The Washington times., 1938-06-07
Giants Face Cubs With
Kdmpouris at End Base
Trade With Reds
Strengthens
Terrynen
BY ANTHONY J. PUGLIESE


Into the lair of the growing Chi
cago Cubs trudged the limping
New York Giants today with moth
ing more hoSpitable in sight than
a tough fourgame series with the
league leaders.
The Giants, barely out Of a six
game losing streak. have plugged
a gap in their infield by the acquis-
ition of Second BaSeman Alex
Kampouris from the Cincinnati
Reds in exchange for Utility Out
fielder Wally Berger.
Bill Terry'S weak spot during
his recent trek downward from
six and a half games in front to
half a game behind the Cubs
| has been second base. Early this
spring Burgess Whitehead, first
string keystone man, recovered
slowly from an appendectomy and
was later stricken with a nervous
breakdown.
READY FOR DUTY
The Giants called on Lou
Chiozza. who fielded fairly wei
but was weak at the plate. Terry
| benched Lou in favor of Mickey
Haslin, who resembled japanese
iuggler on very ordinary lnfield
SmaSheS.
KampouriS is with the Giants,
ready to take his newly assigned
Job against the Cubs, who are
travelling at s torrid pace. From
this series should emerge an indi-
cation of the probable National
League flag winner.
The Cubs, with Al Epperly,
Charley Root, Jack Russell and
Bob Logan sharing pitching
honors, outSlugged the Phillies
10 to 8 yesterday to maintain
a half game lead over the Giants.
Pinky Whitney and Heinie Muel-
Ter homered for the Phillies.
The Giants, meanwhile, snapped
Ia six-game losing streaI behind the
eight-hit pitching of Hal Schu-
macher and the heavy-hitting of
Johnny Mccarthy and Mel OFT,
by defeating the Reds, II to 2.
Mccarthy drove in four runs with
double and three singles, while
OFT hit a three-run homer-hiS
tenth of the year.
LUCAS POUNDED
In Pittsburgh, the Brooklyn
Dodgers scored nine runs in the
first two frames to aid Max
Butcher to his fourth victory-a
I9-to-4 trouncing of the Pirates. The
Dodgers got Is hits off Red Lucas,
Mace Brown and Bill Swift.
Aided by homes by Don Padgett
Don Gutteridge and Joe Medwick,
the st. Louis Cardinals submerged
the Boston Bees, II to 2.
The New York Yankees cut the
Cleveland Indians lead to three
games by beating the St. Louis
Browns 6 to S, as Cleveland lost a
5-to-4 thinning decision to the
Washington Senators. Joe Di
Maggie came through with his
eighth homer, and Frankie Gro
setti singled. scoring Knicker-
booker with the winning New York
tally.
14TH HOMER FOR FOXX
The only other American
League game besides the Nat-In-
dianS tilt saw Jimmy Foxx hit his
l4th homer and a single, driving
in four runs as the Boston Red
Sox beat the Detroit Tigers, 8 to
Z. Charley Gehringer homered
for Detroit.
CHICAGO, June 7 G.N.S.).
Bill Lee, a big right-handed pitch
ing ace of the Chicago Cubs, was
aiming for his fourth straight
shutout today as he prepared to
take the mound in the first of
a four-game series against the New
York Giants.
Trailing a half game behind
the pace-setting Cubs in the Ma
tional League race, Bill Terry
planned to send his lanky south
paw, Cliff Melton, to the firing
line.
After taking terrific lacing in
early-season games, Lee got into
stride with 1-to-0 shutout over
the Giants on May II. He now
has a string of 80 consecutive
6coreless innings and has yielded
only one run in his last Al in
nings.
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