Evening star., 1938-06-08
TRIBE, LIKE CUBS,
IS MEETING TEST
Win Over Bosox Gives Five
Out of Seven on Road.
Bruins Beat Giants.
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON. Jr.,
Associated Press Sports Writer.


In the excitement over this New
York. Chicago struggle for the lead
ership Of the National League, don't
forget that the Cleveland Indians also
are engaged in some highly important
encounters and coming out Of them
very successfully.
The Cubs, triumphant in the OPEN
ing battle Of pitching and home runs,
have a 11s-game lead today, but they
can lose it all in this afternoons
double -header. Carl Hubbell Is due to
hurl one game for the Giants, and it's
not often he gives q rival q chance
to pull away.
Chicago won the opener, to 2, yes
terday on the combination of Big Bill
Lees seven-hit f1inging and the four
ply swatting Of Billy Herman and Joe
Marty. Lee, who had pitched three
straight shutouts, had his string bro
ken after IS innings by Mel Otis elev-
enth homer Of the year in the fourth
frame. The Chicago pitcher tied the
count himself in the fifth when he
singled, took second on a fielder's
choice and galloped home on Carl Rey-
nold's base hit.
Bosox Extend Indians.
The remainder of the Cubs runs
came in the seventh and ended Cliff
Melton's stay on the mound. Herman
broke the deadlock with long homer,
his FIRST Of the season; Frank Demaree
singled and Marty finished the lob with
his homer.
Meanwhile the Indians, whose near
est rivals in the American League all
are in the East. won one the hard way
from Boston, 7 to S. Since leaving
home last week, the Tribe has won
two out Of three each from the Phila-
delphia Athletics and third-place
Washington Senators, and the FIRST
from Boston, which Is q good fourth In
the standings.
A one-man rebellion by Johnny Al
len, the fiery finger, preceded Cleve-
lands comeback. Johnny was given q
two-run lead in the first but lost II
when Jimmie Foxx belted his fifteenth
home run. Then he got into an argu-
| ment with Umpire Bill MCGOWAN after
Joe Cronin, Boston manager, protested
that Aliens tattered shirt sleeve gave
him an unfair advantage. MCGOWAN
sent Allen to the clubhouse to change
the shirt and Johnny just stayed there
Even Manager Oscar Witt couldn't get
him out, 50 he handed out a $3.50 fine
instead and sent Bill Zuber to the
mound.
zuber was plastered for three runs
in the third, but Johnny Humphries
held the Sox hitless for the last 62a
innings. Cleveland won out in the
ninth when Lyn Larry singled, Odell
Hale doubled and Earl Averill tripled
Gives Four Game Lead.
That victory again stretched the In
dians' lead to four games as the Sec
ond-place New York Yankees went
down, 8-5, before the Chicago White
Sox. Thornton Lee, Chicago hurler
scattered nine hits well and pasted q
! homer himself to send Charley Running
to the showers in the seventh. Five
hits and four runs in the second al
ready had ruined Rufing's chances.
Aided by Rudy York's eleventh
homer, the Detroit Tigers beat out the
Athletics, 5-4. although the Mackmen
had the winning run on base in the
ninth when Bob Johnson's drive fell
just short Of the stands and was taken
for the last out.
Brooklyns surprising Dodgers hung
| up their nth victory in seven games
in the West. A four-run fifth inning,
plus brilliant relief hurling by vito
Tamulis after Joe Medwick and Don
Padgett had hit for the circuit In the
same frame, enabled them to turn back
the st. Louis Cardinals, rs.