| Show Yanks Test Tribe Ace By OSCAR FRALEY NEW YORK May 6 UP UP- UP Cleveland's skidding Indians seekIng seeking seeking seek seek- ing to refute charges they are just another morning glory crew open a critical two-game two series against the world champion New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Yankees today with the American league lead hanging in inthe inthe inthe the balance The Tribes Tribe's pennant prospects also will be decided during the two games Although the Indians have won 14 and lost six to head the junior circuit by a half game over the Yanks 13 of their victories have come at the expense of second second second sec sec- ond division clubs Open Crucial Series Those 13 came in a row and when the Tribe resumed relations with the first division it dropped three straight to the third place Boston Red Sox The Yankees meanwhile have been getting back in the groove with four triumphs over the hapless White Sox Sax and andare andare andare are all set to tee off on the IndIans Indians Indians In In- and take the league lead Cleveland will use its current ace young Jim Bagby who has won all five of his starts this year Against him the Yanks will toss Ernie Bonham winner of three Paced by Joe DiMaggio's booming booming booming boom boom- ing bat which rapped two homers and a triple to score four runs the Yanks beat Chicago 5 4 in 10 innings yesterday DiM DiMaggio's a g g i os o's triple scored Tommy Henrich with the winning run in the Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago got all four runs off Johnny Lindell who was knocked out in inthe inthe inthe the third Hank Borowy limited them to one safety the rest of the way as the Yanks clipped Johnny Rigney for eight safeties Win Again Boston handed Cleveland its third p pasting ting 3 13 hammering four Indian pitchers for 18 hits Ted Williams hit his sixth homer of the season and for and for the first time since joining the Sox laid Sox laid down a bunt and beat it out for fora fora a a hit Ken Chase former Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington southpaw gave up 12 hits in coasting to victory Russ Christopher gave Detroit only three hits in hurling the Philadelphia Philadelphia Phil Phil- adelphia Athletics to a 2 1 victory vic vic- tory over the Tigers It was the first major league starting assignment assignment assign assign- ment for the former Yank farmhand farmhand farmhand farm farm- hand from Newark Dizzy Trout allowed the As A's to bunch seven hits to win Rookie Early Wynn scored his third triumph of the season by pitching and batting the Washington Washing Washing- ton Senators to a 5 3 victory over St. St Louis Wynns Wynn's sixth inning single with the bases loaded drove home the winning run with the score knotted at 3 Wynn pitched hit eight-hit ball with Washington packing its five hits off Bob Harris Harris Harris Har Har- ris and Frank Biscan Brooklyn boosted its National league lead to 1 a 11 games adding a full game as it defeated the St St. Louis Cardinals 3 1 while second place Pittsburgh dropped before the Boston Braves 7 Veteran Southpaw Larry French beat the Cards single-handed single holding them to four hits and driving in two runs runs including including the winning counter in the in in- in ning fling Dem bums meanwhile touched Rookie Southpaw Howie Howle and Max Lanier for seven safeties Bucs Lo Lose e Pittsburgh's Pirates were powerless powerless powerless pow pow- erless against year old Rookie Southpaw Jim Wallace who limited limited lim urn them to six blows Three Pirate Pirate Pirate Pi Pi- Pi- Pi rate pitchers were plastered for 16 hits Paul Waner collected four and reached base five live consecUtive consecUtive consecutive times Bucky Walters of Cincinnati joined the hitting pitchers to score his first victory of the season over the New York Giants 2 Walters Walters Walters Wal Wal- allowed only five blows and he Lynn Frey and Mike McCormick McCormick McCormick I mick delivered successive singles I in the to beat Hal macher It was a tight pitching duel with Schumacher also giving up but five hits Johnny rationed 10 hits as the Philadelphia Phils halted the Chicago Cubs 4 The Phils scoring their sixth triumph of the season bunched nine safeties safeties safeties safe safe- ties off Claude and added five stolen bases |
