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1882, against the Cubs, the Yankees
again won In four straight games.
In 1896 the Yankees defeated the
Giants, four games to two. and
in 1887 they beat the Giants in a
5-game series. Last year they took
four in q row from the Cubs and
now they hold a 3-to-0 lead in
games over the Reds.
Thompson, q young man who
ranks No. 3 on the Cincinnati staff
and who won 13 games and lost five
during the season, got into trouble
while pitching to the first man,
Frankie Crosetti. He walked the
shortstop and then, after Rolfe's
inf1eld out had put Crosetti on Sec
ond, he pitched that home run ball
to Keller.
Gomez seemed fast Is he faced
the first two Reds, Bill Werber and
Lonnie Frey, and retired them. But
then Goodman, who made three
hits during the afternoon, topped
q pitch and beat the ball into the
ground. It bounced high over the
box and both Gomez and Second
Baseman Joe Gordon raced to get
under it Gomez finally snagged it
and made q snap throw to first but
too late to catch Goodman.
1t was evident that Gomez had
injured his side. He placed his hand
Just behind his right ribs and paved
the ground for a moment before
facing Frank Mccormick, who sim
gled sharply to right to send Good
man to third. Ernie Lombardi, the
catcher, followed with a single to
center, scoring Goodman and
putting Mccormick on second.
Gomez finally retired the side by
tanning Centerfielder Harry Craft,
who had struck out three straight
times in the second game at New
York and who, as a result had run
his strlkeout break to four in q row,
Hadley Has Bumpy Start.
The first two Yanks went out in
order in the second inning. which
explained why Mccarthy allowed
Gomez to bat and strike out. At
that stage of the game, and with a
smuggling match in prospect, the
Yankee manager did not choose to
waste any Of his pinch hitters.
Hadley went to the box in the
second and promptly retired Wally
Berger on third called strike. but
then Shortstop Billy Myers singled
and thompson surprised everybody
by looping another single to left.
When Werber followed with a one
base blow to center Myers scored
and Thompson went to third.
Frey, who has gone hitless in the
series so far, had the first of three
chances today to drive across a run
but Babe Dahlgren grabbed his
bouncer at first base and threw to
Dlckey at the plate, catching
thompson as he tried to score
This made two outs but Hadley still
was in trouble for Goodman banged
a single to right, counting Werber
with the second run of the inning
and putting the Reds ahead 80.
McCormick's infield pop finally
ended the inning as two Yankee
relief pitchers, Steve Sundra and
Johnny Murphy. hurriedly were
warming up.
The Reds lead didn't stand up
half an inning. In the third
Thompson, who began his career
IN 1897 with Paducah in the Kitty
League and who last year pitched
Tor the Columbia team in the Class
B Sally League, walked Keller with
two out and had the poor taste to
throw Di Maggie a pitch which he
liked. Joe lashed out and drove a
ball which cleared by 20 feet the
centerleld fence, 387 feet distant.
Ball Crosses Street.
The ball not only cleared the fence
but sailed across the street, finally
striking the side of a cafe and ca
roming far up a side street with
scores of sidewalk loungers in
pursuit.
Keller tailed ahead of Di Maggie
and the Yankees were in front again,
4 to3.
The Yankees went into a slumu
after this splurge. They went into
slump for whole inning emerging
In the fifth when Rolfe singled with
one down and Keller blasted his
second drive into the rightfield
stands. Then, after Di Maggie had
popped out, Dickey hit his home run
into the same bleachers, and Man
ager Bill McKechnie of the Reds
began to suspect that it wasn't
Thompsons day. So out of the game
came Junior and in went Grissom
who retired the side with no further
damage.
That completed the scoring for
the day. Grissom held the Yanks
IN the sixth and after he gave way
to pinch hitter, Moore, a right
handed rookie, took over and retired
the last nine Yankees in order. The
only we'll hit ball off Moore was bv
Dickey, who led off the eighth with
what looked to be his second home
run and which would have tied the
Yankees record of five homers in q
single series game. The Yanks set
this mark in 1928 against the
Cardinals.
Dlckeys ball was in the bleachers
at right center, but so was Craft.
who sprinted over, leaped high with
outstretched glove and caught the
pau as he fell into the crowd and
temporarily was lost from sight.
Reds Like Mosquitoes.
Hadley pitched better ball after
his initial inning. The Reds both
cred him but only about the way
mosquitoes bother a person. They
just kept pecking away and finally
had to be swatted.
In the fourth, for instance Myers