The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-05
YANKEES HAVE AMERICAN LOOP
 FLAG 'BAGGED'
New Workers Nearly Is Games Up On Red Sox;
 Fletcher, Appleton Star
By GEORGE KIRKsEY United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
 New York, Sept. 5-(UP)-The Yankees today were rolling down the home stretch with the American league pennant in the bag.
 By kicking the Athletics around twice yesterday, 7-6 and 20, they placed themselves in @ position where they would have to outdo all previous September collapses to toss away the pennant. The Red Sox helped the Tanks more than some- what by blowing a pair to Washing ton, 7-6 and GA.
 With 14ia game lead and only 25 games left to play the Tanks need to win only 2of them to clinch the flag regardless of what the Red Sox do. Boston can win all its re- maining 26 games and still not fin- ish ahead of the Tanks.
 The National league race is some- thing else again. The Reds are do- ing their best to make it another photo finish. They lost to the Cards yesterday, 40, and then fought like mad men to gain 6-6 tie in the nightcap called at the end of the ninth because of darkness. The tie will be played of today, both clubs having open dates. Ed Joost's double and Bill Werber's sinble in the ninth enabled the Reds to tie the count and saved 8 double loss. The Cards victory, accomplished with four run rally of Whitey Moore in the first frame, trimmed Cincinnati's lead to four games.
 Pittsburgh gave the Cubs a dose of their own medicine of September a year ago when they knocked of the Wrigleys 2-l and 6-3, just about sounding death knell on the Cubs flickering pennant hopes, leav- ing them eight of the pace-l2 on the losing side. Elbie Fletcher's homer with the bases damned won the nightcap after Max Butcher had out-twirled Dizzy Dean in the opener.
 Moving Up
 The Giants regained fourth place by grabbing doubleheader from the Phillies, 10-0 and 7-6. Billy Jurges' single in the ninth won the night cap. Kirby Higbe, who was knocked out in the first game, was also charged with the loss of the night cap when he came in as a relief pitcher and put the winning run on base.
 Brooklyn divided with the Bees, winning the opener, 5-4 on Cookie Lavagetto's single and losing the closer, 5-2.
 Red Rolfe's single in the eighth climaxed fiev-run rally which gave the Tanks a 7-6 win over the As in the opener. Marius Russo hurled three-hitter to give the Bombers the nightcap.
 Charley Gelbert's triple with the bases loaded was the high spot of Washington's rally which won the opener from the Red Sox, 7-6. de- spite Jimmy Foxx's 33rd homer. Pete Appleton held the Red Sox to four hits in the afterpiece, one of them a homer by Joe Cronin.
 The Browns defeated the Tigers, 3-2, behind Bob Harris five-hit pitching but were held to 5-5 tie (called in the eighth because of darkness) in the nightcap.
 The Chicago White Sox drove Bob Teller from the box with a three run burst in the 10th to beat the In- dians, 5-3, before a night crowd of 30000 in Cleveland. The afternoon game scheduled was rained out.
 TESTER RDAY'S HERO: Elbie Fletcher, who hit his 11th homer with the bases loaded in the second game to give Pittsburgh twin win over the Cubs.