The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-13
YANKEES, GIANTS
 BACK IN PICTURE
Third Subway World Series Looks Good;
 Tigers Win Prize
By GEORGE KIRKSEY


 New York, June 13-CUP)-The paramount issue in the majors to- day concerned the Yankees and the Giants and how to keep them from staging their third subway world series.
 A few days ago both New York teams seemed to be cracking up. The Tanks lost three in row to the White Sox, who previously had lost Il out of 12 games. The Giants dropped six in row and were laundering all over the west.
 Overnight they both leaped back into the foreground of the pennant picture. The Tanks righted them selves in the nick of time and to- day boasted winning streak of three straight which lifted them to within a game and half of the league-leading Cleveland Indians. The Giants fought their way back into the National league lead by winding up their western campaign with five victories in their last six games.
 Again the cries arose: Stop the Yankees! Stop the Giants!
 Cleveland with 31a game lead when they came to New York, moved back home today after taking two straight lickings from the Tanks. The Tanks proved again that when the chips are down they are the meanest club in baseball. They beat Cleveland's two greatest pitchers in one game-Johnny Allen and Bob Teller who folded before 43,702 fans yesterday.
 Red Ruff1ng scored his eighth victory, beating the Indians, 7-6. Ruffing hit homer with two mates aboard, and rookie Joe Gordon won the game with a homer off Teller in the eighth with Dickey on base.
 In the west the Giants divided a doubleheader with the St. Louis Cardinals to maintain their two game National league lead over the Chicago Cubs. The Giants ran their winning streak to five straight by taking the first game, '8-5. The Cards won their first game of the season from the Giants by annex ing the nightcap, Al. Carl Hub bell failed in bid for his 20Oth victory.
 It was "big inning" day around most of the circuit yesterday. The Detroit Tigers took down the prize by beating Washington, 18-12, after trailing at one time, 11-l. With Gehringer and York hitting homerS in the sixth the Tigers scored 10 runs. Even so they went into the ninth one run behind, but staged seven-run rally.
 The Athletics won the days only twin triumph by beating the St. Louis Browns, 8-3 and 10 6 in- nings). Bob Johnson hit two homerS for the As in the first game. :. The Boston Red SoX and Chi cago White Sox broke even in doubleheader. The Red Sox won the opener, 3-2, on Ben Chapman's double in the eighth. The White Sox took the nightcap, 4-3, on Gerald Walkers ninth inning homer.
 Scoring nine runs in the eighth inning the Cubs beat Brooklyn, 9e3, but succumbed to Freddy Fitzsimmons' four-hit pitching to lose, GO, in the second game. Dolf Camilli hit a homer with the bases loaded off Larry French in the nightcap.
 Cincinnati split with Boston, the Bees winning the first game, 6-5 in 10 innings and the Reds taking the second game, "A. Fletcher's single won the first game, while Paul Derringer outpitched Jim Turner in the nightcap. Ival Good man hit homer No. IA. A crowd of 33,735 attended.
 Scoring ten runs in the fifth and sixth innings Pittsburgh won from the Phillies, 11-5. Mace Brown scored his eighth relief victory.
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