The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-18
RUFF|NG, LYONS EVEN AFTER 19
 YEARS PITCHING
Red Has Most ShutOuts; Ted Best I042 Record; <.
 DiMaggiO Hot Again
BY PAUL sCHEFFELs

New York, Aug. IS - (U.P) - That rivalry between the two "old men" of the American League mound Is white-hot again today. We mean the contest for the best won-a -and-lost lifetime record be- tween Charley Rufing of the New York Yankees and Ted Lyons of the Chicago White Sox.
 The two veteran pitchers, repre-. senting almost 37 years of baseball experience, were tied again today in total victories with 255 each fol- lowing Rulings eight-hit victory over the Athletics yesterday. Big Reds record for this season now reads Il triumphs against seven set- backs while Lyons has lott six against 10 victories.
 In 19 years Ruff1ng has lost 216 games while Lyons in his 20th sea- son, has dropped 226 decisions. The Chicago pitcher had the better win- ming streak of the two this year, for he boasted a seven-game victory string before losing to the Detroit Tigers last Sunday. Rulings best GO11SCEuUlVC WILL ohCLI1 WdS Ol11C CC 1Ll 8 row this year. The big Yankee righthander holds wide edge over Lyons and all other active major league pitchers in the number of shutouts, however. He has a total of 42, four of them this season. Yes terday he turned in the best of them, beating the As, 15-0.
 Runs Galore
 The Yankees went on their sec, ond biggest run-making spree of the year in the game. They scored two in the first inning and knocked Lu- man Harris out of the box with three runs in the third. Jack Knott then took over and was belted for two more in the fourth and kay oed in the fifth as the champions fashioned a seven-run spree. Bob Savage, rookie righthander, arrived in the sixth and pitched hitless ball until the end, flaming four and walking three.
 Red Rolfe, Joe DiMaggio and Joe Gordon, each with two hits, led the savage 1O-hit Yankee attack. Di- Maggie hit his 18th homer and 8 triple to drive home three runs.
 In the only other American League game scheduled, the Browns defeated the Indians, 5-2, in night game at Cleveland before only B. 472 spectators. The win showed the Browns up to within 1 1-2 games of third place. Johnny Niggeling, ancient Knuckleballer, allowed the Indians seven hits to gain his 11th victory.
 Mel Harder started against Mig geling. but was forced out after be- ing hit on the leg by a ball of the bat of Don Gutteridge in the sixth. Al Smith relieved and gave up the winning runs in the last two in- nings. Walt Judnich homered with one on for St. Louis in the ninth. It was the Tribes eighth loss in their last 10 starts.
 Adouble, triple and single with two out in the seventh gave the Cardinals two runs and enough to beat the Reds, 5-2. The win helped the Red Birds cut the idle Dodgers National League lead to 2 1-2 games.
 Howie Krist gave up 10 hits but went all the way to score his 10th victory. In the first inning, George Kurowski drove in two runs when he doubled with the bases full. The Reds tied it in the third when Krist walked Eddie Joost with the bases full. But Martin Marion doubled, Johnny Hopp tripled and Krist sim gled to put the game away for the Cards in the seventh.
 Timely
 Babe Barna's single with the bases full and two out in the ninth, gave the Giants their fifth straight win, 3-2, over the Braves. The de- cision gave the Giants four-game margin over the fourth-place Reds. Lou Tost allowed only four hits in the eight innings he pitched, but two were homers-Mel Ott's 20th and Babe Young's eighth. Boston touched Hal Schumacher for all their runs in the opening round but failed to score after that. Ace Adams, who pitched the ninth, re. ceived credit for his fifth win and third in TOW.