Evening star., 1949-06-04
Yanks Project Lead
With Marathon Win
Over White Sox
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New Ycsks high -syirs Yankees
bit WEARY from . s-hcaF Is
minute SESSION with TIE CaAeagc
White Sox last night, ell4rs to-day
TO q sta-gArse lead II the Amer
.can League With the Dangerous
Mats N second place
The yanks protected thssE edge
by cutlasting the White sox, ~
TWO errors by Luke Apralns hslpeo
the leaders cash Eve unea'nec
runs.
A total Of IS PLAYERS sas action
In the ragged sanas -Four Yankee
pitchers walked 10 men ~ish
Clarence Marshall taking The wtn
over Reliefer Clyde Shoan.
Three in the seventh did the
trick for the Yanks. !; all started
with Q boot by Gordon GoldSee;Ty
A walk and Gene Woodiing
single filled the bases One ran
scored on Dick kryhoskis fy and
Yogi Berra drove In another with
q double on which Gene Wooollns
was cut down at the plate, Gerry
Colemans pineh-triple knocked In
Berra with the snal run.
Cleveland. looking more like the
champs OF - with every start,
nanhandled the Red Sox, 81, A
six-run first inning enabled Eariy
Wynn 10 coast 10 his third straight
win.
Vernon Help 70 Wynn
Wynn had help from his cid
Washington mate. First Bsseaan
Mickey Vernon. who hit homer
after Al Rosen smashed a three
run double in the first. Joe Dob
son was the victim.
Detroit swept the three-game
series from the slumping Philadel-
phia As on Hal Newhouser's ~
decision. Homers by Sam Chap
man and Eddie Joost accounted
for all Philadelphia runs while
Bob Swift led the TIGER ATTACK
with q double and two singles II
was Newhouser's NTH victory and
Alex Kellner's third setback. The
AS southpaw had won FIVE in q
row.
Brooklyn and New York cut the
idle Boston Braves lead TO Ia
games In the most important Ma
tional League action.
The Dodgers came from behind
TO salvage the finale OF their series
with the ST, Louis Cards on four
run rally in the seventh for 81
victory.
Nippy Jones homer of Joe Hat
ten with q man on gave st. Louis
an early working margin. but Oil
Hodges two-run homer OF Gerry
Staley tied 1t In the seventh. Carr
FuriAo's triple. a walk and singles
BY Paul Minner and Peewee Reese
sent the Brooks out front 10 stay,
Hatten left the game In the sixth
with a pulled shoulder muscle. but
Minner, another iefthander, choked
of the Cards for his second win
Of the season.
Three Homerx by Giants.
The Giants wore out Bob Chip
man and Cal McLish In routing
the Chicago Cubs. 1875. Banked
on three hits by Dutch Leonard
Thursday. the Giants yesterday
collected u hits. including homers
by Sid Gordon. Bob Thomson and
Jack Lohrke. Gordon and Whitley
Lockman each drove In four runs
Monte Kennedy gave up II hits
en- route to win No. 3 as he coasted
to victory. Andy Pafko and Roy
Smalley nicked him for homers.
The Phillies. exhausted by their
home run barrage OF THURSDAY
had TO settle for q split with
Cincinnati. After losing the opener
to the Reds. ga. on Lloyd Merri-
mans triple and Danny Ltwhiier's
outfield fiy in the ninth, the Phils
came back 10 take the second
game. s-l.
Andy Seminick who hit three
homers Thursday. drove In two
runs TO win the second game with
a first-inning double. Red Lively
and Frank Fanovich gave up only
three hits TO the Phils. but
Seminick's double and Stan Holl-
mis's triple hurt.