The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-22
TWO GAME LEAD OF CUBS LOOMS
 AS GIANT TASK
Bees Sting Car rdinals Twice-FeIIer Wins First
 Game on 6 Pitched Balls
By GEORGE KIRKsEY

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 United Press Stan Correspondent
 New York, July 22.-CUP)-The Chicago Cubs held a 2-ganie lead in the National league pennant race today.
 They won twice yesterday while the other three contenders, the Giants, Pirates and Cardinals, all fell. Their margin over the Giants is 2 games, over the Pirates 8 1-2 games and over the Cards 10 games.
 The Cubs triumphed over the Phillies, Al and 60. ..
 Big Bill Lee let the Phils down with eight hits and Larry French yielded only six as the Cubs won their fifth and sixth straight games. In the last three games Cub pitch CTS have allowed one run-a homer by Dolf tamilli in yesterdays first game. Jimmy (the Ripper) Collins hit his 18th homer in the first game. Frank Demaree and Billy Jurges made three hits each to head the Cubs 11-hit attack in the second game.
 Cincinnati nosed out the Giants, 6-5, scoring five runs in fifth in- ming barrage on Slick Castleman. Ival Goodman's homer with a man on and Alex Kampouris' single with the bases loaded featured the Reds rally. The Giants made five errors, three of them by Hickey Haslin subbing for the injured Dick Bartell at shortstop.
 The Boston Bees handed the Car dinals double setback, 5-l, and 2-l. Ray Mueller's homer with the bases loaded of Sheriff Blake in the 11th inning game won the first game in which Lou Fette permitted only 5 hits for his 18th victory. Rabbit Warstler's double drove in both Bee runs as John (Tobacco) Lanning let the Cards down with two hits in the second game.
 George Jeffcoat, second-string Brooklyn pitcher who hasn't won a game this season, let Pittsburg down with four hits as the Dodgers ham. mered Joe Bowman for a 60 vic- ttory. Jeffcoat famed seven.
 Kemp Wicker, southpaw recalled from Newark, hurled the New York Tanks to a 6-3 victory over the St. Louis Browns, making their first start under their new pilot, Sunny Jim Bottomley. Wicker gave up 10 hits but kept them well scattered Joe DiMaggio ran his hitting streak to 9 games with @ double. Heinrich and Crosetti hit homers.
 Jimmy Foxx hit two homers, his fourth in two days, to lead, the Bos- ton Red Sox to 10-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers. The Red So, drove Tommy Bridges from tht mound with 6-run rally in tht sixth. Lefty Grove gave up 10 hits the same number made by the Rec Sox, but he frightened in the pinches
 Two streaks ended when Wash. ington won from the White Sox, 7-3 Jimmy Deshong held the White SoX to hits in breaking their 6-game winning streak and ending Wash ington's 10-game losing streak. Mel Armada and Al Simmons hits hom- CTS for the Senators.
 Bob Teller, Cleveland's highly publicized boy pitcher, hurled only six balls to get credit for his first triumph of the season in Q relief role against thet Athletics. Teller was called in after the Indians had blown a seven run lead, and retired the side in order as Cleveland went on to win, 9-s. They also took the nightcap S-7, with Bruce Campbell the hero in both ninth inning ral- lies that beat the As. He doubled in the ninth of the opener and scored the winning run on Hale's single, then hit another two.bagger in the final frame of the finale, driving in the tying and winning tallies.
 YESTERDAYS HEROES: Ray Mueller (homer with the bases load