Evening star., 1939-08-24
New Yorks Race
AT 800 Clip in
Last IS Ti|ts
Chisox Showed Aside
In Twin Bill; Reds
Not So Shoky
BY SID FEEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

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This might be an open letter to
Mr.. Clark (Old Fox Griffith, with
copies to the other members OF the
Mourn the Yankees Cheering and
Chowder Society"
But it isn't.
It's simply by way of letting the
folks know the crumbling Yanks,
the club that was ready for the old
mems home and didn't know it, are
limping along again at mere 300
clip since they were getting the
wake" ready two weeks ago.
Or, let's put it this way: BY TAX
ing IL out of their last IS games, the
most recent a double-header sweep
at To and 1914 over the red hot Chi
cago White Sox yesterday, the
Yankees are in spot now where, by
playing 500 ball the rest of the way
in, the Boston Red Sox could over
take them only by moving at a 13O
pace.
Reds Not So Jittery.
In the light of recent develop
ments. it appears the parties Of the
second part in this falls World
Series will be those not-so- -jittery
Reds from Cincinnati. They tossed
a row of goose eggs at the Phillies
yesterday for a 80 decision to climb
51a games in front of the National
League, while the st. Louis Cardi-
nails lost their third straight to
Brooklyn, 8-3.
The surge of the Yankees, al
though largely due to Joe Di Maggie,
skyrocketing back to the 400 mark.
and Twjrlers Red Rufflng and Alley
Donald. who turned in yesterdays
twin wins. has been more successful
because of the cogs replacing the
ailing and worn-out parts. Namely,
these replacements are Babe Dahl
gren on first base and Charley (Kil-
ler) Keller in right field.
OF course, Dahlgren has been
around since Iron Horse Lou Gehrig
went into the roundhouse, but only
lately has he hit his batting stride.
In this last splurge he has collected
of the clubs 26 homers and has
driven in II runs.
Keeler on Batting Spree.
Keller was showed into the right
field slot when Tommy Heinrich
couldn't even buy a loud foul. And
in this past two-week stretch he
has been hitting at only .43l clip.
He treated himself to four hits in
yesterdays nightcap.
That double win, incidentally,
boosted the Yanks eight full games
in front of the Red Sox, who took
their single game in st. Louis, 81,
as Fritz Ostermueller tossed a four
hitter.
Paul Derringer's shutout elbow
ing and Harry Crafts homer did
the trick for the Reds over the
Phillies. while, so far as the Dodgers
were concerned, the gas in the st.
Louis Gas House Gang continued to
be just so much hot air. The
dizziness boys came through largely
through Lefty Al Hollingsworths S
eight-hit hurting, although the
Cards Johnny Mize and Jimmy
Brown, injured in a collision the
day before, were out of action.
One-Hitter Barely Missed.
Pitching masterpiece of the day
was turned in by Sailor Bill Posedel
and his sailer ball, with a one-hit-
ter, which gave the Boston Bees a
10 decision over the Pittsburgh
Pirates. Only Pep Young's scratch
single spoiled the no-hitter. Dea-
con Danny MacFayden muf1led the
Buc bats, 81, in the nightcap for
a sweep of the bill.
Seven homers were hit in Detroit
before the Athletics nipped the
Tigers, 7-6, in II innings in the
only other American League game.
The Chicago Cubs, collected a dozen
hits and trampled the weary New
York Giants, 8-3.