Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-10
Errors Help
Tribe Erase
so Deficit
By FRANCIS STANN
Star stan Correspondent

NEW YORK, June 9.-The
legend that the Yankees do not
beat themselves was forever
blasted this black Saturday.
They not only did beat them
selves, but did it with a monu-
mental thoroughness as the In
dams won an incredible 1913
victory.
In a traveSty that strung out
for three hours and AZ minutes,
Just five minutes short of the
major league record, Cleveland
Iovercame a 60 deficit to make
lit two in a row over the stag
Igering American League cham
tpions and cut New York's lead
to two and a half games.
Just 10 days ago the Yankees
were in front by 6l2 games and
arousing fears of a runaway.
Now their pitchers have been
bombed for "a runs in two
games by the Tribe, one of the
weakest hitting clubs in both
leagues.
$4,000 Fans Stunned
A crowd of 35.456 sat in dis
belief as the Indians staged sue
cessive uprisings of five. four
and four runs to wipe out both
that 60 Yankee lead and an
81 margin. The Indians clob-
bered five pitchers for II hits
as a total of SO batterS came to
the plate. For that matter,
cleveland required five pitchers,
who faced As Yankees and
yielded Is hits.
So poor was the pitching that
credit for the victory was given
to Bud Daley, rookie southpaw
who faced just two hitters. He
probably never will win cheaper
game.
Dozen Hits Defy Belief
Just about everything that can
happen in an alleged ball game
occurred in this marathon which
began by daylight and was fin
ished under lights. Billy Martin
stole home and Eddie Robinson
delivered a pinch-hit homer to
set seasons "firsts" for the Yam
KEGS. There were three majestic
blows into the stands and q
dozen hits so cheap as to defy
belief.
The Yankees used 10 players
and Cleveland II, and at the end
the two managers virtually were
sitting by themselves in their
dugouts.
The rival first basemen, regu-
lar and pinch-hitting variety
alike, had a field day as Bill
Skowron homered, dodbled twice
and singled; Robinson homered;
Vic Wertz homered, and Preston
Ward delivered a two-run pinch
single that put Cleveland in
front for keeps.
BY the same token Mickey
Mantle fell below 400 for the
first time this season when he
could only collect one single.
While so many lesser batterS
were fattening up, Mickey
dropped to 1897.
Face Lemon Today
Now beaten in six of their last
eight games, the Yankees are
crying the blues because tomor-
row, in the final game of this
So-called crucial series, Bob
Lemon will be taking a To rec
ord against them. He will face
Johnny Kucks.
There was an early suspicion
that it would be lop-sided' vic.
tory, but not by the Indians.
whose chances of winning were
as black as the Hole of Calcutta
after Mike Garcia was blasted.
The fading Big Bear of the
cleveland pitching staff was no
better than his support, which
was very bad, and departed after
two innings, trailing 40. Then,
when reliever Don Mossi proved
no better, the Yankees staged
their third straight two-run in
ming.
And then the tide began to
turn as first the Yankees de-
Tense and then their pitching
ldiSintegrated completely. The
Tribe cut it to 6-2 in the fourth
on AL Rosen's single and Rocky
lColavito's home run. which came
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