The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-31
TIGERS RETAIN
End PLACE BY
SUNDAYS WIN
Yanks Crush AS But the
Giants Winning Streak
Is Halted

The Detroit Tigers yesterday put
on mighty exhibition of smuggling
to defeat the st. Louis Browns,
1873, and maintain their second
place in the American league -
three games behind the New York
Yankees who also won.
The Tigers made 20 hits. Hank
Greenberg and Gerry Walker led
the assault, each blasting two
home runs with big Hank adding
a double and two singles, and Wal
ker double and one single. Wal
ker'S blows drove in seven De-
troit runs; Greenberg's five.
Rookie George Gill went the dis
lance for Detroit, distributing
nine hits.
The Yankees crushed the Phil
adelphia Athletics, 1871, behind
Lefty Gomez's eight-hit flinging.
1t was Gomez's sixth win; Phila-
delphia's seventh straight loss. A
six-run attack of Harry Kelley in
the first inning, featured by Red
Roife's homer, beat the AS. Geh-
rig also hit one for four bases.
Routing Earl Whitehill with an
eight-hit attack in the first two
innings to score six runs, the Chi
cago White SoX went on to de-
feat the Cleveland Indians, 90.
Ted Lyons held the tribe to six
hits until the ninth when base
on balls to Campbell, a double by
Averill and single by Solters
brought in two Cleveland tallies.
Clint Brown was called in and
checked the rally to save the vic
tory for Ted. With three hits
each, Bonura and Walker led the
Sox l4-hit attack on three Indian
hurlers.
The fowrth-place Boston Red
SOX succumbcd, Ia, before the
Washington Senators and the sew
en-hit pitching by Pete Appleton.
Pete also showed his teammates
how to bat with triple and three
singles in five attempts which
drove in six runs. His three-bag-
ger came in the third with the
bases loaded. Ostermueller. who
lasted but three innings, was the
loser.
The New York Giants winning
streak was stopped at eight
straight when they were defeat
ed 6-3, by Jimmy Wilson's Phil
lies. Home runs by Camilli, Grace
and Klein paved the way for the
Philadelphia triumph. Wayne La
master held the National league
champion Sto five hits and no
runs until the ninth when he
weakened and was relieved by
Jorgens, who halted the rally af-
ter the Giants had scored their
three runs. OFT hit his eighth hom-
en- of the year for New York,
Gumbert, who lasted six innings,
was charged with the loss.
The leading Pirates hammered
four st. Louis pitchers for IL
hits to score IA decision over
the Cards. The Bucs blasted Ray
Harrell off the mound with a
three-run attack in the first in
nings before he could retire a
batter. Bill Swift scattered nine
hits for his fourth win. Waner
hit for the circuit for Pittsburgh;
Moore for st. Louis.
The loss dropped the Cards in
to fourth place behind the Chica-
90 Cubs, who mounted a notch
by stopping the Cincinnati Reds,
III. Larry French dealt out but
four hits to win his first game OF
the wear, and hand the Reds their
eighth straight defeat. Lee Girls
som didn't stick around on the
Cincy mound long enough to see
a putout. He was plastered with
a double by Galan, a three-bag-
ger by Herman, and successive
singles by Collins Demaree and
Hach before being replaced by
Gene Schott.
The Boston Bees buried Brook
lyn under 20-hit attack to win
Id. Hutchinson, who relieved
Weir in the fifth after the bod
gers had scored three runs, was
credited with the victory and Ba-
ker, second of the Dodger hurting
quartet, was charged with the
loss. 1t was an eight-run rally in
the seventh, featured by Gene
Moore's home run and triple, that
broke a 3-3 deadlock and gave
Boston the game. Tony Cuccinel-
10 hit four times-two doubles
and two singles-in five attempts.