Show Greenberg Needs Only Three More J Homers in Five Games for Recon Reco S By HUGH S S. S FULL JR J J AssO Associated Pr Press Ss Sports Writer J The rest of the baseball world may be hanging on the of ot the Pittsburgh-Chicago Pittsburgh series but what excites the D Detroit troit Tig Tiger r. r and most of the American League is whether Hank Greenbe Greenber t. t can cart can sock three more homers between now and Sunday W i Big Hank hit his seventh fifty and fifty-eighth fifty circuit blows of the season yesterday in a short second game as the Tigers Tigers Tigers Ti Ti- gers trimmed the i- i St. St Louis Browns W 5 4 and 10 That broke a record in t n Itself for it was 4 the eleventh time he had hit two or w more in a a. game this season But S the que question s t ion is whether he can equal or top Babe Rut Ruths Ruth's hs h's m major a j 0 r league record of 60 est esta a b 1 Ii i s she h e d back In 1927 Greenberg has five games to go Greenberg Greenberg- if It rain doesn't in in- in That gives him a a. good chance for when he finds the range he usually makes his wallops in bunches bunche But he also has had several sev Say eral long stretches when he couldn't knock one out of the lot At this stage in 27 Ruth had only 56 homers but he made four in three days belting No 60 in the semifinal game of f the season Greenberg was vas the only one who manage managed l to give ghe 14 other clubs a look-in look while white the Cubs and Pirates battled in the series that means the National league pen pen- nant Chicago's 2 1 victory earned through a magnificent mound performance by sore- sore arm armed cd Dizzy Dean reduced the Buccaneer lead to a half hall game For the rest of the clubs yesterdays yesterday's yesterdays yesterday's yesterdays yesterday's yester yester- days day's games were hardly more than just playing out the schedule The TheBo Bo Boston ton Red Sox walloped the Athletics Athletics Athletics Ath Ath- 11 1 behind Bill Harris' Harris four- four hit flinging while the Indians downed the Chicago White So 6 1 on a hitter five-hitter by Bobby F Feller Iler The champion Yankees finally made it two straight beating Washington Washing Washing- ton 5 Paul Dean Dizzy's come backing brother took a pasting at St. St Louis when the Cincinnati Reds belted I him out ih in five fiva innings and beat the Cards 31 3 Jim Turner allowed the Phillies three hits in 11 innings and rookie Tom Early Earl granted four in nine frames as the Boston Bees swept a doubleheader 2 1 and 4 The Giants and Dodgers broke even cven In their final engagement New York taking the first game 3 5 and Brooklyn the six inning nightcap 5 L 5 L A |