The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-07-19
CUBS, GIANTS
BOTH WIN z IN
FIGHT FOR TOP
DiMaggio Homers To Win
For Yanks, Cochrane
On Sidelines

NEW YORK, July 10. (UP)-
The nip and tuck battle for the
National league lead between the
Chicago Cubs and the New York
Giants continued Sunday when
both teams swept dOubleheaders.
The Cubs maintained their .003
points margin by wallop n g
Brooklyn 7-6 and "a. Van Mum
90 was knocked from the Brook
lyn box with a three-run Cub as
sault in the first inning of the
opener. Leroy Parmelee weaken
ed in the late innings and the
Dodgers rallied to score two runs
in the eighth, but Shoun and Root
combined to halt another rally
after two runs had come over in
the ninth. Home runs by Augie
Galan and Ken O'Dea featured
the Cubs 12-hit attack. Curt
Davis, making his second start of
the seaon, scattered ~ hits to
win the nighcap. Galan homer
ed again in the second game.
The Giants defeated the st.
Louis Cardinals, 6-5 and Ito.
Carl Hubbell held the Cards to
nine hits to win the opener, in
which MOore'S seventh inning sim
gle sent Chiozza across the plate
with the winning run. 1t was
HubbelPs sixth straight and 18th
win of the season. Hal Schumach-
en- distributed nine safeties to
shutout the Cards in the second.
The Giants climbed on Lon War
neke for nine runs before he was
relieved in the seventh by White.
Schumacher, Leslie and banning
clouted for the circuit.
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia di-
vided a twin bill, the Phillies win
ming the curtain raiser 50 be-
hind the six hit hurting of Claude
PASCAL, and the Pirates taking
the second, G-5, in IL innings.
Jensen's long fly scored Lloyd
Waner from third with the win
ming run.
The Cincinnati Reds stopped
the Boston Bees twice, Al and
10. Ray Davis limited the Bees
to five hits in the opener, then
Lee Grissom turned in twO-hit
performance to score a shutout:
Hafey's triple and Virgil Davis
single in the seventh inning of
the nightcap gave the Reds their
second wni.
The New York Yankees beat
the Cleveland Indian, 81, when
Joe DiMaggio clouted his oath
home run with the bases loaded in
ninth inning to break tight pit
chers' duel between Bob Teller
and Red Ruffing. The Indians
schoolboy wizard held the hard
hitting Yanks to four hits and one
run in the first eight innings, but
crowded the sacks in the ninth on
Rulings single, wild throw on
CroSetti's bunt, and pass to Red
Rolfe. Then the the game-win-
ming homer by DiMaggio, who al
ready had tagged Teller for a
double and a triple. 1t was Bob's
fourth defeat. but he became the
first American league hurler to
go the distance against the slug
ging Yanks in their last l6 games.
When DiMaggio doubled in the
third, driving in Crosetti, he ran
his consecutive game hitting
streak to Is. Cleveland's tally
was the result of singles by
Trosky, Hale and Pytlak in the
seventh. 1t was Rulings 18th
victory.
The second place Chicago White
Sox nosed out the Boston Red
Sox twice, 6-5 and 10. Hits by
Bonura and Radcliffe gave the Sox
their winning run in the 10th in
ming of the opener, in which jim
my Foxx hit his 18th home run
of the year. Monte Stratton
BANKED Boston in the second by
limiting them to three hits. Chi
cago scored the only run in the
sixth when Faggke fumblcd Dixie
Walkers single which scored
Krevich. McKrain gave five hits
in losing.
With Manager Mickey Coch-
rane back on the sidelines for the
first time since he was hit by a
bean-ball two months ago. the
Detroit Tigers defeated the Wash
ington Senators, 81. The Tigers
got only two hits off Monty Wea-
yer. but took advantage of two
walks, a single by Gerry Walker,
and two errors by Armada nda
Weaver to score all of their runs
in the first inning. Washington's
only run off Jake Wade was the
result of AL Simmons home run
in the sixth.
st. Louis and Philadelphia di-
vided. the Brownies winning the
opener, 1916, and the AS the
finale, 7-6. Russ Peters seventh
inning hdme run provided the
margin for the Athletics
in the nightcap.