The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-29
EXTRA BASE HIT POWER WINS FOR YANKEE SQUAD
Heinrich the Hero Sunday Pirates Lose 4 of 5;
 Giants Top Reds
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY

New York, Aug. 29.-CUP)-You want to know why the Yankees win ball games? Well, all you have to do is pick up the current American league batting records and you'll see.
 But at first glance you won't. Mis- leading is the Tanks batting aver age of .280 which places them Tn fifth place. That may throw you off the track right away because the Red SoX are hitting .234. the Senators .291, the Browns 232 and the Indians, .23l.
 Look closer and you'll see secret of the Tanks success. In extra base hits, runs and runs batted Ll they are supreme. They've hit 40 homers, 32 more than Detroit their nearest rival. They've driven in 732 runs, IA more than the Red Sox. In total extra base hits, they've amassed 1,137 bases, 167 more than the Indians.
 These figures in hard, cold type may not be terrifying but when the Tanks swing into action they mean runs and victories. Yesterday the Tanks gave classic illustration of how their extra base power wins ball games They made just four hits but those four hits included two home runs ad . double and were enough to beat the Bowns, who made 12 hits Az.
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 Tommy Henrich, the pink checked outfielder who plays the piano and goes to symphony concerts, eX- ploded the dynamite which wrecked Buck NeWsoms 4-hit game. He blasted out two homers-Nos. r and 13-and double to score and drive in all New York tallicS. He hit his first homer with the bases empty. his second with a mate on base and hIs double was converted into the Tanks fourth run. Having hit two homers in the nightcap of Saturdays dou- ble header with Cleveland, Henrich made it four circuit clouts in his last two games.
 Although he gave up 12 hits Red Ruffing pulled through to score his 18th victory, more than any other major league pitcher this season The triumph combined with the Red Sox's defeat by the Tigers length ened the Tanks lead to B games. longest this season.
 Hank Greenberg's 45th homer and Rudy York's 29th tied the score 3-3 in the Tigers-Red Sox game and enabled Detroit to pull through to a 4-3 victory in 10 innings. Green bergs homer put him nine games and nine days ahead of Babe Ruth's record breaking schedule in 1927 when the Bambino hit 60 Mark Chrstman's triple and Chet Mor- gan's single drove in the Tigers winning run.
 In the other American league games the Aathletics took double header from the White Sox. 5-4 and 7-2, and Cleveland defeated Wash ington, 6-5. The defeat dropepd the Senators to fifth place, the Tigers moving into first division.
 The National league-leading Pitts burg Pirates lost their fourth game in five days at home, this time to the sixth place Brooklyn Dodgers, 8-5. Cookie Lavagettos double with the bases loaded in the second was the big Dodger punch.
 Pitching with clipped bone III his elbow Hal Schumacher tossed the Giants to . "a victory over the nose diving Cincinnatti Reds 7-3. The clouted 15 hits, and narrowed the Pirates lead 10 4 1-2 games.
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 The Chicago Cubs moved within five games of the top by winning twice from the Phillies, 6-5 and 3-l. After spotting the Phils five runs In the first inning of the opener, the Cubs finally won out in the 1lth on Billy Herman's triple, an error, two walks and Phil Cavarretta's single. Vance Page kept the Phils' nine hits scattered in the nightcap
 Bob Weiland's three-hitter gave the St. Louis Cardinals an even break with the Boston Bees. With Weiland Ainvincible the Cards won the opened. 5-1, but Dick Brick son outpitched Curt Davis to give the Bees the nightcap, 20.
 YESTERDAYS HERO-Tommy Henrich, Tanks sophomore out fielder who hit two homers and double for perfect day at bat, ac-
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