The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-30
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Indians Fall Apart Without Feller; Reds, Red SOx Divide Double Headers
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 New YeRk, June 70 -- tU,PJ - Tho Yankee B9pFoea, with two Of tho hottest eereAks tn baseball for cargo. reared pennAnewArd today,
 Ay knocking down Che @enAtoFs twice Sunday before an unusually large crowd 0e Sl,Oo0 at Washington, lhe yNnkB Increased their American League lead Co 6 game and . hAlk ana kept their two batting streAks Intact,
 Joe DlMagslA hit safely ln each game and established A new AMars leAn League record oe hitting safe. Y In Aa consecutive games, The former mark of a was made by George HlsleF, st, Louis nrownS' first basenAan, in ieaa, Tommy Hen. rich clouted . hosneF in the opener and Joe Gordon and Charlie Keller hit for Che circuit in the nightoap, giving the Tanks 60 hoMers ln 26 straight games. Each YAnk homer now extends the record they set several days ago.
 Lyons Beats Indians
 
 While the Yanks were clipping the Senator's, e.A and 7.S, the ins dlans collapsed before Ted Lyons and lost to tho white sox, e-S. With . 9.l lead, the tribe fell apart ln the sixth and the White Sox damned over eight runs, Lyons allowed only i've hts ln winning No. .,
 The Tanks have won l7 of their lest si games, largely on lusty hit- ting, Only Maflus Russo, who tWirl. cd Q one.hitter has gone the route ln the last six games but the Yanks gre making the most of the oppor. tunleles, Over the same stretch tho Indians have won only i2 of 2i and have dropped six of their last nine games.
 AS . result of the Tanks recent surge Betting Commissioner Jack Doyle has made them 7.io favorttes to win the pennant.
 "Everythlng indicates that the Tanks mean to let nothing stop them," Doyle said. "The Indians don't look like Q championship club. They have to have Teller to keep from falling apart"
 The Dodgers he'd Q brief visit with the Cards in first place yesterday, winning the opener from the Braves, D.2, while the Cards were lowing to the Reds, 6.2. But the Braves beat the Dodgers, 6.2, in the nightcap, halted after seven innings because Of teh Sunday oursew Jaw and drop. ped Brooklyn back Into second place again. Joe Medwick's homer wit htwo mates on base wAs the biz punch in Drooklyns first game vic. tory.
 Game Apiece
 After Ducky Walters had won his ninth game in setting back the Cards In the opener, St. Louis clouted Ave Cincinnati pitchers for a iS to { triumph in the nightcap. The Reds made four errors.
 The Red Sox missed 6 chance to crowd the slipping Indians by oivid- Ing c twin bill with the Athletics. After Q iSsl triumph in the opener, the Boston attack fizsled in the nightcap and the Athletics won, S.2. Joe Cronin hit c homer with the bases loaded in the first game and Ted Williams connected for homer No. iS. Sam Chapman's single drove In the As winning run in the night- cap.
 The Tigers came out of 6 four. game losing slump and defeated the Browns, 3.l. Hal Newhouser held st. Louis to three hits for eight innings but was taken out after Roy Cullen bine doubled to open the ninth. Al Benton relieved him and squelched the threat.
 Tn the National League the pir. ates grabbed Q double victory from the Cubs, e.2 and S.2, and moved Into fifth place. chicago dropped to sixth by !00i percentage point. John Eanning held the Cubs to four hits h the opened. Elbie Fletcher's dou- ble ard Van Rohay's single produced the winning run in the ninth inning of the nightcap which Bill Lee was charged with his 10th loss. Capitalizing on i2 walks issued by four Philly pitchers, the Giants trimmed the tailenders, ~i0-7. John ny Rixzo had perfect day at bat for pl,ils, "5 for S." He hit e homer and four singles.
 YESTERDAYS HERO = Joe Di Maegio, Yankee outfielder, who doubled in the sixth inning of the first game and singled in the sev- lAAawA AA xAawAakamn Aa