The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-12
Yanks Edge Out As:
Cubs Dropped Twin
Bill To Bucs
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NEW YORK. Aug Iz-Brook-
lyn Dodgers cut a game of rhe
lead Of the Cincinnati Reds m
the National League after the re-
suits Of yesterdays games uuere
tabulated
Dodgers went 10 work On Bas-
ton Bees in the nightcap Of Their
doubleheader, after losing rhe
opener, 3 70 2 Vito Tamulis let
the Bees down with SIX hifs ard
no runs, while MS team mates
rallied IN the seventh inning %
shove over three markers and
take the contest Brooklyn had
the initial fracas under control
until the eighth frame, xrhen Ia
mnlis walked three men IN = ron.
paving the way for two runs and
victory.
St Louis Cardinals snapped OH
Of their most recent slump and
came up with q twin win over ne
ague-leading Cincinnati REDS.
81 and 81 COoperis fwO-hn
performance featured the opener.
A homer by Slaughter proved
the margin Of victory. Lon War
neke went the route II me
second game, keeping the 70 sale
blows he allowed well-scatterec
Pittsburgh Pirates advanced
over the Chicago Cubs yesterday
after handing the latter team q
doubie-loss. 7-3 and 81. and are
now perched IN fourth place
Cubs six errors IN the frs con
test and BUGS y ssfetieS were
too much for the ChicaR0ans
Dick Lanahsn barely missed .
shutout in the nightcap as ms
four-hit pitching held the Bruins
IN check Cubs showed over .
lone marker in the very first an
ming for their only score
Philadelphia Phillies and New
York Giants divided q double
header, the Pills coping the
first 20 and the New YorkerS
coming out on top IN the second
81 Kirby Higbe hsndcuffed the
Giants with five ssfetieS N the
cuTtain-raiser and although the
Phils got just one more they
scored a run in each Of the frs
and second frames.
Detroit Tigers double loss and
Cleveland Indians spin with s.
Louis Browns sent the Amerlczn
League leadership into q ne
Chicago White Sox was the fezn
that overpowered the Tigers. tax
ing both games by the sane
score. IS. Ted Lyons annexed
his eighth victory Of the season IN
the first game and despite home
luns by Hank Greenberg and
Rudy York, putting the Tigers
ahead in the nightcsp, the Chisox
came out on top with an eighth
inning rally that Melted two tzl-
lies.
Sid Hudson, former pitcher for
Sanford IN the Florida STATE
League, was the bag news IN me-
baseball world yesterday SD
won his eleventh game as ne
rcmped home with q 81 victory
over the Boston Red Sox- a per
feet peg 10 the plate thai caught
the runner after one mad already
crossed safely saved the day for
the Washington Senators
ST. Louis Browns used five
pitchers in the opener Ct . twin
bill but they couldn't stop me
Cleveland Indians, VINO Won. u
to 1, aided by five miscueS- Al
Milnar rung up has fifteenth Nc
tory for the Tribe IN thls CANE
Circuit clouts by Judnich and
Cliff and q rwO-run rally II re
sixth inning gave the lowry
Browns the nightcap. ia
New York Yankees defeatec
the Philadelphia Athletzz n
eleven innings, Z 70 6. IaIlEE
by two runs going into the nIutn.
the AS put On a four-run rally 10
take the lead buf Their hops
were shattered WHEN the Ksnkz
went 70 bat In their ha1 e the
same frame and kn0t1e6 the
count. Joe Gordon honerec An
the eleventh 70 bring virtory-
Results Of the games foll0w-