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Show ' t Bosox Beat Lefty Gomez; j Brooklyn Humbles Giants By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK, Oct. 2 (UP) American league partisans were perturbed per-turbed today over the "eleventh hour" losing streak of the New York Yankees and the defeat of Lefty Gomez in his last start before be-fore facing the Giants in the opening same of the world series' Wednesday. Most Yankee supporters charged off the 4-game losing streak to lack of incentive to win with nothing at stake, but yesterday's loss, with Gomes on the mound trying hard for his 22nd triumph, caused anxiety among Yankee backers who have laid 2-1 that the American league champions win the world series. Gomez was outpitched by Buck Newsom who scored a 4-2 triumph for the Boston Red Sox in T innings, in-nings, darkness halting the game. Newsom, who scored a 4-2 triumph while Gomes wu rapped for eight. Gomez gave up 7 walks. With the pennant in the bag, the Giants bowed to the Dodgers, 7-4. The victory broke Brooklyn's 14-game 14-game losing streak. The Giants used a makeshift lineup. Hank Leiber, back in the lineup after illness, got "5 for B." In the other National league games Pittsburgh won its 18th victory vic-tory In IV starts against Cincinnati, 6-3. and the St. Louis Cardinals defeated de-feated the Chicago Cubs, 4-1. Jim Tobln. who let the Reds down with 8 hits, had a perfect day at bat. getting "4 for 4." Si Johnson pitched the Cards' victory. With Hank Greenberg hitting homers No. 39 and 40 and Rudy York belting No. 34, the Detroit Tigers slugged out a 14-4 triumph over the St. Louis Browns in the only other American league game. Eldon Auker easily won his 17th game. Bob Riggs Wins From Britisher BERKELEY. Cal., Oct. I P-One P-One of two possible upsets at the Pacific coast tournament today eould keep World's Champion Don Budge and Germany's Baron Gottfried Gott-fried von Cramm from their fifth tennis meeting of 1937. In today's semifinal round Budge opposes Frank Kovacs. young Oakland Oak-land star, and Von Cramm faces Bobby Riggs of Los Angeles, who ranks second to Budge among American amateurs. Riggs displayed brilliant tennis yesterday as he eliminated England's Eng-land's Davis cup star. Charles Hare. 6-3. 9-7. Kovacs defeated Joe Hunt of Los Angeles, 6-4, 6-4, in a mild upset. Budge was given an uneasy few minutes In his close match with Jiro Yamagishi. Japanese ace, before winning, 2-6. 6-4, 10-8. Von Cramm disposed of Gene Smith of Berkeley, 6-6. 6-4, 6-1. The tournament's biggest upset nccurred yesterday when pretty Kay Stammers, member of England's Wightman cup team, waa defeated in quarter-finals by Sylvia Hen-rotin Hen-rotin of France, 6-4. 6-4. Miss Stammers Stam-mers was noticeably off her usual ateady game. She tired quickly and could not handle Her opponent's placements and tricky lobs. Se. ,ta Anita Lizana of Chile continued her winning stride, defeating de-feating Dorothy Workman of Los Angeles, 6-1, 8-8, in quarter-finals. Today she will meet Mary Hard-wiek Hard-wiek of England, who beat out Marie-Louise Horn, Germany, yesterday. |