Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-08-06 | Page 19 | Bosox Move into Second Place Post

BosoxMove Into Second Place-Post Bv GEORGE KIRKSET I'nltrd Pm Sports Writer NEW YORK, Aug. a Boston's Red Sox rode a nine-game winning streak into second place of the American league today, but were too far behind the pace-setting New York Yankees to be identified as challenger. The Yanks crushed the Chicago White Sox, 13-8, to extend their margin to nine games yesterday. And, with Boston entertaining the Pale Hose for the next three days, the New Yorkers have a fine chance to lengthen that margin while the runner-ups kill each other off. Boston, shading the Cleveland Indians In-dians 8-4. swept a four-game series and moved five points above Chicago Chi-cago in the standings. TenthTlctorj Newsom limited the Indians to eight hits In scoring his tenth victory, vic-tory, while the Red Sox jumped on Willis Hudlin for 11. The Ysnkees won despite being outkit 14-10. and it gave them their fifth straight win. Lou Gehrig walloped wal-loped home runs No. 24 and No. 23 in driving in five runs. The winners In both other American league games were en the short end of total hits. On eight hits Detroit won ft- aver the Philadelphia Athletics, who got nine, and St. Louis, with only nine safeties, took a 7-4 decision from the Washington Senators, who collected IS. The National league race showed signs of tightening up as the leading lead-ing Cubs dropped their second strsight to the Philadelphia Phillies. Bucky Walters turned the Bruins bsck with four hits for a 4-2 victory. vic-tory. The loss cut the, Cubs' lead to five games over the New York Giants, who battled the Cincinnati Reds 12 innings before emerging with a 2-0 victory. Pitchers' Duel It was a pitchers' duel In which Clydell Castleman, who allowed eight hits, bested Lefty Lee Gris-som, Gris-som, who was solved for 10. A two-bagger two-bagger by Leslie and singles by Danning. Ryan and Whitehead furnished fur-nished the power for New York's tallies In ths twelfth. Six errors by the Pittsburgh Pirates, Pi-rates, which resulted In as many unearned runs, gave the Brooklyn Brook-lyn Dodgers S-S victory and an even split In the four-game series. se-ries. Timely hitting by the Boston Bees, coupled with two errors, gave them a 4-1 triumph ever the St Louis Cardinals, who euthlt their opponents 11-5.