
rell, who hurled only the ninth
for ST. Louis, the winner.
The loss cut New York's mar
! gin over the Pittsburgh Pirates
/ to six games as the BUGS stopped
the Philadelphia Phillies, Al. Luz
cas- held the Phils to six hits. The
Pirates got to Bucky Walters for
nine, with Todd getting three
double and two singles.
Boston's winning streak was
stopped at seven straight when
Cincinnati scored two runs in the
ninth to win, 3-2. Lee( Lefty
Grissom turned the Bees bach
with no runs ard only one hit un
til the ninth when pinch-hittel
Bob Refs singled. CAIRNS followed
with a double and both scored OF
DiMaggio's two-bagger. The run