The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-12
Tigers Threatening Yankee Lead in League

New York. July 12-The Tigers
are in second place, half a game
ahead OF the Senators and Az
games behind the Yankees. And
it's the performances of men like
Bridges, long past their prime. who
have put them there, far above the
ranking accorded them in pre-sea.
son estimates.
Bridges looked like the tosser OF
old who went over the 20-game
mark three times and racked up
, four world series victories as he
set down the AS with only three
hits and faced only % men. Only
three men reached base off him.
all on singles. and one was BANKED
out on a double play. He famed
four and had perfect control while
the Tigers garnered 10 singles,
three doubles and a homer by Paul
Richards off three pitchers
Washington walloped Cleveland.
81, in the l0-inning nightcap after
the tribe had blasted Milo Can
dini's seven-game winning streak
in the first game, 81. 4 four-run
forsy in the seventh and two in the
10th pulled the Senators home after
Allie Reynolds had checked them
with one hit for the first six ses-
sions. Reynolds had to be reliev-
ed when he became suddenly III.
Candini lasted only one-third OF an
inning as the Indians raCked up
three runs in the first game
The Yankees added full game
TO their league lead by beating the
White Sox, 90 and SO Spud
Chandler held the Sox to six hits
in the first game while Bud Methe-
nys homer with none on in the
ninth featured a two-run Yankee
rally that won the nightcap.
Chef Laahs' 18th homer with the
bases empty provided the Browns
with a Thinning, 81 edge over the
Red Sox in the first game while
Nelson Potter pruned Boston's at
tack to five hits for a 40 success in
the finale.
The Cardinals continued to move
away from the rest OF the field in
the National League, stretching
their margin TO 512 games by wal
Looping Boston, 80 and 9-6 III in
nings). as the runner-up Dodgers
split with Pittsburgh
Harry Gumbert hurled the Gard.
inals to their fourth successive
white-wash with a six.hit chore in
the opener for his seventh win,
fifth in row and his second shut.
out. Whitley Kurowski's two.run
two-bagger and George Fallon's
squeeze bunt pushed across three
runs in the 18th OF the nightcap.
The Dodgers dropped the opener
OF a twin-bill to the Pirates. 80.
as Max Butcher held them TO 10
hits Mickey owens infeld safe
ty sent in the tying and winning
runs Of a four.ply rally in the
eighth that won the nishtcap for
Brooklyn. 81
Cincinnati tripped the Phillies.
"a. and 1872 Bucky Walters won
his first game since May Is with
seven.hitter in the opener as he
survived one bad inning and made
three hits. including a homer.
The Reds raped three pitchers
for II runs in tho first four in
nings OF the second game. called
because OF the curfew at the end OF
the eighth Ray Starr. working in
his third game in six days, allow
ed seven hits
The Giants split with the Cubs 20
remain in last place by three
games Ernie Lombardi's seventh
homer broke up the first game in
the 10th and gave New York the
edge. 40 while Bill Nicholson
duplicated the feat with ono on
in the seventh 10 give the Cubs the
nishtcap by the same score
Yesterdays star-Veteran Tom
my Bridges. who won his sixth vic
tory by pitching a three-hitter 10
/ bring Detroit 30 triumph over the
AS