The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-08-29
PUTS
YANKS AHEAD
BY 1} GAMES
II Tigers Surge Up Gives
Them lO-Inning Game
With Red Sox

NEW YORK, Au.. 80. CUP)--
Tommy Heinrich, baby-faccd out
fielder who play. the piano and
goes TO symphony concerts, sun
cay personally sIugged the New
Yori: Yankees into the longest
lead they have enjoyed N the
American league this season.
The 24-ycar-OiG Heinrich .cUr-
cd and drove IN al his teams runs
Us var Yankees u'iumphcG over
the st. LOUIS Browns, -, il Il
weird came and heightened their
lead to Is games over the second
place Boston Red SoX. Heinrich
pun on one-man show, clCutlng
TWO holarrs- his nth and 18th
and Goublc for three Of the four
hits Buck Newsom permitted.
But for Hcnrich's betty hitting
Ncwsom M. mt have scored his
l7th victory. Instead Red RuG-
fling, despite the fact that he gave
up II hits, rode to his 18th tn
umph, first maJo" league hur!er
to score that many, on the wings
of Icnrich'$ cXtra-baSe hits.
Heinrich hit q homer in the first
and another in the fifth with Il
mate OIL base. He doubled in the
eighth. moved to third on an er-
ror and scored ON an inhcid out.
Heinrich has hit four circuit cloutS
in his last two games. He hit Il
pair in the second game Of Sat
urday's dOublc-header against the
Cleveland Indians.
DctrOit'S upward surge carried
them to As victory over the
Boston Red SoX in 10 innings.
Hank Grccnberg hit homer No.
As, putting him nine days and
nine games ahead Of Babe Ruth'S
record breaking pace in 1921
when he hit 60. Grecnbcrgs no
mer and York'S 18th circuit clout
tied the score in the seventh and
then the Tigers went ON to win
in the tenth on Mark ChriStman's
triple and Chef Mor2an'S mtieId
hit
Cleveland came out of its pro-
longcd slump by defeating WASH
ington, 6-5. The defeat dumped
the Senators into fifth place as
the Tigers moved into first diyi-
sion. Mel Harder won his l3th
game. although raped for j.
nits. Earl Avcrii. with two
triples, and Campbell and Heath
with one each led the Indians at
tack.
The Philadelphia Athletics took
a twin bill from the Chicago
White SoX. ST and - Buck Ross
kept nine hits. scattered in the
opener and Bob Johnson hit a
double and two singles. Bud
Thomas limited the White SoX to
seven hits in the nightcap and had
Il shutout spoiled in the ninth.
Earl Siebert, As first baseman.
had perfect day in the second
game. "3 for ;.
The Pittsburgh Pirates contin-
ued their noscdive by losing to
the sixth-placc Brooklyn Dod-
gers, So. II was the Pirates
fourth loss in their last five games
at home. Cookie Layagctto'S dou-
BILE. fly which Woody Jensen
misiudged, with the bases loaded
in the second was the Dodgers
big blow. The Pirates made II hits
but had II men stranded.
BY humping Cincinnati, 1-3,
the New York Giants movcw with
in 4 l-2 games Of the Pirates. Hal
Schumacher held the Reds to SIX
hits while the Tcrrymen SIuggcd
Weaver, Davis and CascareILa for
fifteen.
The Chicago Cubs climbed with
in five games of the top by taking
a doubleheader from the PhilIieS,
6-5 and 81. After spotting the
pills five runs in the second IN
ming of the opener, the Cubs
came from behind to win in the
18th on Billy Herman's duoble, an
error, two walks and Phil CAVIAR
retta's single. Vance Page, Cubs
32-year-old rookie. outpitched 81
Johnson and Al Smith to cop the
nightcap.
st. Louis and Boston split
doubleheader, with the Cardinals
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