The times-news., 1937-09-27
Red SOX Beat
YANKEES Il
,ut Margin Increased by
Half Game Lead as
Tigers Lose Twice

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American league pennant safely
7 n tow. took a 7-2 licking from the
Boston Red Sox. but their margin
,os increased one-haG game 10
Ia rs the Detroit Tigers took i
double walloping from CleVeIahu.
lack Wilson held the fanEeeS
% six hits while the SoX SoiVeo
UodIey and Andrews for nine, III
cL,d;n0 homeruns by Jimmy foNN
onJ Gaffke. IL was FOxX'S S9tn
of the wear. The Yankees got
AWAY 10 n two-run lead but hos-
TON winea II out with a four-ruh
hurst in the third and was ..L heEeL
headed. Hadley was charged W.T."
Johnny. Allen. without 1887
defeat against his record, scored
his 18th victory, 9-3, ut the eN-
pense of the Tigers IN the hrSt
game. Allen, blanked Detroit IN
all but the fourth inning, 'wnen
they clustered half of their lV
hits. Lawson and Russell gave up
l3 to the Indians. Bob Fetter
turned the Tigers back with tiVe
hits 20 win the nighteaU, 4-3. The
Tribe coIlectC-. three runs an the
J second. but the Tigers matched
that burst in the fifth. and Felles
dueled scoreleSSy with Tom
Bridges until the eighth when
Cleveland pushed the winning run
home. Fcller famed 10 batSmen.
Bridges was solved for Is hitS;
Chicago climbed to within L.
Games of the Second-place Tigers
when they measured the 81. LOUIS
Browns twice, As and Al. ZeEe
Bonura singled in the eighth with
the bases loaded TO drive III wv"
rms in the opener. II was the on
Iv one of FIVE hits issued oy 7
rookie Harry Kimberlm tnat ng-
ured i'm the scoring as the BROWN
les contributed FIVE fielding err
rors 20 the White SoX cause. lea
LYONS went the distance Tor Chl-
cago, scattering nine safe Olows,
Vernon Kennedy let st: LOUIS
down with four hits while ms
mates added up Is to WIN the IL
nails. u.,-....o0
nlayed 10 a thinning III dead
lock ended by darkness.
The New York Giants took an
other step toward clinching tne
National league flag by defeating
Brooklyn AS while the second
place Chicago Cubs divided q uou-
bleheader with St. Louis. The re-
snlts sent Giants four games out
in front, and only a taI-spn can
wreck them. The Giants would
have to lose seven out OF their
last II. and the Cubs win all OF
their final seven to be knocked
ont of the pennant. If the CUBS
do win all then remaining games
the Giants can win five ana tle'
or six and elinch the champion
ship. .;
home run gave the Giants their
MARGIN over the Dodgers SUNDAY.
Hal Schumacher hurled the nrsI
seven innings for New York ana
was relieved by Cliff Melton VINO
not credit for the victory, Ihe
10th of his freshman year. Inc
Giants sent Waite. Hoyt to the
showers with a three-run assault
in the seventh when Ripple, Dan
Ming and Whitehead singled ana
sam Leslie, pinch-hittlng ior
Schumacher, clouted double.
A four-run burst in the nlnth'
elimaxed by Joe Medwick's two
bayver with the bases loaded,
cave the Cards the first game
over the Cubs, 6-5. BremerS
double. singles by Moore and Stu
Martin, and walk TO Mize gave
St. Louis one run, and left the
bags crowded. Bill Lee was yanS-
ed and Clay Bryant sent TO the
rescue. Medwick banged one OF
his pitches to the right field
screen to win the game. Mike
Ryba, who relieved Bob Welland
in the ninth, got credit for the
win; Lee was charged with the
loss.
A six-run rally in the sixth IN
ming gave the Cubs an SO WIN IN
the nightcap. which was halted at
the end of the eighth because OF
darkness. Larry French was drlv-
en-. to the showers with four 81.
Louis tallies in the sixth, but re-
ceived credit for the victory. Inc
Cards outhit the Cubs 1872 IN
the aftermatch, but committed
two errors afield. Mize clouteo
two homers; Medwick one.
Pittsburgh took two close ones
from Cincinnati 5-4 and Z-l'
Three runs in the eighth and a
pair i'm the ninth wiped out the
Reds four-run lead in the open
err, Tobin went the route for the
Pirates, giving up 10 hits. Two
runs in the first inning gave Bill
Swift a lead he never relinquish-
ed as be held the Reds to eight
hits in the windup. 1t was the
18th straight time the Pirates had
licked Cincinnati.
Boston had a field day against
Philadelphia, elouting tve pitch
ers for 90 hits, and l7-3 tri-
umph. sCuccinello got two home
runs and, rookie pitcher Milburn
Shoffner got another English got
five hits out Of seven trips to lead
the attack. Shoffner gave up 10
Of the Pills IL hits in the eight
innings he worked.