The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-21
FLOCK OF HOME RUNS BY TANKS
 WARNS RIVALS
New Workers Have Hit 27 in l6 Games; Casey
 Tames Reds
By GEORGE KIRKsEY

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 Nav york, June 2i.--CUP)--The Yankee homo run machinery was polished and oiled today to go after another record.
 The Yankb have hit 27 homerS in ie straight games and already have S,irpaEed tho major league record % hit by the tigers In i7 conSesu. tive games lakt year. :.
 But the Mccarthy men need at least one circuit clout In tod@ys game against the Detroit at Yankee Stadium to match the Tigers con. secutive game total for hitting homerS.
 The Yankee home run streak started in the second game of . doubleheader at Cleveland June l. John sturm and TwlnkletoeS Selkirk each hit a homer in that game and at least one Yankee has hit the ball out of the park in each game since. The 27 Yank homers in that span are apportioned as follows: DiMag. gio 2, Keller T, Henrich 6, Gordon 3, and Crosetti, Rolfe, stufm and sel. kirk one each.
 The homer record, however, is not the only streak on display at Yankee Stadium. Joe DiMagsio, with four hits in Ave trips yesterday, ran his hitting splufge to 8 games in . row, tying Rogers HornSbys No. tional league record set in io22. He was still Ghy of George sisler's major league mark of hits in q straight games also set In 1922, WaIkaway
 With Henrich (No. iD and Keller | (No. i4) hitting, first inning homers and DiMaggio belting out four straight hits to make 1t seven in a row, the Tanks trounced the. Tigers, i4-4, and gained game on the league Indians. Marlus Russo. Yankee gouthpaw who had lost four in a row, won his first game since May '. Buck Newsom, Tiger ace, was knocked out of the box for the 18th time in IS starts and suffered his ninth defeat.
 Cleveiand's lead was trimmed to two games when Washington beat the Tribe !n the ninth, 7.0. After the lnddanS had scored three to tic the score, George Archie singled, stole second and scored on Buddy Lewis single with two out to win for Washington. The Red Sox moved within 3 i-2 gAneg of the top, defeating the Browns, 4-2. III. don Auker held Boston to two hits until the sixth when they scored three runs. Ted WllliamT double tied the score. i-i, and Jim Tabor,S single, with the baSeg loaded sent over two more runs.
 Tn the National league, the St. Louis CarddnalS' lead Shrank to two games over tho Brooklyn Dodgers when they dropped c e.2 night game to the New York Giants. Bob Gar. penter not:hed his fourth victory, limiting the Cards to six hits. The Giants were trailing 2.i when Hank Banning smashed his sixth home run in the eighth inning. That was the signal for the fireworks to begin. Before the inning ended five runs had scored.
 Casey Clicks
 Hugh Casey pitched Q three.hit. ter and Brooklyn took A 6.2 triumph over the Redg. Frey'g triple and Frank McCormick's two singles, the second with two out in the ninth, were oil the Reds could make of Qagey's delivery. Bucky Walters sui. fercd his sixth and most declsiye setback of tho season.
 Larry French allowed only four hits ard didn't permit . runner to reach second until two were out in the ninth and the Cubs blanked the Braves, so. Babe Dahlgren hit his third homer for the Cubs in two days while Cavarretta, shifted to ceflterfield since Dahigren joined the Cubs, also homeFed.
 Frankie 0uStines single with the bases loaded in the ninth gaye the Pirates c 7-6 victory over the Phii- lies. Deb darrns triple with two on featured the Pirates four-yun rally which tied the score h the seventh.