Evening star., 1941-06-21
Amazing Power.
Fine TwirIing
Mark Climb
Take 10 of Last H.;
Di Maggie Boosts
Hit String to 33
BY JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer

II the New York Yankees never
had had their superteams OF super
stars-Ruth, Gehrig. Gomez, Laz-
zeri and the rest-this years club
might be called great.
Fans often get excited over teams
nowhere near so powerful as the
present Yankees, who are handl-
capped in gaining recognition be-
cause the memory of exploits OF
their marvellous predecessors lin
gers
Yet the way the bombers are
blasting in the American League
right now, there is a possibility they
will become another scourge.
The Yankees are in second place
TO be sure, but they have beaten
the pace-setting Cleveland Indians
seven times in ten games and didn't
really get going until recently.
Win 10 of Last IL Games.
They have won 10 of their past
II games and looked impressive i'll
doing it. They have had fine pitch
ing and amazing hitting, In l6 con-
secutive games they have walloped
81 home runs. Joe Di Maggie has
hit safely in 33 straight contests,
matching the great streak of Rogers
Hornsgy in 1922 in the National
League, and just eight short Of the
mark George Sisler set that same
season in the American League
Charley king Kong Keller has hit
a home run in each of the past four
games and tops both major leagues
IN runs batted in.
This was the sort of slugging the
Yankees threw at the Detroit Tigers
yesterday for a 14-4 victory. They
amassed II hits for 90 bases. Every
man made a hit. every player scored
at least one run and all but one
player drove in at least run. Di
Maggie collected four hits.
Behind this barrage Lefty Marius
Russo functioned nicely on the
mound. scattering seven hits.
About the only notable thing in
Cleveland's TO defeat by the lowly
Washington Senators in a loose
game that included 80 hits and three
errors was that JEFF Heath made
four hits for the second straight day
The Boston Red SoX. outhit for
once, contrived to beat the st. Louis
Browns. 4-2, in the only other Amer
lean League game. The Sox scored
three times in the sixth on doubles
by Dom Di Maggie and Ted Will
liams. an error and Jim Tabor's sim
gle.
The Brooklyn Dodgers improved
their position in the National League
by clipping the Cincinnati Reds. 60
behind the three-hit pitching of
chubby Hugh Casey Dolph Camilli
hit his 18th home run with one on
and drove in another tally with a
single.
Giants Rally Beats Cards.
The New York Giants scored five
runs in the eighth inning Of night
game at st. Louis to beat the Cerdi-
nails. 60. and cut their first-place
margin to two games. Hank Dan
ming opened the big rally against
Lon Warneke with home run.
Babe Young and Bill Jurges doubled
and the rest of the team kept up the
humping.
Bob Carpenter kept the Cardinals
in comparative subsection on six
hits.
Lefty Larry French pitched four
hit ball to bring the Chicago Cubs
SO shutout over the Boston
Braves. He famed seven and walked
none and hit a single himself with
the bases loaded in the second. Babe
Dahlgren and Phil Cavarretta hit
homers.
The Philadelphia Phillies. who lost
a big lead and their ball game to the
Cardinals Thursday. repeated the
same trick against the Pittsburgh
Pirates yesterday. A three-run
homer by Nick Etten in the seventh
gave the Phils a 6-2 lead. But the
Pirates scored four times in their
half of the seventh and won. 7-6, in
the ninth when Frank Gustine sin
gled with the bases loaded.