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Show SUITOY SEC5DES SEERflS 'EKT ADK1 i . - Yahks, Giants Both Victors InBigShow . By GEORGE KIRKNEY t'nlted Press H porta Writer NEW YORK. Sept. 24-The Ysn-kses Ysn-kses had tha American league pennant pen-nant In the bag today, while the Giants hsd all but tucked away tha National league flag. Tha Giants were on their way home with a three and a half game lead after knocking down the Cubs for two straight and completing their final western swing with eight victories In 11 gsmes. With only le games left to play, and alv of them with the Card-Inala, Card-Inala, the Cuba' reuse looks hope, lees. The Giants, with II games to play, need nine victories to elinch the pennant. If tha Cuba sweep their remaining IS. And that la a big -If." Bill Terry's outfit yesterday beat the Cubs, S-7, before W.414 fsns at VVrigley field. The battle was crammed with hair-raising action. The Cubs hsd ths tying and winning win-ning runt on base when Augie Galen rolled out to Mel Ott to end the game. Jimmy Ripple, red-headed outfielder, out-fielder, and Cliff Melton, lanky aouthpaw who shut out ths Cubs yesterday, were the heroes of the Cisnts' victory. Rippls msds two doubles, driving in ons run and scoring two, but his greatest feat was a running, back-handed catch of Billy Herman's liner with the bases loaded in the fourth, when the Cubs scored three runs to tie the core. Kap Cub Hurlrrs The Giants rspped Dsvis. French, Root and Lee for 17 hits, with Joe Moors getting three doubles snd a single, and Dick Bartell getting three singles. Terry used four pitchers, Schumacher, Hubbell, Cumbert and Melton. Hubbell was credited with his 21st victory, but It wss Melton who csms in with ths bsses loaded and one out in the ninth to halt a Cub uprising by retiring two men. The Yankees backed Into the pennant. They blew a o-t lead and loat to the St Louis Browne, -a, but still won their ninth pennant, tying the Athletics' American league record, and their eeeond In a row when the Boa-ton Boa-ton Red Sox removed the last mathematical doubt by beating the Tigers, 4-g. Ben Chapman, former Yankee, truck the blow that nailed down the Yankee flag. Ha hit a homer in the ninth with two on to bring the Red Sox from behind to win. The Yanks entrained for Boston, where they play today. Joe Dl-Magglo Dl-Magglo was given permission to go to New York to see his former schoolmate from San Francisco. Fred Apostoii, knock out Marcel Thll, European middleweight champion. cham-pion. Senators Triumph Washington beat Cleveland, 3-2, behind Rookie Joe Krakauskas' pitching and dropped the Indians to fifth place. Singles by Appling and Connors, a double steal and an Infield out enabled the White Sox to win from tha Athlettca, 1-0. The Cardinals beat Brooklyn, (-4. as Don Padgett hit two triples and a homer. It was ths Dodgers' ninth strsight defest. Jim Turner scored his 19th victory as the Boston Bees defeated Pittsburgh, 2-1. Dolf Ca-mllU's Ca-mllU's homer with the baaea load-ad load-ad featured the Phillies' 9-S win over tha Reda In a game played before only M3 fans. The Reda uaed 22 men. Home Run Hitters By International News Service. Lazzeri, Yankeea; Hemsiey, Browns; Chapman. Red Sox; Cam-illl. Cam-illl. Phillies; Padgett, Cards. LEADERS DiMaggio. Yankees, 44; Greanberg, Tigers, 38; Gehrig, Yankees, 84; Foxx, Red Sox, 33; York, Tigers. 33. |