The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-01
.YANKS PITCHING
STAFF PROVES
CLASS or LOOP
Pearson, Chandler Won
z Games Sunday; Red
Sox Drop Two
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY
UNITED Press STAFF Correspondent

UNITED Press staff Correspondent
Chicago, Aug. 1-UP)-Just men,
ton Monte Pearson and Spud
Chandler to Joe Mccarthy today
and you'll hear an Irish chuckle.
With Pearson and Chandler pitch
ing winning baseball, the New. York
Yankees are likely to be a shoo-in
to capture their third straight Amer
lean League pennant. Without them,
the burden on Red Ruffing and Lefty
Gomez might be too much. But
with the four Of them the Yanks
don't have to concede pitching hon.
ors to any club.
That's why Mccarthy smiles when
you mention Pearson and Chandler
today. They proved yesterday that
they are ready to go right down the
line In the stretch battle.
Nice Work
Pearson restricted the Chicago
White Sox to five hits In the first
game yesterday as the Yanks won,
81. Then Chandler came back to
win a 15-inning game, 7-3, in which
he permitted only eight hits. At one
stage of the game, Chandler, ex-
Georgia football star, retired twenty
consecutive White Sox batsmen. Dur
ing the entire "a innings in both
games the two Yankee pitchers per-
mitted more than one hit in only
two Of them.
Those two triumphs behind the
stellar pitching Of Pearson and
Chandler gave the Yanks seven tri-
umphs in eight games in the west,
including a winning streak of four
straight. AS Cleveland was rained
out, the Yanks increased their lead
to two games.
Red Rolfe paced the Yankee at
tack in the opener with four hits in
five times at bat. Tommy Heinrich
raped out five hits In eight trips in
the nightcap In which the Yanks got
IT hits.
The Boston Red Sox stubbed their
toe twice III st. Louis losing to the
Browns 7-6 and 1912, the second
game going only seven innings. Mel
Almeda's single won the opener and
a seven run attack in the first in
ming Of the second game clinched
that affair. The double defeat
dropped the Red Sox five and one
half games behind the Yanks.
Pittsburgh's. four game winning
streak was snapped by Brooklyn
when Bill Posedel scored 4-3 VIC
tory, allowing only nine hits. Doll
Camilli hit homer with a man on
base while Johnny Rizzo hit a round
tripper for the BUGS.
Errors Beat Giants
Cincinnati nosed out the Giants,
7-6, in II innings. A pair of errors
by Mel OFT and Walter Brown
helped the Reds score the winning
tally. Frank Mccormick singled,
went to second on an out, and raced
to third when Mel OFT let Hank
Leiber's throw from the outfield on
Crafts fly elude him. Then he
scored when Brown threw wild to
the plate.
The Chicago Cubs blew their fourth
straight game, losing IL opener Of a
twin bill to the Phillies, 6-5, in IL
innings. Then they came back in the
nightcap to battle uphill to a 40
victory. Bill Atwoods homer won
the opener. Gabby Hartnett and
Charlie Root Oldest major league
battery, combined to win the second
game. Hartnett singled, stole second
while Collins famed, and scored on
Roots single.
The Boston Bees scored double
victory over the st. Louis Cardinals
by the same score 80. Danny Mac
Hayden allowed eight hits in the first
game and Lou Fette yielded only
seven in the nightcap.
YESTERDAYS HERO spud
Chandler, Yankee pitcher, who al
lowed only eight hits in scoring
15-inning victory over the Whits