The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-09
RED SOX WIN
l2THSTRAICHT
But Streak Breaks in Sec
ond Game as White
Sox Beat Them

NEW YORK, Aug. .. (UP).-
The Boston Red SoX'S winning
streak was snapped at IL straight
Yesterday when they were blank
ed 1870 by the Chicago Nh'tc
Sox i'm the second gam of dou-
ble-headcr alter they had captur-
ed the opener 10.
A two-run rally in the ninth
gave Boston the first game and
the longest victory string in the
majors this year. Chicago had set
the earlier high of 10. D..
Trailing 6-5 in the last half OF
the ninth, Cramer singled ana
scored on Jimmy FOXX'S triple.
Foxx came home with the winner
on Chapman'S grounder TO Hayes.
Higgins home run was one OF II
Bosto hits off Kennedy and
Brown. Chicago blasted Mchan
from the box with a fivc-run as
sault in the fourth, and Marcum
who succeeded him, was the WIN
ming pitcher.
johnny Whitehead dolcd out
four hits TO Shutout the Bean
towners in the second game when
was halted at the end of the
eighth because of BoSton'S Sun
day closing law. The White Sox
jumped on OStermueler and Wal
berg for 10, including a four-bag-
ger by Bonura, TO snap seven
game losing streak.
The leading New York Yankees
recorded their eight straight TIL
umph, 6-5 and their third straight
over the Cleveland Indians. 1t
closed their home stay with IL
wins i'm l3 starts against weStera
teams. The Indians drove Sprr,,
geon Chandler from the moand
with a two-run assault IN the
ninth, but the rally was cut short
by Johnny Murray. InahdiSr WAS
solved for :: hits while the fankS
cot ON eight, including triples
by Solfe and Hoag, off White
hi and Allen. Sullivan homered
for Cleveland, and Dimaggio got
one single TO run his consecutive
game hitting streak to II.
The Philadelphia Athletics took
both ends of a doubleheader from
the st. Louis Browns, Sd, and 4
3. Bill Werber's ninth inning
double scored Chubby Dean with
the winning run in the opener,
and the combined six-hit pitching
of Thomas, Fink and Nelson stop
ped the Browns in the nightcaP.
Wally Moses led an l1-hit attack
in the second game with four
hits-hOmer, double and two sim
gleS-in four trips.
The Detroit Tigers defeated the
Washington Senators, 5-l IN
game called at the end of the
fifth inning because of rain. Poi
fenberger held the Senators TO
four hits. The Tigers got five
off Dehong. including a circuit
clout by York.
In the National league the Chi
cago Cubs increased their lead to
six games BY sweeping double
header against Boston. Tex
Carleton held the ees to one hit
to win the opener, 80, and Cav
aretta's single through short in
the eighth inning of the nightcap
drove in two runs for a S-2 tri-
umph.
The second-place Clans divided
with Pittsburgh, winning the
opener 1912 behind Cliff Melton's
six-hit hurting. then being blank
ed 80 by Viewers three-hit per-
Torrance in the windup.
Three homeruns-two by Joe
Medwick and one by Stu Martin
gave the st. Louis Cards a 3-2
victory over Philadelphia in the
curtain raiser, and the two teams
were overtaken by darkness as
they battled to a Go tie in the ~
inning finale. Medwick hit for
the circuit again in the nightcap
for his 26th of the year.
The same fate overlook the
Cincinnati Reds. After they had
whipped the rooklyn Dodgers, g.
4, they struggled to A IL dead