Evening star., 1943-08-09
Tiger PAGES Majors
With IS 4-Baggers;
Yank Lead Grows
By TED MEIER.

has revived unexpectedly. may set
a major league record by hitting 19
or more round-trippers this month.
The husky Detroit first baseman
socked three homers yesterday in
leading the Tigers to a double win
over the Chicago White Sox. The
circuit cloutS gave him the major
! league leadership with 18, but more
important, they gave him a total OF
five for the first week of August.
1t was six years ago, in August
1887, that York walloped 18 homers
for major league mark that still
stands, If he continues to connect
for five homerS in each of the re-
naming three weeks of August he
is certain to break his own record.
York's booming bat, which
whacked 21 homers last year and
81 in 194l, backed up superlative
pitching from Virgil Trucks and
Tommy Bridges as Detroit tied the
White SoX for third place.
York hit two of his homers in the
first game while Trucks beat the
Sox, 8 to 2. limiting them to six hits.
His third round-tripper came in the
second game as Bridges twirled a
four hit s. too Shutout.
Altogether York drove in five runs
for the day and boosted his season
runs ns-batted-in record to 64, despite
a humble .266 batting average.
Yanks, Cards Get Two Each.
The place New York Yankees
and St. Louis Cardinals each swept
a double-header to increase their
leads in the American and National
Leagues.
The Yankees, with Spud Chan
dler twirling five-hitter for his
14th win of the year, and, in addi-
ton, lacing out a home run, wal
loped the Philadelphia Athletics, 7
to /, but had to come from behind
to win the second game, 8 to 4, in
10 innings.
The Yanks punched five hits for
four runs in the overtime frame,
with Ken Sears driving in the win
ming run. The Bronx Bombers now
move on to st. Louis with three
game winning streak and a nine
game lead.
The Cardinals stretched their
lead to 13 games by beating the sec
ond-place Pittsburgh Pirates twice,
to s and to 2. The Pirates
knocked Mort Cooper out of the
box in the opener, but the Cards
rallied for four runs in the eighth
to win out. Ray Sanders singled
home Johnny Hopp with the win
ming run after Hopp doubled Walk
er Copper home to tie the score.
Harry Brecheen held the Pirates
safe in the nightcap. Harry Walker,
Card outfielder, hit safely In both
games, running his consecutive
game hitting streak to 20
Reds Gain on Pirates.
Cincinnati moved within half a
game of the Pirates by splitting a
twin bill with the Chicago Cubs,
The Cubs took the opener, 4 to 3,
as Hi Bithorn came to Claude Pas
seau's rescue to stop a late Red
rally. A big seven-run outburst in
the fifth gave Cincinnati the night
cap, 10 to 7, for Bucky Walters
third straight win and eighth of
the season.
The fading Brooklyn Dodgers took
it on the chin for the 10th straight
time when Elmer Nieman doubled
Tommy Holmes home in the ninth
inning to give the Boston Braves a
5-to-4 victory. Nate Andrews
pitched two-hit ball after the third
inning for, the Braves. Brooklyn
now has lost Is of 18 games.
Cleveland pulled to within half
a game of Detroit and the White
Sox by beating the ST. Louis Browns
twice to in IA innings and to
behind Jim Bagby's f1ve-hit pitch
ing for his 18th win of the year
Chubby Dean, who relieved Mel
Harder in the 10th, singled home
jeff Heath with the winning run in
the 14th inning Of the opener.
Bobo Newsom started for the
Browns in the nightcap and gave
up a three-run homer to Heath in
the first inning.
Browns Set Mark Afield.
Ken Keltner Cleveland third
baseman, was spiked in the 18th
inning of the first game and is eX-
pected to be out at least a month
The Browns played the second game
without making an assist, for a
major league record. The previous
record of one was held by several
clubs.
The Phillies swept a four game
series from the New York Giants by
winning both ends of a double
header, to l and to 2, thus re-
gaining sixth place. The Phils
scored all their flrst-game runs in
the eighth inning, helped by homers
by Merrill May and Coaker Trip
lett. Al Gerheauser and Dick Bar
rett hurled fve-hit ball in the
nightcap.