The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-07
CUBS STAGE
9Th STRAIGHT
WIN THURSDAY
Grimm's Boys Blank Phil
lies in Five Innings;
Halted by Rain

NEW YORK, May Z. (UP).-
The Chicago Cubs scored their
sixth straight victory and moved
into third-place tie with the
New York Giants Thursday, only
= l-2 games out of first place in
the National league.
Charley Grimm'S boys yesterday
took a 10 decision from the Phila-
delphia PhillieS in a game tina:
was halted at the end Of the fifth
inning because of rain.
Bill Lee gave up only one hit to
score his second victory against
three losses. The Cubs run came
in the fifth when Galan singled,
moved TO second on Frcv'> Sacrl-
flee and scored on Rip Collins
double.
The win enabled them 10 climb
into a tie with the National league
champions who were handed Il 40
Shutout by the Cincinnati Reds.
Lee GriSOm, Rookie hurlcr, limit
ed the Giants TO five hits for the
victory which gave the Reds a 81
margin i'm the three-game series.
Alex KampomiS' third homer in
two days i'm the fifth inning gave
the Reds hteir first run-cnouga
TO win. Virgil Davis, with three
singles, drove in two home runs,
and ScarSella'S long fly accounted
for the fourth tally.
Van Mungo stopped the Fits
burgh Pirates winning streak at
four straight yesterday when he
dolcd out seven scattered hits and
the Brooklyn Dodgers won, 90.
The BrooklynS won the game in
the fifth ming when they punched
six hits, including a homer by
Lavagetto, with two Pirate errors,
score seven runs. Al Todd hit a
four-bagger for Pittsburgh.
St. Louis at Boston was post
poned because of wet grounds.
The Detroit Tigers Salved the |
final tilt of their three-game Sc
ries with the New York Yankees,
1876, to climb back into a tie with
the world champions for the
American league lead.
Tommy Bridges went the route
for the Tigers, scattering II hits
to register his second straight win
of the year. Detroit was forced
TO come from behind twice before
finally taking TO lead in the
sixth on Manager Cochrane's
home run with the bases empty.
Il was in the eighth that the Tig-
ers ran wild, combining two
walks, two doubles and brace of
for five runs.
paced the Detroit at
tack with a homer and two singles
to drive in four runs. Makosky,
who relieved Murphy and was fol-
lowed to the mound by Sturgeon,
Chandler and Wicker, was the los
ing hurler.
The Chicago White Sox and st.
Louis Browns continued their bat
tie for the cellar. Both teams J
lost. leaving the Sox at the bot
tom by a half game, 1t was the
fifth straight defeat for Chicago
as the Philadelphia Athletics took
a 81 decision. The AS punched
four of their seven hits IN the
eighth inning for all of their runs
TO overcome Chicago's marker
made in the seventh. Luther
Thomas, a Rookie who held the
Sox scoreless during his skin
ming mound tenure, was the WIN
ming pitcher. and Rigney, who
started for Chicago, was the loser.
The Brownies combed Marcum
for IL hits, but they could con-
vert them to only one run to be
nosed out by the Red Sox, 81.
Boston batsmen collected only
eight safeties, but they coupled
three of them with an infield out
for their two markers in the
fourth. Cramer singled, went to
third on Cronin's double, and
scored on Foxx's grounder. Hig-
gins then singled to bring his
manager home with the winning
run. 1t was Marcum's third
straight win of the season.
Roy Weatherly's rome run IN
the eighth inning with mate
aboard broke a 2-2 deadlock and
gave the Cleveland Indians AZ
victory over the Washington Sen
ators. Weaver went the distance
for Chicago, and held the Indians
To three hits for the first seven
innings. Lloyd Brown, who was
lifted for a pinch hitter in the
eighth, scattered nine hits to