The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-15
YANKEES WIN
FROM INDIANS
Giants Increase National
League Lead to z IL
Games Tuesday

NEW 1ORh, sept. 10. tUP)-
The New York Yankees slugged
their way to a 17-5 victory over
the Cleveland Indians yesterday,
but their American league lead
remained unchanged as the De-
troit Tigers also won.
/ New York rifled l6 hits off
/ Whitehill, Brown and Wyatt, in
Guiding home run by Lou
Gehrig-his 34th of the year
Bump Hadley coasted to his 18th
win, distributing 10 safetieS to
Cleveland. Gehrig's four-bagger
came in the wild seventh inning
when the Yanks put on nine
run scoring assault.
Detroit stayed 10 games be-
hind the Yanks with an 1l-6 vic
tory over Washington. Wade and
Gill worked for Detroit, holding
the Senators to II scattered hits.
The Tigers ripped Krakauskas,
Appleton and Linke for 13 with
Pete Fox and Gerry Walker get
ting three each. Rogel with
double and single monopolized
runs-batted-in honors, accounting
for five.
In the only other American
league game, ST. Louis walloped
Philadelphia, Ia. The Brownies
reached Thomas, Fink, Nelson
and Dean for 16 hits, Carey, Bell
and Giuliani getting three each.
Koupal went the route for st.
Louis, allowing 10 hits, one of
them homer by Bob Johnson,
his 23rd this season. .. ..
Boston and Chicago were not
The New York Giants increased
their National league lead to 9
1-2 games over Chicago, dividing
a doubleheader with Pittsburgh, !
while the Cubs were whipped
twice by Boston.
Carl Hubbell coasted to his |
18th victory of the season in the !
opener against Pittsburgh. He
scattered 10 hits for a 1872 deci- /
sion. The Giants only got two
more safeties off Brandt, Brown
and Bowman, but punched them
in two big innings - the first
when they scored four runs, and
the sixth which they turned into
field day with an eight-run raj
y. OFT and Leiber clouted homers
Tor New York.
Cy Blanton handcuffed the
Giants with eight hits in the
n'ghtcap as the Pirates scored a
So victory. ...,
Chicago fell 90 and AZ before
he Bees. Johnny tanning scat
erred five hits to score the omen.
ng shutout. Carleton held Boston
core!ess until the fifth, when he
vas driven to the showers with an
'ight-run assault. With the helm
# a triple play, Danny MacFav-
len hurled seventh ball to win
ne nighteap. With urges on sec.
md and Cavaretta on first in tho
hrd inning, Rabbit Warstler
made a sensational one:banJod
tab of Bryant's liner, and tossed
o Cuccinello at second. CuccineI.
stepped on the bag retiring
urges, and threw to first ret;r
ng Cavaretta. Bryant, who was
eIleved by Root in the eighth
'as the losing pitcher. '"'
Brooklyn took a better hold on
ixth place by smackinp the last
lace Cincinnati Reds twice 40
nd ll-2. After being held ~ az
it for eight innings by All HoI.
ngSworth, the Dodgers roiiied
or four runs in the ninth to Win 9.
he opener The Reds got fonr
its off Max Butcher, two str.;oSt
ingles in the ninth sendina b;n,
o the showers, but he got crad;t
or the victory when Henshaw
stopped the rally. ""
In the first game of a scbed,,od
loublc-hcadcr the st. Louis c.
finals came from behind three
ines to exc out finally 9.S do
.ision over Philadelphia in IA in
,ingS. The score was tied fom,
INES. % in the, fifth, SIS in tba
seventh, Go in the ninth and S ss
n the 18th, before ole Medwick,s
ith inning doubls scored TerrS
Moore and broke up the hall
anne. The Cards cot to five phil
y hnrlcrs for II hits, inc,,,di am.
homer by Ogrodowski E nngs.
4 Louis pitchers gave up "a our a
he pills. with Chuck Klein bit 10
inc for the circuit. Recruit Hn n
' Krist. who pitched only INV tSo /,
ast inning, was the winner: Raw :
;nIlebcr the loser.
=, Louis also won IT, seco,d 4
., ~, o. to climb ind a th;nJ
i G,',' tie with Pittsburgh 20 i-S !
. ,"Nc behind the leading Giants. z
,nn nicbtcap had to be q led af
n' + - innings of play eesuse N
tt I, darkness. Lon Warnek Sat.
s.: 1s. five hit. for his We III
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