Evening star., 1938-05-31
BEES VISION FLAG
/ AFTERG|ANT ROUT
Wish for Another Hitter.
Tribe and Yanks Also
Annex a Pair.
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON,
Associated Press Sports Editor,

In place of the famous old baseball
warcry, IF only had another pitch
er-" Casey Stengel, up in Boston,
probably is saying, With one more
hitter We might be on top" And per-
haps he's adding. We'll get there any
way If this pitching staff holds up"
The Boston Bees mound corps,
which performed surprising feats last
year. turned in the outstanding per-
formances of yesterdays Memorial
Day round of double headers, with
Cleveland's star pair Of Bob Feller and
Johnny Allen close second.
Jim Turner and Danny MacFayden
pitched the Bees to a double shutout
over the league-leading New York
Giants, SO and 10, allowing nine and
three hits, respectively. Feller allowed
five hits and Allen yielded four as
Cleveland trimmed the Chicago White
Sox twice, SO and 81, each finger
gaining his sixth victory.
Gehrig's Homer Thrills $500.
There were number of guys per-
forming before the 100000 fans who
constituted the seasons biggest out
pouring who might easily answer STEM
gels need for a clouter For instance,
there was the old iron man. Lou Geh-
rig of the Yankees, who is due to play
his 2,000th consecutive major league
game today He helped entertain 81
900 cash customers, one of the largest
croude iy, to sohoII hietory J,xy r1o,,t;,, =,
an all-important homer in the second
game against the Boston Red Sox
Others who hit them far, often, or
both, included Rudy York, who smack
ed two homers. one with bases full;
Emmett Mueller of the Phillies, whose
four bagger started an eight-run rally
that carried the club right on to a
double victory over Brooklyn, and, in
cident2lly, Boston's own Gene Moore
Moore made one of the four hits
off Hal Schumacher In the Bees sec
OH game. then went right on to score
when Mel OFT heaved the ball into
left field. In the opener he contrib
uted final single after Debs Garms
had tripled with bases full to sew up
the game.
Ruffing Pitches Three Hitter.
With the aid of Gehrig's belt, the
Yankee trimmed the Red Sox, 100
and 5-4. The homer gave the Yanks
start from behind in the second
game and Pinky Higgins error in the
ninth let them get the winning tally.
In the opener Red Rufiing hurled
three-hit ball, while New York belted
Lefty Grove out in the fourth to end
his eight-game winning streak. The
two victories jumped the Yanks from
fourth to second in the standings.
York's two homers and one by Hank
Greenberg carried Detroit to a 1919
decision over st. Louis. but the Browns
came right back behind Les Tietje's
six-hit fiinging to win, 80
The Phils' big rally. aided by Muel-
ler's blow. broke up one tight game,
and Brooklyn's lifting of Van Mungo
for pinch-hitter did the same trick
in the second. Philadelphia won both,
9-5 and IA
Cubs Gain Full Game.
Chieago's Cubs gained a full game
on the Giants, when Big Bill Lee, who
has allowed only one run in 81 in
nings, pitched them to six-hit, 80
victory over Cincinnati after the Reds
had won the opener, 49, behind Paul
Derringer
Pittsburgh's Pirates went II innings
and more than four hours to take
the first game from the st. Louis
Cardinals, 5-4, winning out on Stu
Martins wild throw to catch Lee
Handley at third. Curt Davis and
snappy fielding stopped them in the
second clash, however, and the Cards
won, 9-6.