Evening star., 1942-06-29
Pennanf0utIook
By July 4May
C|ouded
Chisox Hand Champs
First Double Defeat;
Krist Is Stopped
BY AUSTIN BELMEAR,

1t begins to appear that the New
York Yankees, expected by many to
be naming starting pitcher for
the World Series by July 4, won't
even be in first place at that fast
approaching stage of the campaign
If they don't pull out Of their cur
rent spin.
Kicked around at three stops out
OF four on their two-week swing
to the West, the Yanks hit bottom
yesterday when the Chicago White
Sox mauled them twice, 81 and
1871.
Not only did the sixth-place
White Sox sting the champions of
the world with their first double
defeat Of the year, but they did
1t at the expense of topnotch
pitchers, Red Rufhng and Ernie
Bonham.
AS a result, the Yankee lead
shrank to 512 games and would have
dropped to Az if the Cleveland
Indians had not become fed up
with the treatment they were re-
ceiving from the second-place Bos-
ton Red Sox and salvaged the final
contest of a four-game series.
To make matters worse for the
Yankees, Manager Joe Mccarthy was
put to bed with a recurrence of the
internal ailment that plagued him
last season and wasn't able to
leave with the team last night for
Philadelphia.
Lyons Ties Rulings Record.
Ted Lyons outpitched Ruffing in
the first game, scattering eight
hits, putting his team ahead to
stay with a two-run double and
drawing even with the Yankee
hurler's lifetime record of 25l tri-
umphs.
After pounding Rufang for IA hits,
the White Sox landed on Bonham
off seven blows in the first three
innings of the nightcap, driving him
off the mound and continuing their
assault with six more hits of Nor
man Branch and Johnny Lindell.
Red Rolfe made his first appear
ance afield this year when Phil
RlzZuto twisted knee in the second
game. Rolfe went to third and
Frank Crosetti moved to Rizzutos
shortstop post.
At Cleveland, the Red Sox took
the first game. s-3. by scoring all
their runs in the fifth inning, but
the Indians won the second when
Pinch-Hitter Chubby Dean singled
the winning run across for q 80
decision.
Dom Di Maggie led the scoring
spree against Starter Jim Bagby and
two relievers In the opener, driving
in three runs with a triple and q
single.
The Detroit Tigers also split a
pair with the Philadelphia Athletics
and missed a chance to climb over
the Indians into third place. Hal
Newhouser pitched three-hit bail in
gaining 80 decision for the Tigers,
but Luman Harris blanked them on
five hits in the afterpiece, 80.
ncuWlCk saves DOOEeTS.
The Brooklyn Dodgers. leaders OF
: the National League. narrowly es-
capped the Yankees fate when Joe
Medwick tripled to give them 81
triumph over Cincinnati in the
second game after the Reds had
bagged the opener. 6-3.
Paul Derringer pitched five-hit ball
in the first as the Reds chased
Whitlow Wyatt and kept up 16-hit
barrage. Larry French gained credit
for his eighth victory without a
defeat when he replaced Kirby Higbe
in the eighth inning of the nightcap.
Seven home runs carried the
Pittsburgh Pirates to a double vic
tory over the New York Giants, 81
and 9-3 Elbie Fletcher's four Dagger
in the ninth inning decided the first
game after the Giants had tied the
score four times.
Tommy Hughes pitched the Phila-
delpbia Phils to 81 victory over
the st. Louis Cardinals in Is innings.
going all the way and yielding only
10 hits, but the Cards took the sec
ond game. 81. behind the five-hit
hurting of Lon Warneke and stayed
nine games behind the Dodgers.
Ernie Koy broke up the first game
by singing with the bases loaded
against Howard Krist. who sue
ceeded John Beazley after IL innings
and suffered his first defeat since
1910. Krist won 10 games without
loss last year and had added three
more to his string this season.
Jim Tobin tossed a three-hitter
as the Boston Braves blanked the
Chicago Cubs for the second straight
time, 80, but after 81 scoreless
innings the Cubs rallied to win the
nightcap, ST..