The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-02
YANKEESL0SE
 TOO MANY
 ROAD GAMES
By CARL LUNDQUIST

New YOrK, June N(UP)- Yankee Stadium, the huge pincers- shaped baseball palace that has caught many a pitcher in its grip, would be just the place to win an American League pennant, mana ger Joe Mccarthy of the Bronx Bombers reasoned today-if only his team could stay just there.
 The Yankees at home are more menacing than a pyromaniac in a match factory, but the same op- position which trembles at the thought of facing them here has little fear of them on the road.
 Coming home after & sorry road trip in which they won only two out of eight games against the western clubs, they did an immedi- ate about-face and packed up 10 victories in I2 starts, starting of their stand with an eight-game winning streak. They knocked the leading Chicago White Sox out Of first place with a four-game sweep, then avenged four straight losses at St. Louis, by beating the champion Brownies three in row. Detroit was the only club to cause trouble, picking up two victories in three, but with the Cleveland Indians fur nishing new opposition-of sort yesterday, the Yankees got back in stride and won, g to 2.
 Slip On Road
 The Yankee record at home to ;s 1oct nant winning pace in any circuit. The only catch is that on the road, including appearances against the so-called weaker eastern teams, they have won seven and dropped nine.
 Against two Cleveland pitchers they made IA hits good for 22 bases, making it a simple matter for Floyd Bevens to win his fourth game against one defeat, a neat five-hit job. That enabled him to equal his 1914 record of Al, which he established after coming up late in the season from Newark. George (Tuck) Stainback paced the Yank- ees with three hits and catcher Mike Garbark finally came out of one of the worst slumps in baseball history, getting two hits to double his entire previous output for the season. Until yesterday, he had made only one hit in 49 times at bat.
 Two free runs," forced in on walks with the bases loaded, gave the Boston Red SoX a to victory over Detroit. Emmett O'Neill, Red Sox pitcher, assured his victory with a three-run homer to pace the win ners.
 Sigmund Jakucki turned in his best effort of the season, blanking the Athletics at Philadelphia for a to Brown victory. He gave up only three hits for his third victory and first shutout. Don Gutteridge hit his first homer to account for two runs and Jakucki added a lusty triple.
 Rookie pitcher Walt Holborow walked in the winning run in the 1lth at Washington to give tn, White SoX an II to g victory. Int lead changed hands five times be- fore Holborow, last of five pitchers went to pieces, yielding three walks Earl Caldwell, third Chicago pitch CT, hurled three hitless innings tc | gain the win.
 Frank McCormick's three-ru, homer broke up a 13-inning mara thon with a to victory for the Reds over the Dodgers at Cincinnati The game-winning blow was struck off relief pitcher Les Webber, who took over for starter Hal Gregg ir the 18th. Bucky Walters went all the way for his third Red win.
 Phils 15 Hits N. G.
 Pittsburgh, helped by five errors of the sieve-like Philadelphia de- fense, beat the Phillies, 6 to 5. Re- lief pitcher Max Butcher gained the victory, his fourth. The Phil. made l5 hits, wasting most of them while the Bucs mads only seven. The Cards rallied in the ninth to hand streaky Bill Voiselle of the Giants his third straight loss, 4 to 3 at St. Louis. Voiselle had won eight ln a row prior to his defeats. The Cards top clutch batter, George kuroWski, tripled home the winning run. After a 53-minute delay be. cause Of rain, Ray Sanders singled and scored Johnny Hopp, setting ur the picture for KurowSA.
 Mort Cooper, making his second start for the Braves, was leading the Cubs, 6 to l, in the fourth when ram washed the game off the books
 YESTERDAYS STAR - Franl McCormick, who broke up 13-inn. 1 ing game with a three-run homer