Evening star., 1939-06-26
Reach High Spoi
With Conquest
Of Red|egs
Despite Hospital List,
Terrymen Win 13 Of
Last IS Games
BY JUDSON BAILEY,

ASsoClateO fTeSS sports writer.
New York's baseball fans haven't
started chanting subway series"
yet, but it's fact their Giants are
the hottest thing in baseball right
now, and in the inflammable Ma
tional League anything can happen.
Bill Terry's Terribles completed
their Western swing by sweeping an
entire three-game series with the
pace-setting Cincinnati Reds-an
unheard-of conquest this season.
The 80 victory ground out by
the Giants yesterday was their 18th
in Is games since June 7. At the
start of this streak New York was
in sixth place, 10 games behind the
Reds. Now the club has climbed to
third place, just half a game be-
hind the st. Louis Cardinals and
four and one-half behind the Reds.
Zeke Ace Clutch Hitter.
The Giants haven't made less than
seven hits in the 15-game stretch
nor less than nine in their last
nine games. Until yesterday no
pitcher had gone the route against
them during the squirt.
Zeke Bonura, taking over the
league leadership in runs batted
in, has lifted his percentage hitting
20 points to .370 and clouted four
home runs in less than three weeks.
He tripled in the second inning
yesterday to start a tWo-run punch
and then singled the winning run
across in the third inning.
Perhaps most significant of all.
the Giants have won in spite of
handicaps other than the usual
rigors of a road trip. Walter Brown,
their best relief pitcher, sprained
an ankle and didn't finish the swing.
Burgess Whitehead has been out of
the lineup, and Joe Moore and Billy
Jurges, among others, have been i'll
or injured at some stage of the
jaunt.
Cubs Hold Swift Pace.
Pressing close behind the Giants
and Presaging more trouble for the
Reds and Cardinals, the Chicago
Cubs have lost only one of their last
nine games, although tied once. The
defeat came Saturday, 10, when
Joe Marty hit home run to win a
2-hit game for Hugh Mulcahy of the
Phillies. The trade which sent
Marty from Chicago to the Phillies
was redeemed yesterday. however,
as Claude Passeau outpitched Kirby
Higbe to win, 4-3, for the Cubs.
The Boston Bees gave the Giants
and Cubs challenge boost by
sWamping st. Louis in Sunday
doubleheader. With Max West
getting a homer in each game the
Bees took the opener, 8-5, and the
second one, 20. on the steady Shit
hurting of Bill Posedel.
The Brooklyn Dodgers eased the
embarrassment of their Western
woes by nosing out the Pittsburgh
Pirates, 6-5. Although Dolph Ca
mill and Babe Phelps homered earl
ier it remained for Harry Lavagetto
to decide the game with a 2-run
double in the ninth after an error
by Pep Young on play which would
have retired the side.
Browns at Last Beat Yanks.
st. Louis lowly Browns finally
smote the mighty Yankees to split
doubleheader. After eight losses to
the champions the tailenders batter
around for five runs in the ninth
inning of yesterdays first game to
win, 7-3. Bill Dickey accounted for
all the Yankee runs with two homers.
In the second session Oral Hide
brand handcuffed his former mates
on five hits and New York slugged
out familiar 11-2 triumph.
The Cleveland Indians and Phila-
delphia Athletics also divided bar
gain bill. Ben Chapman, Hal Trosky
and jeff Heath hit consecutive
homers the seventh inning to tie an
old record and clinch the first game
for the Tribe, 8-4, while George Cast
er's 7-hit pitching shared the night
cap. 1912.
The Boston Red Sox and Chicago
White Sox again were rained out.