The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-23
dean GIVES Up
Il HITS; Wins
Cubs Out in Front Four
Games; Giants Are
Rained Out

The Chicago Cubs boosted their
National league lead to four
games Sunday by taking bovn
ends of a doublchcadcr from the
Cincinnati Reds while the second
place New York Giants were kept
idle by rain.
The veteran Charley Root gave
hut six hits in the first game for
Al triumph, and Tex Carleton
scattered nine safeties TO win the
nightcap. SD. The Cubs larruped
Lefty Lee GrisSom from the box
with a three-run burst in the sixth
TO give Root his 18th victory of
the season. Hartnevt's double
drove in two runs and he scored
himself on Stainback'S triple.
Cavaretta circled the bases on a
high fly that dropped on the foul
line when Chick Hafey plunged
headlong into q left field box IN
the fifth. Augic Galan's triple in
the ninth of the nightcap with the
bases loaded gave Carleton his
18th win.
St. Louis Cardinals pulled back
into third place, 4 game and
half ahead of Pittsburgh by
downing the Pir0cS twice, BOB
Weiland turned the BucS back
with three hits TO score a 10
shurout in the opener. Bob got
homerun and a single 10 drive in
three runs himself. Mize also
clouted for the circuit in the first
game. Dizzy Dean poled a homer
and two singles, driving in three
runs, for the Cards 81 margin
in the nightcap. II was Deans
first victory since July 4 and his
18th of the year. Dizzy gave up
IL hits, but was effective in'the
pinches, although his teammates
committed three fielding errors to
aid the Pirates run making.
In the only other National game
played, the Brooklyn Dodgers
bested the Boston Bees, 81, in a
tilt ended by rain after six in
nings. Hamlin held the Bees TO
four hits, and the Dodgers got to
Lanning and Bush for nine. The
washed-oUt second game will be
PLAYED tomorrow as well as both
the New York-Philadelphia con-
tests which were rained out Sun
day.
Rain also interrupted the Amer
lean league schedule, drowning
out both the Washington-BoSton
games, and hating New York
Philadelphia hOstilities after five
innings.
The Yankees finished on top,
al, giving Lefty Gomez his 18th
win of the year. Joe DiMaggia
drove in two of the fankS' runs
with his 36th homer, and sin
gle. Gomez held the As TO three
hits, and his mates got seven off
Thomas and Fink.
Detroit licked st. Louis twice
to gain a half game-ll behind
the Yankees. The Tigers barraged
Hogsett and Baecht for Is hits,
including homerS by Gehringer
and York, to take the first lis
behind Roxie Lawson'S siX-hit
hurting. IL was Lawson's 18th trl-
umph. In the second game, the
Bengals were outhit lis, but
came from behind TO score two
runs and tie the score in the ninth
when York hit his 23rd homer of
the year, then pushed over anOth-
er in the 10th to win, 4-3. Pof-
fenberger, who followed Auker to
the mound, pitched only the last
two innings to score his ninth win
of the year.
Cleveland and Chicago divided
a pair. Ted Lyons scattered five
hits to beat Bob Teller and give
the White Sox the 5-2 verdict in
the first tilt. Teller was wild and
gave seven bases on balls and two
hits that provided all of Chicago'S
runs. Earl Averill hit a homerun
in the eighth to decide the issue
IN the finals. breaking a 2-2 dead
ock and sending the Indians home
winners. 81. Mel Harder diStrib-
Ited five hits to the SoX, while
he Tribe collected nine off YER
ION Kennedy.