Evening star., 1950-05-22
!Yanks and Dj Maqqio
Do Things Better on
Road Than at Home

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By Joe ReichIer
Associated Press Sports Writer
All's we'll with the New York
Yankees now that Joe DiMaggio
is back on the team. Apparently
all DiMag and the Yankees needed
was a change of scenery.
A sweep Of the doubleheader in
Cleveland yesterday, 14-5 and 12-
4, established the world cham
pions more securely than ever in
first place. With a record of 90
8, they're better off than they
were a year ago today when they
had a 1910 mark.
Washington's GO triumph over
Detroit and Chicago's 4-3 victory
over Boston after the Red Sox
had won the opener, TO, gave the
Yanks a 2h-game bulge over the
second-place Tigers and three
game edge over the Red Sox.
Washington was 3A games behind
but led Boston on a percentage
basis.
When the Bronx Bombers left
the usually friendly confines of
the Yankee Stadium a week ago
they were in second place and Di
Ma&io was in the midst of one
OF the worst batting slumps of
his career. He was batting .225.
Things Improve on Road.
Once on the road, Joe began
betting like the jolter of old and
the Yankees wasted little time
climbing to the top. They've won
six straight. with one more to play
In Cleveland and two in Detroit.
The leading figure in the Yankee
surge has been Di Maggie. In the
six games Joe collected nine hits
IN 23 times at bat for a batting
mark of .391.
The Dodgers lead in the Ma
tional League was cut to a half
game when the Phillies divided a
double-header with the Cardinals
while the Cincinnati Reds were
nosing out Brooklyn, 1919. The
Cardinals needed a triple play to
win the first game, 6-5, but the
Phils came back to win the night
cap, Al, on Andy Seminick's two
run homer in the ninth.
Boston's Braves moved into a
third-place tie with the Cards,
winning two from the Cubs, 3-2
and 4-3. Pittsburgh moved past
the Cubs into fifth place, sweep
ing both ends of a double header
from the Giants in New York,
AZ and 8-6.
Philadelphia and st. Louis split
an American League twin bill,
the AS winning the second game,
8-3, after the Browns had won
the opener, 11-6.
Third Largest Crowd.
DiMaggio enjoyed his biggest
day Of the year yesterday as he
batted in eight runs in the twin
bill. A crowd of 79,570, third
largest ever to see a major league
game. saw Ed Lopat and Allie
Relnolds each win his fourth
game for the Yankees. Bob Eel
Ter and Early Wynn were the
losers.
Leftys Bill Pierce snapped q
seven-game losing streak for the
White Sox with a seven-hitter
against Boston after Ellis Kinder
had shut out Chicago on four hits
in the opener. Bill Wight, Kin
der's opponent, allowed only seven
hits, but one was a three-run
homer by Walter Dropo.
Home runs by Virgil Stallcup
Johnny Wryostek. Grady Hatton
and Danny Litwhiler enabled
Herman Wehmeier to 60 to the
distance in the Reds 1919 victory
over Brooklyn.
Catcher Joe Garagiola was the
hero of the Cards 6-5 triumph
over the Phillies in the first game
He hit a single and two doubles
and drove in run. In the first
inning after the Pills Ed Waitkus
took a third strike, Garagiola
whipped the BAH to third to nip
Richie Ashburn. A quick relay
to first caught Gran Hammer of
the bag for a triple play.
Johnny Sain registered his sixth
triumph for the Braves in the SO
victory over the Cubs. He pitched
six scoreless innings to raise his
string to "a shutout frames before
Chicago scored in the seventh.
Ralph Kiner slammed his eighth
home run for Pittsburgh in the
first game triumph over the Giants
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