The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-04
YANKSLEADBY
SEVEN GAMES
Cubs Take Same Margin
as They Win and
Giants Bested

NE ONh, AUX o. 10
The New York Yankees cut loose
a barrage of home runs Tuesday.
defeated the Chicago White Sox
twice-7-2 and 5-3-and increas-
ed their American league lead to
seven games.
Four-baggerS by Lou Gehrlg,
Joe DiMaggio and Tony Lazzeri
spelled defeat for Thornton Lee
and victory for Red Ruffing in
the opener. 1t was DiMaggio's
Send of the year, and Gehrlg'S
22nd.
In the nightcap Bill Dickey's
circuit clout with the bags load
ed in the eighth Overcame two
run deficit and carried the GanES
10 triumph. Lazzeri also hit
round-tripper in this contest.
round-tripper in this contest.
Whitehead was touched for eight
hits, the same number given up
by Gomez before he was relieved
by Murphy in the eighth. The
latter was accredited with the
win.
The third place Boston Red
Sox gained on Chicago however,
walloping the Cleveland Indians,
1879. behind the eight-hit pitch
ing of Lefty Grove. The SOx col
lected Is safeties off Harder,
Heving and Whitehill.
Earl Brucker's home run in
the fifth broke a IL deadlock
and gave the Philadelphia Athlet-
les a 2-l triumph over the De-
troit Tigers. Tommy Bridges, who
went the route for the Bengals,
was touched for nine hits. Thom-
Us. Fink and Nelson combined to
hold the DerroiterS TO seven with
credit for the win going to
Fink.
st. Louis and Washington stag
ed a thinning duel, with the Sem
ators scoring twice in the 18th TO
win 3-2. Yves Terrell held the
Brownies to eight hits over the
full distance, while Washington
batsmen got to Elon Hogsett for
II, four of them coming in the
18th for victory. st. Louis first
put one over in the 18th, but the
Senators got back into the ball
game when Armada doubled with
two out and scored as Lewis
grounder took a bad bounce over
Davis head. Travis then hit
two-bagger but Lewis was held
at third, until Stone lined a
threc-and-two ball for single to
center for the winning run.
The Chicago Cubs boosted their
National league lead to seven
full games when they beat the
Philadelphia Philies while the
New York Giants were losing to
Cincinnati.
Three home runs gave the
Cubs a Al victory. Demaree first
clouted for the circuit with a
mate, aboard in the initial inning,
and homerS were delivered later
by Gabby Hartnett and Bill Lee,
who doled out three hits to the
PhilS, one of them a homer by
Martin.
The Giants were bested S-2 in
10 innings. Chick Hafey's single
sent Walker home with the win
ming run. Al Hollingsworth, who
held the Giants TO six hits for his
fourth win of the year, also crack
ed a double that accounted for
both of Cincinnati's earlier runs.
Hal Schumacher was solved for
IL hits in losing.
The third-place Pittsburgh Pr
rates gained a game and a half
when they defeated the Brooklyn
Dodgers twice, sd, and 1914. Al
though outhit l4-l0 in the open
er, the BUGS pushed over two
runs in the ninth to triumph. The
Dodgers held a 4-3 lead since the
fourth inning when pinch-hitter
Arky Vaughan singled to open
the ninth. Lloyd Waner was safe
on an inheld rap, and both men
were sacrificed by Jensen. Paul
Waner was purpoSely passed, fill
ing the bases, and Gus Suhr fol-
lowed with a single for the tying
and winning runs. Brown and
BauerS combined to hold the Dod-
gers to nine scattered hits in the
windup, while the Pirates raked
Max Butcher for 14-four of
them going to catcher AL Todd
who batted in three runs with q
pair of triples. double and single.
A tight pitchers duel between
jim Turner of the Boston Bees
and 81 Johnson of the St. Louis
Cards was broken up by Terry
Moore's seventh inning home run
with two mates aboard that gave
the Cards 5-3 decision. Johnson
yielded only six hits for his sixth