Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-26 | Page 11 | Bosox Pennant Hopes Fade as Yanks Annex Twin Bill While White Sox Triumph

Pennant Hopes Fade As Yanks Annex Twin Bill While White Sox Triumph jy By GEORGE KIRKSEY NEW YORK Aug 26 UP The UP-The The last lingering hope of the I Boston Red Sox Sax to upset baseball dope and dethrone the New York Yankees virtually faded away today as the Bronx Bombers headed into the stretch with a 10 game 10 game lead The Yanks gained a game and a aalf half alf yesterday when they pum- pum pummeled pummeled meled the Browns 11 0 and 8 2 r f r The Red Sox suffered suffered suf suf- A a 9 2 reverse re- re verse from the thel l White Sox With S Steve t eve Sundra the majors majors' majors majors' ma ma- jors' jors only unbeaten unbeaten un un- beaten h hurler u r I 1 e er r If letting t the Ii e Browns d down o 0 w n st with four hits S the Yanks coasted coast- coast coastS coasted coasted ed to victory in inthe S r the opener It r SS was was Sundra's 5 eighth straight L 4 triumph J Joe 0 Lett Lefty Gomez Gordon b blasted I 1 a s 5 ted out ut two homers Nos 22 and 23 His lis first came with two on and was followed by br Selkirk's single with the bases loaded Lefty Gomez turned in a three- three hit job to chalk up victory No 11 and stretch the Yankee winning streak to seven straight in the nightcap A seven run outburst in the eighth off Emerson Dickman enabled enabled enabled en en- the White Sox to rout the Red led Sox Lefty Grove started for forthe forthe the he Red Sox but was taken out outto to fo o ra pinch hitter in the seventh Dickman was charged with the loss oss Eric McNair had a perfect day Foxx getting 5 for 5 Jimmy homer No 34 and Joe hit lit fo circuit to score Bosons Boson's Boston's Boston's Bos Bos- tons ton's two runs Buck Newsom let Washington down with four hits as he pitched the Tigers to a 5 2 triumph It was Newsoms Newsom's fifteenth victory Earl Averill with two doubles and a a single led the Detroit attack Cleveland won its fourth straight by downing the Athletics 6 0 behind behind behind be be- hind Harry Eisenstat's six-hit six pitching Etching Hal Trotsky clouted homer lomer No 20 with one on All National league clubs were idle die