The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-07
GREAT STRUGGLE FOR LEADERSHIP
 GETS UNDER WAY
Melton and Lee Hook Up in Mound Duel Today;
 Schumacher Hero
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY

United Press Staff Correspondent
 New York, June 7.-(UP)-One of the oldest and bitterest feuds in the National league was renewed to- day with the Chicago Cubs battling the New York Giants at Wrigley field, Chicago, for the league lead.
 Cubs against Giants in dog-eat- dog battle brings back memories of many raging diamond skirmishes- with John J. McGraw matching wits against Frank Chance, the peerless leader; play-off games with the title in the balance; and great pitching duels with Christy Mathew son and Mordeci Brown, among others, making mound history.
 As the clubs moved into action today the Cubs hold .002 percen- tage lead, having moved to the top two days ago in a sustained drive which came simultaneously with a long Giant losing streak. Until the Giants hit this rough passage in which they lost six straight, they had held the league lead continu- ously since opening day.
 Opposing moundsmen today were Cliff Melton, the mountain musick boy of the Giants staff with a record of ' victories and 2 defeats, and big Bill Lee, Cubs right-hander who has pitched three consecutive shutouts and allowed only one run in the last 46 innings.
 The Cubs held their league lead yesterday by slugging out a 10-8 victory over the Phillies. Betting Bucky Walters and Pete Sivess for all their runs in the first four innings, the Cubs stayed off late rallies by the Phils. Frank Deina- rec led the Cubs 12-hit attack with three singles. Whitney and Mueller hit homers for the Phils.
 Breaking their six-game losing streak the Giants tritlmphed over Cincinnati, 11-2. Johnny McCar- thy came out of prolonged slump with three singles and double, driving in four runs. Hal Schu- macher kept the Reds eight hits scattered. In addition to beating the Reds, the Giants left town with second baseman Alex Kampouris to plug their leaking infield gap. The Giants gave outfielder Wally Berger for the little Greek infielder, who always has played his best at the Polo Grounds.
 In the other two National league games Brooklyn won from Pitts burgh, 9-4, by scoring seven runs in a first inning salvo, and the St. Louis Cardinals triumphed over the Boston Bees, 11-2, with little Roy Henshaw, the pitcher they had to take on a ruling by Commissioner Landis, allowing only six hits. Joe Medwick had a perfect day, A for A."
 The Yankees clipped game off the Indians American league lead by coming from behind to trim the St. Louis Browns, 6-5, while Cleveland lost Thinning game to Washington, 5-4. After spotting the Browns five runs the Yankees came back to pull the game out of the fire when Joe DiMaggio hti homer No. 8, with mate on base, and Frankie Crosetti banged out the game winning single in the eighth. After staging a three-run rally in the ninth to tie the score Cleveland succumbed to the Sena- tors in the 11th when Zeke Bon ura's double drove in the winning run.
 Bobby Doerr's single in the ninth climaxed series of rallies which enabled the Boston Red Sox to overtake the Detroit Tigers for a 8-7 victory. At one time Detroit held a 7-2 lead. Jimmy Foxx hit homer No. IA to break the deadlock for the American home run leader ship.
 YESTERDAYS HERO-Hal Schu- macher, Giants right-hander, who stopped his teams nosedive by halt ing the Cincinnati Reds with an eight-hit game.
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