The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-08-15
GIANTS TWICE
DRUBPHILLIES
Wins Chissel Another Half
Game From Pirate
Lead in National

NEW YORK. Aug. Is. (tP)-
The New York Giants whitfield
another haf-gamc off the Pitts
burgh Pirates National league
lead Yesterday when they blasted
out 81 base hits to beat the I'M
potent Philadelphia PhillicS twice.
Jimmy Ripple and Dick Bartcl
paced the Giants l4-hit attack in
the opener. each getting three as
the New Workers scored Ito
shutout. In the nightcap. Bill CiS-
sell. newly acquired Shortstop,
connected for four SafcticS to lead
a 20-hit assault that accounted
for a l4-6 triumph. Peculiarly,
Giant pitchers failed to go the
route in either game. Hal Schu-
machcr retired in the seventh
frame Of the curvain raiser COM
planning of sore arm. Bill Lohr-
man was lifted after the Pills had
scored two in the ninth Of the
nightcap.
The double victory sent the
Giants to within 1 - games OF
the Pirates who scored a 20
shutout over the Chicago Cubs:
Russ BaucrS broke the BUGS
three-gamc losing streak by hold
ing the Cubs to four hits until the
ninth when the Cubs loaded the
bases with none out and Mace
Browns had to he called to put
out the fire. Johnny Rizzo's l2th
homer of the season in the sec
ond inning gave BauerS the run
he needed to win.
The Cub defeat allowed the
Cincinnati Reds to gain a halt
game on third place as they d.
vidcd double-header with the
st. Louis Cardinals. Paul Derrin-
ger scattered II hits to win the
opener. ST, but Clyde Shoun'S
six-hit twirling triumphed 81 for
St. Louis i'm the second game.
Crafts sixth inning homer with
a mate aboard gave the Reds
their margin in the curtain raiser,
The Cards collected IL SafetleS,
including Joe Medwick'S four
Dagger. off Moore. Weaver and
SchOtt, to take the aftermath.
Boston and Brooklyn also split
a pair. Fat Fred FitzSimmonS
pitched the best game in the
league when he allowed but three
hits to blank the Bees 20 in the
opener. Danny MacFayden allow
cd but eight SafetieS. one OF them
CamphClrS single with the bases
loaded that scored RoScn and
Hudson i'm the seventh. Lou Fcttc
scored his eight straight for BoS-
ton in the nightcap, distributing
II hits for "a victory. The Bees
batted Lee Rogers from the box
with a threc-run burst IN the
third frame that clinched the is
sue.
The New York Yankees incrcaS-
ed their American league lead an
other half-game to 7 - when
they beat the Philadelphia Athlet-
les in both ends of d double-mat-
inee. The first one was close, the
Yanks winning AS as Georgia
Selkirk clouted a home run off
Edgar Smith in the ninth. Gehrlg
and Dickey also contributed four
baggers to the first victory. Geh-
rig hit another in the nightcap to
aid the YankS to % triumph.
Spud Chandler scattered eight
hits to the AS in the opener, and
OMnte Pearson allowed nine to
win the nightcap.
The Second-place Cleveland In
dams scored GA over Chicago,
Earl Averill'S home run in the
eighth starting the two-run rally
that beat Monty Stratton. Ken
Keltner clouted four-bagger for
the Indians with a mate aboard
in the second.
The veteran Harry Kelley pitch
ed a five-hittcr as the Washington
Senators won their third straight
over Boston, ii. Kelley, only
Senator to get more than one nit,
drove in three runs with two SIN
giles to win his own game.
A clean single to left field by
George TebbettS. Detroit catcher,
barred the door to basebal'S hall
of fame for Buck NewSom, whose
one-hit pitching performance gave
the St. Louis Browns IL victory
i'm the first game OF a double
header. This lone hit came in the
seventh inning after Newsom had
been robbed of a shutOut by Beau
Bells three-base error of Jo-Jo
Whites fly. NewsOm famed II
and gave up half as many bases
on balls. The Browns batted Yer
non Kennedy from the box with
five runs in the second.
The second game ended in a
3-3 tie, called at the end of the
ninth because of darkness. The
Tigers scored twice in the ninth
to deadlock the score.