The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-07-15
ATHLETICS STOP
TIGERS TWICE;
DODGERS SPLIT
INDIANS LOST TO MATS: 3D.
SoX TAKE TWIN BILL: RED
LEGS BEAT PILLS TWICE:
YANKS NEAR TOP


NEW YORK, July 15.-Phila-
delphia Athletics took the wind
out of the Detroit Tigers yester-
day with double victory, 81
and SO, to skip up the ladder
into sixth-place. Porter Vaughan,
21-year-eld southpaw, won his
first victory for the AS in the
opening fracas. He struck out
seven Tigers to bring his total
strikeoutS for his three appear
ances on the mound this year to
II. Nelson Potter completed the
sweep by scattering nine hits in
the nightcap for his sixth win
Washington Senators climaxed
a I4-hit attack off Al Smith and
Joe Dobson by pushing over a
run in the eleventh on Buddy
Lewis foul-Iine single with the
bases loaded to defeat Cleveland
indians, q TO 5. Mats remain in
the cellar, however. Indians
lead over the Tigers was in
creased to a game, despite the
loss.
Boston Red Sox moved up to
within three and one-half games
iof the Tribe by virtue of dOu-
bic victory over St. Louis Browns,
ga and 7-3. Roger Cramer's
Overwhelming two-bagger drove
nome Dom DiMaggio with the
winning run in the opener. All
players hit safely at least once
for the Bosox in the nightcap,
which went only seven innings
because of Sunday law. Two
home runs, one each by DiMag-
giO and Bobby Doerr, were re-
corded for the Sox in the second
game.
New York Yankees, with Red
Ruffing hanging up his fourth
straight and eighth victory OF the
year. shutout the Chicago White
Sox, 40, to cut their distance
from first place to three games.
The Yanks stretched their win
ming streak to four games. Ruff
ling performed in great style,
limiting the Chisox to four safe
ties.
Two hundred victories since
he began pitching in the big
show Is years ago, is the record
hung up by Freddy Fitzsimmons
yesterday as he twirled the
Brooklyn Dodgers to a 20 win
over the Pittsburgh Pirates in
the nightcap of a twin bill. BUGS
took the opener, 6-2, behind
Truett SewelPs five-hit per-
Torrance. Fitzsimmons joins the
ranks of four other active hurl-
ers, Lefty Grove, Red Ruffing,
Ted Lyons and Carl Hubbell, who
have won 200 or more games
Freddy's four-hit victory yester-
day was his eighth win of the
season against one loss.
Cincinnati Reds added game
to their league-lead by coping a
doubleheader from Philadelphia
PhillieS, 80 and IL. Homers by
Lonnie Frey and Ernie Lombard
aided the Reds in the opener
Whitley Moore. who went the
route for the first time this year
held the Phils to four safeties ir
the nightcap. The double win
was the eighth out of II twir
bills the Reds have played Sc
far this season and their fifth ir
the last sixth doubleheaders.
New York Giants and Chicago
Cubs divided a double-barrel af
fair, Bruins taking the opener s.:
when Bill Nicholson homered IL
the thirteenth inning agains
Paul Dean, and the Giants an
nexed the nightcap. 20. behinc
Bill Lohrman's seventh per
torrance.
st. Louis Cardinals YESTERDAY
recorded their second straigh
twin-bill victory as they defeated
Boston Bees 81 and 81.
Results of the games follow:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
First Game
At Pittsburgh R. H E
Brooklyn ---- 2 5
Pittsburgh - 6 10
Hamlin. Knnball, TamuliS ant
Phelps: Sewell and Davis.
Second Came
At Pittsburgh R. II. {
Brooklyn " /
Pittsburgh --0 4
FitZSimmonS and Mancuso
Heintzelnan, Lanning and Lopez