The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-11
GOMEZ RECAINS
 FORM TO MASTER CLEVELAND CLUB
Yanks Win First Game of Series Easily-Giants
 Are on Top
By GEORGE KIRKSEY

United Press Staff Correspondent)
 New York, June 11.-(UP)-In 8 dressing room smelling pungently of wintergreen, rubbing alcohol and salve Manager Oscar Witt will tell his g Cleveland Indians again to- day that if they expect to win the pennant they've got to beat the New York Yankees on their home lot. He told them that yesterday and they believed him. Then just for one inning-nearly 10 minutes-the Indians looked and acted like champions. The rest of the after noon they were frightened, ineffec- tual and curled up before a wither- /, ing Yankee bombardment that cut the Indians lead to 1-2 games.
 Witt is a realist. He knows that his ball club must beat the Tanks in their own back yard-not so much for the game which will go in the won column but for the con- fidence it will give the Indians. It will make them act and play like champions if they can beat the present champions, he feels.
 But while the Indians were fold ing up before this seven-year Yan- kee Stadium jinx, the Yankees were gathering momentum for a drive to- ward the pennant. Lefty Gomez, who was offered Monday in a trade to second division club that turned thumbs down, regained his fast ball overnight and let the Indians down with seven hits in winning, 8-2. Joe Gordon, rookie second baseman, stepped into the breach and tight ened up the Yankee infleld. Bill Dickey, still nursing a bad knee, cracked two home runs and sin- gle. Lou Gehrig, slowly emerging from his slump, lashed out two sin gleS. Under pressure the entire Yankee ball club seems to be gird- ing its belt for tough fight from the toughest challenger.
 Witt yesterday passed up Johnny Allen, his temperamental right handler, who drew a $250 fine for in- subordination Wednesday in Boston. He chose Lefty Whitehill, loser. Allen goes today, without his tat tered shirt. It will be the first game he has started in the stadium against his ex-mates in two years. Oddly enough, Allen beat Red Ruff fling, the man he opposes today, in his last stadium start.
 With Marvellous Myrus," the mys- tical extra man on the Chicago White Sox, again inspiring them, they knocked off the Boston Red Sox, 152. Monte Stratton pitched five-hit game and the White Sox shellacked four pitchers for 20 hits, including two homers by Mike Kree- vich, and one each by Stratton and Hayes. Stratton's came with the bases loaded.
 Detroit won from Washington, 7-6, in 10 innings, and the St. Louis Browns trimmed the Philadelphia Athletics, 8-4, in the other two American league games. York's fiuke hit won for the Tigers. Buck NeWsom annexed his seventh vic- tory in beating the As.
 The New York Giants increased their National league lead to two games by beating the St. Louis Cardinals, 3-1. Hal Schumacher al- lowed eight hits in pitching the Giants to their fourth straight win. In the only other National league game the Phillies broke their seven- game losing streak with a 3-2 vic- tory over Pittsburg. Hugh Mulcahy out-pitched Russ Bauers, and added a timely single to aid his own cause.
 YESTERDAYS HERO - Lefty Gomez, who silenced the doubters who were saying he was through by pitching the Yankees to victory over the league-leading Cleveland h. dians.