The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-12
GIANTS MAKING | NICE COMEBACK
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BY LEsLIEAvERY

United Press Staff Correspondent
 New York, June 11---(AP)--A lot of harsh things have been said about Bill Terry and his giants in the last few months, but Memphis Bills club is only 2 1-2 games behind the second place Cardinals today.
 Since June 1, they have won eight out of 12 and compiled a winning streak of five straight.
 Their double victory over Pitts burgh yesterday lifted them to fifth place, the highest they've been since May 8. In the interim they sank to undisputed possession of the cellar and made the gradual climb back. Of course, this recent showing was all made on their home Polo grounds but it was at the expense of the four Western clubs, which are sup posed to stand head and shoulders over the Eastern outfits.
 The Giants scuttled the Corsairs 7-3 and 5-4 yesterday. Harry Gum bert went the route in the opener, scattering eight hits for his seventh victory. The nightcap was tighter with Alex Kampouris' home run in the eighth the deciding blow. Mel Ott hit his 10th of the year in the first frame.
 Reds As Is
 The National League leading Cin- cinnati Reds retained their five game spread over the Cardinals by dividing double-header with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Before capacity crowd of 35, ,893 at Ebbets Field, the Reds put over two runs in the 10th to defeat the Dodgers 3-1 in the opener. Bucky Walters scoring his eighth victory. The Dodgers came back to take the nightcap 9-8 in II innings. Babe Phelps double with the bases loaded drove in three runs to tie the count 7-7 in the. ninth. The Reds pushed one tally across in the 11th, but the Dodgers came back with 8 pair, Johnny Hudson sliding into home with the winning run on bad throw from third. The split left Brooklyn in third place, 1 1-2 games behind the Cardinals.
 The Phillies took their series against the Cardinals by splitting a twin bill for three victories out of four games. Morris Arnovich's single with the bases jammed in the 11th gave the Phils the opener 5-4, and the Cards came back to salvage the finale, Al, with a four-run rally in the ninth. Arnovich's homer was the only Phil Tally in the nightcap.
 Chicago and Boston also split, the Bees winning 4-3 in the curtain raiser, and the Cubs taking the aftermath 5-3, which had to be stopped in the seventh, and reverted back to the sixth because of the Boston law which ends all Sunday baseball promptly at 6:30 p. m. Dizzy Dean was unable to hold a three run lead and was driven to the showers by a three-run Bee burst in the se- cond frame.
 In the American League, the New York Yankees scored a double vic- tory and increased their lead to nine games over the Boston Red Sox, who split pair. The Tanks beat St.. Louis 8-5, and 5-1. Red Ruffing coasted to his ninth victory in the opener and Bump Hadley tanned his ex-mates with seven-hitter in the second.
 Homer Beats Grove
 The Chicago White Sox beat Lefty Grove and the Red Sox, 7-5, behind Ted Lyons nine-hit pitching as Joe Kuhel hit a game-winning homer in the ninth inning of the first game, but Boston squeezed out a 4-3 verdict in the nightcap. Jim Tabor, rookie Red Sox third-base- man, had a field day, cracking out two triples in the second game after a homer and single in the opener.
 The Cleveland Indians moved to within two games of the Red Sox when they nosed the Athletics twice, 4-3 and 3-2. Rollie Hemsley doubled and scored the winning run in the ninth of the opener. Jeff Heath's seventh homer of the year proved to be the margin in the second tilt.
 Buck Newsom scored his sixth victory in pitching the Detroit Tig- CTS to a 6-3 decision over the Wash ington Senators. He gave up 10 hits, but kept them scattered while the Bengals combined three Senators errors with seven safe blows to beat Rookie Joe Haynes.