Evening star., 1947-07-07
'Yanks' S-Game Streak
Earns 8-Game Lead;
Brooks Top Again
By the kssoeiaisd Press

The red hot New York Yankees
are riding an eight-game winning
streak today and enjoy an eight
game margin over Detroit and Bos-
ton In the American League flag
chase, but don't mention world
Series" to Manager Bucky Harris.
Harris, with fingers crossed be-
hind his back, won't say the Yanks
are "in" until he knows for sure that
the clubs behind him are playing
for the second-place marbles only,
Bucky may be more amenable to
comment If the Yanks fare well on q
16-game road trip that gets under
way Thursday in St. Louis and in
cludes five double headers, two In
Cleveland.
In their previous trips away from
the Stadium, where they have won
20 and lost 9 games, the Yanks won
19 games, lost IT and tied /.
But as both leagues recessed fol
the next three days, because of the
All-Star game tomorrow in Chicago
Bucky's Yanks were the talk of the
baseball world.
Although not as formidable as the
Yankee dreadnaughts of one and
two decades ago, the present edition
of the Yanks boast sample power
excellent fielding and capable pitch
ing.
Yanks Blast AS Twice.
Joe Page and Allie Reynolds came
through with some fine pitching
yesterday as the Yanks pleased a
throng of 51,957 home fans by de-
feating Connie Mack's pesky Phila-
delphia Athletics, 30 and 90.
The Yanks hammered Carl Scheib
for all of their runs in the first
three innings OF the opener with
Joe Di Maggie and Yogi Berra
banging homers. In the night cap
a seven-run eighth inning rally by
the Yanks beat the AS. Phil Mar
childon was the victim of the up
rising
In the National League, the
Brooklyn Dodgers took the lead
away from the Boston Braves by
beating them, 40. The New York
Giants failed to connect for a homer
for the first time in their last II
games, but they took the measure
of the Philadelphia Phils, 4-3.
Detroit and Boston both won
double headers to remain virtu-
ally tied for second place In the
American League. The Tigers are
l percentage point ahead of the
Red Sox. The Tigers defeated the
Browns, 1872 and 8-4 in st. Louis.
Two four-baggers by Pat Mullin
and one each by Dick Wakefield
and Roy Cullenbine featured the
Tigers first game win. Cullenbine
starred In the nightcap, hitting
a homer in the seventh and singing
home two runs during a f1ve-run,
ninth-inning rally that won the
game.
Dolby Hits for Indians.
The Chicago White Sox split
a bargain bill with the visiting
Cleveland Indians, winning the
opener, 30, behind the six-hit
pitching Of Eddie Lopat, and los
ing the aftermath, 81. Larry Do
by, Negro infielder purchased by
the Tribe from the Newark Eagles of
the Negro National League recent
ly. started his first game in the
second affair and collected one
hit and drove in one run while
handling eight chances dawlessly
at first base.
The st. Louis Cardinals moved
from sixth to fourth place in the
National League by blanking the
Reds twice, 80 and 20, at Gin
cinnati. Rookie Jim Hearn stopped
the Reds on three hits in the first
game and Murry Dickson yielded
four in the nightcap.
The Chicago Cubs tumbled from
fourth to fifth by losing a double
header to the Pirates in Pitts
burgh, So and 10-1. Home runs
by Jim Bloodworth, Hank Green
berg and Frank Gustine featured
the first Pirate victory.