The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-11
CIRCUIT CLOUTS AND GOOD MOUND
 WORK AID TANKS
Club Has S4 Home Runs in 5l Games; Lieber Helps
 Beat Giants
By GEORGE KIRKsEY United Press Stan Correspondent

(Unfted Press stan C0FreSpOndent)
 New York, June H. (UP)- There's one combination in baseball that's unbeatahle-home run power and pitching.
 The Yankees have the home run punch and 1t begins to look as If they're going to get the pitching. That's why the smart boys still back them to win the pennant.
 Demonstrating the aforemention- ed winning combination yesterday, the Yankees thumpedl the White Sox, S-3, and moved Into undisputed possession of second place. Frankie Crosetti hit @ homer with the bases loaded-his first this season-and Charlie Keller hit No. 10 with a mate on. Those two punches ac- counted for six runs, which is Some- things less than par for the course.
 Rookie Steve Peek from Newark held the White sox to one hit for eight innings before having a brief letdown in the ninth. Chicago rap- ped him for five singles and three runs in that frame but he showed enough stuff, including Q baffling knuckle ball, to indicate that he will play & prominent role in tightening the Yankee pitching staff for the chase of the league-leading Indians.
 Base Cleaners
 The Tanks have hit 10 homers in their last four games, giving them 54 in 5i games played. No other club can match that. Cleveland, for instance, has only 42 homers in 56 games. Here's the Yankees individ- ual record: DiMaggio, II; Keller, 10; Herrich, 9; Gordon, 8; Dickey, {; Se!kirk 4; Rolfe, 2; Crosetti, sturrn, Rosar, Priddy and Ruf1ng, one each.
 Cleveland held its 4.game lead when Bob Teller pitched his eighth straight victory and 18th of the sea- son, downing Washington, Al. He allowed only four hits, famed six and walked three. It was the Tribes fifth straight.
 Detroit scored a last-ditch victory over the Athletics, 4-3, but lost the services Of Catcher Birdie Tebbetts for several weeks when c foul tip broke 6 finger on his right hand. Trailing, 3-2, In the ninth, the Tigers scored two runs on McCosky's double ard singles by Mullin and Gehringer. Tommy Bridges famed 14 men In 2 2-3 innings but lost his stuff tl the eighth and had to come out.
 The Browns-Red sox night game was rained' out.
 Near- Perfect ..
 Long Lon Warneke yielded a sin. gle to Emmett Mueller, first man to face him, and then held the phils hitless the rest of the route as the Cardinals shut outt he tail-enders, 80, and held their one-game Ma tional league lead. It was Warneke's seventh victory.
 Brooklyn came out of It's slump with 4-3 victory over the Pirates. Manager Leo Durocller came off the bench to play sf1ortStop in place of PeeWee Reese, and made two sin- gles. Freddy Fitzsimmons, making his second start of the season, blanked the Pirates until the eighth when Arky Vaughan homered with two mates on.
 Frank McCormick'S tree doubles paced the Reds to a 4-3 victory over the Braves, and elevated the world champions into third place. It was Cii1cinnatis fifth straight win. Johnny Wander Nicer famed eight and allowed nine hits In winning his sixth triumph.
 The Cubs battered the Giants for an ii.0 victory behind Verne Olsen's seven-hit pitching. Hank Leiber homered with the bases loaded and Bill Nicholson hit No. 12 with two on. Bill Mcdee was knocked out of the box for his sixth straight de- fest aS a Giant.