The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-25
DETROIT MUST !. PLAY TO WIN
 ALL 5 GAMES
Yanks Within Shadow of Pennant Again After
 Double Win
BY GEORGE KIRSKEY United Press Stan Correspondent

UnIteu Press Stan correspondent
 New York, Sept. 25-CUP)-The terrifying shadow of the Yankees fell across the pennant paths of the Tigers and Indians again today.
 With six in row and seven of their last 8 games won, the Yanks have sneaked up on the pacemakers once more. The Tanks now trail by 2 Ia games with six left to play, three each with the Senators and Athletics, the leagues weakest clubs. They may sweep them all. If they did the Tigers would have to win 4 of their remaining 5 games to clinch the pennant. The Indians would have to take all their remain ing four to tie.
 The upsurge of the Tanks means that the McCarthymen have no in- tentions of giving up and letting the Tigers and Indians have a duel all to themselves Friday Saturday and Sunday in Cleveland. All sorts of complications are possible as a re- suit of the Yanks' twin triumph yes- terday over the Senators, 6-5 (10 innings) and 9-4 c innings).
 For one thing 1t puts pressure on the Tigers, who head the Indians by a game and half. Detroit plays the White Sox a doubleheader to- day and winds up with the 3-game Cleveland series. They have to go all out to try to win them all.
 Cleveland's situation is now deS- perate as 8 result of yesterdays 7-2 loss to the Browns. If the Tigers win doubleheader today, the h. dians will then have to take today's' single game from the Browns and sweep the 3-game Detroit series always remembering that the Tanks can get up there by winning all their games.
 Leonard Loses
 The Tanks pulled the first game out of the fire in 10 heats, 6-5, and then drubbed the Senators, 9-4, in the short game. Dutch Leonard had the Tanks licked, 5-3, going into the ninth, but let the Yankees get up, and put over the two tying runs in the ninth. Then Walter Master son came in in the tenth in a jam and pitched the winning single to Red Rolfe. Johnny Murphy came in as a relief man, and won both games for the Tanks.
 The Red Sox came out of their slump and slugged out a twin triumph over the Athletics, 16-8 and 4-3. In the open the Red Sox poun- ded out six homers, three triples, five doubles and nine singles for 52 total bases to come within one of tying the modern total base record of 53 set by the Tanks in 1889. They also came within one of tying the record of five homers in one inning when Williams, Foxx, Cronin and Tabor hit for the circuit in the sixth. It was Foxx's 35th of the season ard 500th of his major league career. Jack Wilson shaded Bill Beckman in the nip-and-tuck nightcap.
 The Dodgers clinched second place in the national league race with a 5-4 victory over the Giants. This is the highest the Dodgers have fin- ished since they ran second in 1924. The Dodgers have now won 87 games, the fourth time in the 40- year history of the club they've won that many. The triumph was the 18th over the Giants, setting an all- time high for Brooklyn in inter borough warfare. Whit Wyatt. al- thoug he got credit foetaoinshrdlu though he needed relief, got credit for his 18th victory. Medwick's fly scored Pete Reiser with what proved to be the winning run.