The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-07-25
YANKS RETAIN
Lead BY GAME
Ruifing for White Sox on
Way to 18th Win, Has
Lame Shoulder

The Yankees. held To two hltN
in the opener. scored two uncaru-
cd runs To blank the SoX 20 in
the opener. Although outpitchcd
Ivy Thornton Lee, Lefty Gomez
went the route. scattering six
gafetieS for >hutout. Both New
York tallicS came in the second
inning when Berger dropped hi
Naggio'S fly and Joe took two
bases. and Lee, who ticldrd Gch-
rigs grounder. threw Wild naSt
third i'm an attempt To catch pi-
Maggie. who scored. Dickey's d"u-
bic brought Lou home.
Chicago won the nl@htcap 81.
Red Ruffug. who had pitched SIN
scorclcSs innings and was we'll on
his way to his l4th victory. pulled
I'D with a lame shoulder IN the
seventh. and in the eighth. the
Sox pounded Murphy and Sundrd
for all their runs. coupling tive
hits with an error and three bases
on balls. Monte Stratton, who was
lifted for a pinch hitter I'm that
hig rally. WAS the winning pitch
or: Murphy. the loser.
The Yauk~ failed e. lose any
ground in the pennan, race as the
dOublc-hcadrr between the sec
ond-placr Cleveland Indians and
the third place Boston Red SoN
was raincd out. go,
Washington divided a twln-hlil
with St. Louis. coming back for
4 Ill victory i'm the uightcap al
ter dropping the opener II rs
they were limited to eight hits 10y
Oral Hildcbraud. The Brownies
walloped Chase and DeShong for
II. firSt-baSeman NcQulnn getting
four i'm four trips. one a homer.
Rookie Emil Leonard held St.
Louis To seven hits in the after
math a. his mates bludgconcd
Van Alta and Cole for -
Detroit broke Il >cvcu-gamr los
mo streak. beating Philadelphia
30 and Is. Hank Grcenbcrg'S
29th home rum with the bases
loaded capped Il >iX-run burst IN
fifth inning of the opener that
rave the Tigers their margin. De
troit pitcher Eldcn Auker suffer-
cd injured thumb that will keen
him out of the game for several
days. Tommy Bridges held tn"
rs To- six hits in the finale.
The Pittsburgh Pirates jumped
their lead i'm the National league
tn four games when they took
both ends of doublc-hcadcr from
the Boston Bees while the second
place New York Giants lost a %
innin. heart breaker to the Chi
cago Cubs.
The Pirates also were extended
10 l. innings before noSIng the
Bees 81 in the first game. John
nv. Rizzo. q major league fresh
man. was the main cog IN the
Cuc'S victory. II was his single
that drove home the tipping rum
in the ninth. and it was his two
basger following Gus Suhr'S dou-
HE that brought in the winner.
lin Tobin. who came to the re-
lief of Bob Klingcr i'm the fifth.
held the Bees ScorclcSS for the
last II innings. permitting hut
five hits. Ell Brandt held the Bees
10 FIVE hits for q - win I'm the
nightcap. which was called after
six innings because Of PittShur%h.S
Sunday law.
Stan Hacks two-haggcr after
urges had singled off Carl Hub
he'll i'm the 18th gave the Cubs
ahcir onc-run margin over the
Giants. Hubbcll. who had relieved
RilI Lohrman with none out IN
the seventh. had scattered six hits
10 hold the Cubs ScoreleSS until
those two blows broke up the ball
gamc. Bill Lee. who pitched nmc
innings on Saturday. took over
the Cub hurting assignment IN
the ninth Yesterday and BANKED
the Giants with four hits for the
last seven frames.
The victory left the Cubs only
2 l-2 games behind the Giants.
Three runs in the first inning
and four more i'm the eighth gave
the Cincinnati Reds 10 victory
in the first came of a doublehead-
or with PHILADELPHIA. The PhiIS
DOT II hits i'm the opener. but
nine men were stranded on the
basepaths. Whitley Moore. who
was relieved BY Paul Dcrrlnger
when the PhilS threatened in the
ninth. was the winning pitcher;
Al Holliug>wurth. who gave up
eight hits over the route, the los
er.
SvI Johnson. 3o-year-old vet
eran. scattered eight hits to the
Reds to win the nightcap. his first
victory Of the year. Johnny Van
dor Nicer. who was yanked after
walking four straight men in the
third inning when the PhilS Scor-
cd four runs. was the loser.
Stout relief pitching by Roy
Henshaw after Brooklyn had
reached Bill McGee for four runs
in the second inning helped the
St Louis Cards to a "a win over
fine Dodgers in the first game OF
a twin bill. Picking away at the
offerings of Luke Hamlin, the
Cards put across the winning
run. -
In the seventh, when. with two
men out. Terry Moore walked.
went to third in Hamlin's wild
peg past first base trying to catch
him off the big. and scored on
Jimmy Browns single HenShaw
allowed onl" two hits over the
last 7 l-3 innings to receive cred
it for winning.
Brooklyn took the nightcap b