The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-24
LEAD OF GIANTS
 CUT DOWN BY DANGEROUS REDS
Cincinnati Club Gets Best of Series; Red SOx Lose
 Runner-Up Spot
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent)

(Unlted Press Sta1I COrreSpOnuchtJ
 New York, June 24-CUP)-New tenants occupied second place spots in both Major Leagues today with the Cincinnati Reds hot on the trail of the league-leading New York Giants and the New York Yankees gathering their forces for another drive on the pace-setting Cleveland Indians.
 After one day in third place Gin cinnati bounced back into second yesterday by polishing off the Giants, 8-5, and trimmed New York's lead to a game and a half.
 Johnny Wander Nicer, Reds sen- sational no-hit, no-run pitcher, scored his eighth straight triumph but wasn't around at the finish. Joe Cascarella's relief pitching in the last 1-2 innings and Center Field CT aHrry Crafts spectacular catch of Hank Leiber's line drive in the ninth enabled Vande rMeer to hang up his ninth victory.
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 Wander Nicer allowed Il hits and 4 runs in ' 2-3 innings. He had 60 lead when Sam Leslie hit homer in the sixth. Then Mel Otis homer with a man on base helped to unsteady him. Wander Nicer gave up as many runs against the Giants yesterday as he had in the previous GA innings he had pitched.
 The Tanks turned on the Indians after losing three straight and salvaged the final game of the se- ries, 8-6. Bump Hadley held the Indians in check until the ninth when they rallied to score five runs. Johnny Murphy had to put the fire out. Red Rolfe led the Tanks 14-hit attack on Galehouse, Milnar and Zuber with two dou- bles and two singles. Lou Gehrig and Bill Dickey hit homers. The triumph enabled the Tanks to re- gain second place, 3 1-2 games back of the Indians.
 Detroit moved into fourth place and knocked Boston out of second by scoring 10-2 triumph over the Red Sox. Rudy York hit homer No. 20, Hank Greenberg No. 18 and Chet Laabs No. T. Johnny Marcum was knocked out of the box but George Gill settled down after a shaky start.
 Dutch Leonard kept eight hits scattered as Washington trimmed the White Sox, 12-0. West, Lewis and Travis made three hits each in 16-hit attack on Whitehead and Gabler. Buddy Myer hit a homer.
 Lynn Nelson scored his eighth triumph against one defeat in pitching the Athletics to a 7-1 vic- tory over the St. Louis Browns. Sam Chapman hit homer No. g and Lou Finney got circuit clout with mate on. The defeat was the eighth straight loss for Jim Walkup who hasn't won game.
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 Brooklyn snapped a 3-game los ing streak by defeating Pittsburgh, VI. 1OV [ ACoollCl oCOlcQ HIS SlxUQ victory, limiting the Pirates to six hits. Babe Phelps drove in six runs with homer, double and sin gle.
 Rookie Richard Erickson, mak- ing his first Major League start collapsed in the ninth as the St Louis Cardinals beat the Boston Bees, 2-1. Erickson had the cards blanked, To, when Slaughter dou- bled, Medwick was hit by pitched ball. Then with two out Erickson walked Pepper Martin and Mize to force in the taying tally. Mickey Owens single drove in the winning run.
 YESTERDAYS HERO - Iyal Goodman, Cincinnati outfielder who hit homer No. 18 and two sin gles and led the Reds attack which upset the Giants 8-5