The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12
WORLD CHAMP
 YANKEES ARE
 TREATED ROUGH
BY GLEN PERKINS

New York, June 12-(UP)-The New York Yankees, almost afraid to venture forth in daylight these days for fear that they will suffer arl- other loss, today welcomed the ar- rival of four night games with the Washington Senators.
 Champions of the world, and once So powerful that the American league was jestingly called the 'Yan- kee League, the New Workers, whose night record last season was the best in the circuit, reasoned that they couldn't do much worse than they had done since they left Yan- kee stadium on May Fist. Since that time the Tanks have played 17 games and have won five while los- ing l2. Insult was added to consid. erable injury yesterday as the champions dropped their fifth straight game-their 1lth in the last 13-and slipped from second to tie for fourth place with the Chi cago White Sox.
 sox Take Two The Boston Red Sox humbled the champions by sweeping a four game series with a double triumph, 2-1 and Al. Tex Hughson, an old thorn in the Tanks side, administered the first defeat with a three hit per- formance for his eighth victory this year and his 10th against four set- backs by New York since l94l. Hughson, in addition to handcuffing the league masters on offensive. clouted two singles and drove in what proved to be the winning run with his second hit. Rookie Clem Hausrnann won the second game, holding the Tanks to six hits. Hank Borowy suffered the first loss and Bill Zuber was charged with the second.
 The Chicago White Sox stretched their victory skein to eight by talk ing the first of two games from the Detroit Tigers, Az, but snapped 1t in the nightcap, lowing before the four hit pitching of Stubby Over lnire, To. Three runs in the eighth inning gave the Sox their triumph and bespectabled Bill Dietrich his seventh victory. Rudy York's single brought home the winning and only run in the ninth inning of the sec- ond.
 St. Louis and Cleveland split; the tribe going all-out with a l9 hit at- tack to take the opener, l3-1 for Mel Harder's sixth win of the year and his 203rd in the Majors. Pinch hitter Gene Moore homered with the bases loaded to give the league leaders a Az triumph in the second game.
 The Philadelphia Athletics moved out of the junior circuit cellar and let the Washington Senators in by taking both ends of a twin bill. G. and 6-5. Bobo Newsom's six.hitter won the opener while the As came from behind to give Human Harris the nightcap.
 A double victory, featured by re- cord breaking, gave the st. Louis Cardinals a twin triumph over the third place Cincinnati Reds, 3.1 in the first and Al in the second. The league leaders compiled nine double plays to set a new league mark in the two games and by hitting three successive homers in the taightcap, tied Major League record. George Munger won the first game with a six-hitter and Harry Gurnbert bene- fitted from the circuit clouting of Walker Cooper, Whitey Kurowslxi and Danny Litwhiler in the night cap. The homers all came in the sixth inning off six pitched balls by Clyde Shoun, who hurled a no-hit- ter less than a month ago.
 Close Finish
 The New York Giants drew with- in a game of the Reds by defeating the Philadelphia Phillies in two games by twin scores of 6-5. Three homers in the eighth inning of the opener brought the New Workers from behind to 5-6 tie and Nap Reyes singled home the marginal counter in the next frame. Rookie Bill Voiselle was the winner. The second contest went l2 innings be- fore Phil .Weintraub, who honered in both games; singled to drive in manager Mel Ott with the winning run.
 The last place Chicago Cubs, scored a double shutout over the second place Pittsburgh Pirates. Paul Erickson allowed but two hits in the opener to win 5-0, Lefty Bob Chipman, recently obtained from Brooklyn, pitched a five-hitter in the finale for a 10 edge. Erickson faced but 32 hitters and Chipman, but 33.
 Boston and Brooklyn divided, the Dodgers winning the first on Rube Melton's five-hitter, 5-4 when Howie Schultz tripled and scored the mar ginal tally in the 10th inning. Bos- ton took the second. 8-5, to break a six game losing streak and supply Ira Hutchinson with the triumph.
 YESTERDAYS STAR Paul Erickson, who pitched a two-hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates to give the Chicago Cubs the first of two shutout victories.
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