The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-16
GIANTS HOOK UP WITH PIRATES
 IN 'B|C' SERIES
Champs Get Chance to Test Class of Pittsburgh;
 DOerr a Hero
By GEORGE KIRKSEY


 New York, July 16-(UP)-The Giants, and Bill Terry in particular, have been scorning the Pittsburgh Pirates pennant bid ever since they started their climb that reached the top.
 Today the Giants got 8 chance to prove that the Pirates are phoneys and haven't the stuff to set the pace and fight off all challengers in a ding dong race. Bill Terry and his two-time champions moved into Pittsburgh for red-hot series which is quite likely to prove whether the Pirates are made of championship mettle or were just having one of their seasonal spurts when they won 13 games in a row.
 Klinger vs. Melton
 Opposing pitchers for today's battle, expected to pack Forbes field to its capacity of 10000, were Bob Klinger, Pirates rookie who leads the National league mounds men with seven victories and one defeat, and Black Mountain Music Melton, the Giants hill-billy south paw, who has won nine and lost six
 In nine games with the Giants the Pirates have been able to more than hold their own, winning five and losing four. Still they have folded so often under pressure in the past that they've got to con- tinue winning to be recognized in the inner circle as bona fide pen nant contenders.
 The Giants trailed the Pirates by only ,002 percentage points as the series opened. New York picked up a full game on Pittsburgh yester- day by defeating Cincinnati, 3-2, while Brooklyn knocked off the Pirates, 9-4. Hal Schumacher's single with the bases loaded drove in the run by which the Giants snapped the Reds seven-game win- ming streak and beat Johnny Dou- ble No-Hit) Wander Nicer. Ival Goodman hit homer No. g in the eighth but Dick Coffman came in to stop the Reds rally.
 Luke Hamlin held the Pirates to eight hits as the Dodgers beat the league leaders. The Dodgers, led by Ernie Roy, collected 13 hits off Swift and Sewell. Roy hit single, dou- ble and triple in four trips.
 The Chicago Cubs, hearing rumors that their manager, Charlie Grimm, may be fired, clicked off their third straight vicotry by beating the Phil lies. Al. Larry French kept the Phils' 10 hits scattered and himself hit a double and single.
 St. Louis Cardinals snapped an eight game losing streak when they pounded out IA hits to beat the Bos- ton Bees 10-6.
 .. Going Up!
 In the American league the New York Yankees moved away from the slumping Cleveland Indians and the Boston Red Sox; crept up from behind on the tribe. By winning a six-inning game from the Detroit Tigers, 80, the Tanks increased their lead to game and 8 half. bSAVy 1OiiCL niioWCu Clll CC lllIo, oCOl ing his seventh victory, before it rained.
 Staging three-run rally in the eighth the Athletics came from be- hind to defeat the Indians, 5-4. Sam Chapman led the As attack with two doubles and triple as Hudlin, Zuber and Galehouse were rapped for 10 hits. Buck Ross let the Indians down with seven hits.
 Bobby Doerr's home run with the bases loaded enabled the Boston Red Sox to defeat the St. Louis Browns, 5-3, and move within a game and half of the second-place Indians. It was the ninth straight loss for St. Louis.
 The Chicago White Sox upset Washington, 11-3. Thornton Lee hit a homer and held the Senators to nine scattered hits while the White. Sox collected 16.
 YESTERDAYS HERO: Bobby Doerr, Red Sox second baseman, who clouted a grand slam" homer to beat the Browns.