Evening star., 1941-06-16
43,962 See Di Macs
18th Homer Win for
Ruffing Over Bagby
Cards and Dodgers Split;
Bosox Twice Topple Pale
Hose Before "a 500
Associated Press Sports BudEet
By JUDSON BAILEY,

The New York Yankees are scourg-
the American League again with a
sizzling seven-game winning streak
that has the Cleveland Indians
trembling on their pedestal.
At various times this year the
Yanks have been good, bad and
indifferent-mostly the latter-but
right now they are hotter than a
Harlem swing band.
Yesterday they polished off the
Indians for the sixth time in nine
meetings this season and reduced
the Tribes margin at the top of
the league to two games. They had
proved Saturday that Bob Feller
was not invincible. and they came
right back against young Jim Bagby
and won, 80, before 1882 fans.
The Yanks did all their scoring
IN the first three frames, Joe Di
Maggie providing the climax with
his 18th home run to extend his
hitting streak to % consecutive con-
tests.
Red Ruffing kept six hits scattered
and was not scored upon until Joe
Gordon dropped a pop-fy to help
the Indians to two unearned runs
in the eighth.
Sunday Games Attract 1S6,7S2.
The first two encounters of the
series attracted 88.123 fans, and the
Sunday baseball program as a whole
drew a turnout of 166,782. including
capacity crowds at Boston in the
American League and st. Louis in
the National.
The Cardinals and Brooklyn
Dodgers were fighting for first place
and "a SAB spectators saw the pair
divide double-header.
Kirby Higbe pitched seven-hit ball
and Lew Riggs batted in four runs,
three on a ninth-inning homer. as
the Dodgers won the opener. 81.
Then Ernie White retaliated with a
two-hit mound job to take the
nightcap. 30.
A throng Of 34.500 at Boston saw
the Red SoX sweep two games from
the Chicago White Sox, 8-6 and ga
Boston made IS hits in the first tilt
and II in the nightcap. Lefty Grove
and Ted Lyons faced each other in
the opener. but Grove was hit by a
liner during the fourth inning and
had to retire. credit for the victory
going to Mike Ryba.
The Philadelphia Athletics bat
tered the ST. Louis Browns, 1914.
with 14-hit offensive a~d an eight
hit pitching job by Johnny Babich.
The AS attack included Bob john
sons 18th home run of the year in
the midst Of an eight-run uprising
In the eighth inning. Rain prevented
the scheduled second game.
Red Twice Route Giants.
The Cincinnati Reds took strong
hold on third place in the National
League by mailing the New York
Giants. So and 6-3 Elmer Riddle
scored his fifth win without a de-
feat by holding the Giants to eight
hits in the first encounter. He would
have had shutout except for Mel
Otis 10Th home run with one on
the eighth. Buckv Walters hurled
seventh ball in the nightcap and
allowed no runs after the first in
ming
The Chicago Cubs and Philadel-
phia Phillies split their twin bill.
Claude Passeau pitched a 60 shut
out for the Cubs in the first game
and Charley Root added five score
less innings in the second before the
Phillies blew their top with an
eight-run rally started by Danny
Litwhiler's single and ended with
his home run. Result: Phillies, "a
The Boston Braves beat the Pitts
burgh Pirates. ST.. on the five-hit
pitching of Sailor Bill Posedel with
a 14-hit assault against five Pitts
burgh fingers. Rain halted the Sec
ond game in the third inning.