The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-13
YANKEES COOL
 CROWNS HOT.
 BOSTON ARRAY
McC Carthymen Practically CIinch Pennant With
 Red Sox Series
BY GEORGE KTRKsEY

United Press Staff Correspondent
 New York, Aug. 13.--(UP)--Witll another contender beaten back, the New York Yankees were as near to the American league pennant today as a team can get without actually winning 1t.
 Their three most serious rivals, the Tigers, Red Sox and White Sox haven't anything with which to stop the world champions. During the past 16 days they all tried 1t, The Tanks licked the Tigers two out of three, they blackjacked the White Sox four straight, and shel- lacked the Red Sox three out of four.
 Tanks Almost In
 When you can win out of ii from your closest rivals, it's time to shout: "The Tanks are in" With 54 games left, the Tanks can break even--win 27 and lose 27-- and still win.
 It would take 70 out of 65 or .727 baseball for the Red Sox to finish in front and 38 out of 50 or .700 for the White Sox to do 1t.
 The Tanks came away from Bos- ton with 11h game lead. They cooled off the red hot Red Sox by winning a series of knockdown- -and- drag-out baseball. Any team is foolish to try to outslug the Tanks, but the Red Sox actually did it iri the first game yesterday, They slashed four New York huriers- Peterson, Makosky, Chandler and Wicker--for 16 hits and won, i6-iO, after trailing at one time, 60. Rog- CT Cramer crashed two triples, Mo- Nair and Foxx e homer each and Higgins double with the bases loaded to lead the Red sox attack.
 Bump Hadley pitched the Yanks to Q 6.3 triumph in the second game, yielding only six hits. Joe DiMageio hit homer No. 34 and Hoag also got one. The Red sox hit two, Foxx and Cronin. It was Foxx's 3lst and second of the day. The first game defeat broke the Tanks 10-game winning streak.
 Gehringer HOmers
 The White Sox held onto third place by dividing Q doubleheadcr with the Tigers. Detroit won the opener. 1l-s, as Charlie dehringer drove in six runs with Q homer and two doubles. His homer came with the bases loaded. The White SoX won the nightcap, 6.4, with c two- run rally in the tenth after the Tigers had tied the count in the eighth.
 Chicago made l6 hits off Tommy Bridges, with Manager DykeS' pinch single in the 10th driving in the two winning runs.
 Buddy Lewis ninth inning single drove in the winning run as Wash. ington won It's fourth straight over the Athletics, 6-4. Willis Hudlln registered his iith victory by pitch. ing Cleveland to Q 7-0 win over the St. Louis Browns. Billy Sullivan had c perfect day at bat, a for g..
 The Chicago Cubs fell apart, mak- ing six errors as Pittsburgh hari- nered out . io-e victory over the league leaders. Another Cub was hurt, Gabby Hartnett retiring after he was hit on the finger in the fourth frame. The Cubs now have five regulars crippled, but still hold their 6h game lead. Lloyd Waner made five singles in five trips.
 John Lanning'S smart relief pitch. ing and Al Cuccinello's hitting fea- tured the Boston Bees e-4 victory over the New York Giants. The Bees made i2 hits, pounding Slick Castleman out in the first inning.
 The PhillieS won c double -header from Brooklyn, 3-3, and e-2, and are now within half 6 game of 7th place. Hugh Mulcahy allowed only three hits in the opener, and Clyde Passeau scattered ten hits in the of. terpiece.
 Yesterdays Hero
 Al Cuccinello, Bees second base man who drove in eight runs In the last two games. He hit two singles and 6 long fly yesterday to drive in four runs.