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Show m ' " n liFohnVanderMeer Loses Wild Streak to Capture fi Second Straight Victory , . . - Br GEORGE KIBKSEY ( United Fraas Sports Writer j - NEW YORK, May ' IB Johnny Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Sects was back on the glory road today after woeful start. 'After four humiliating defeats In' N&icfl he was either knocked out ear taken out because of wlldneas, "Vnder Meer started his comeback test Saturday by th rattling the Ze a g u a leading fardinala 2-1 on lour hits. He reel re-el red 20 men In pdrcession. . Ht pitched his Second victory yeaUrday by letting let-ting the Boston 8ees down with am hits aa the Beds won, 1-2. In Vandy fanned 1ft aad walked only (is. . Jn the last three ! r rnmea the Reds Vander Meer pitchers have allowed 20 hits and lour runs, and Orissom, Walters nd Vander Meer all have gone the aoute. That's why the Reds are In second place snapping at the heels f the Carets, who lead them by nly half a game. ; Vander Meer wasn't the only Cincinnati Cin-cinnati hero yeeterday. Frank Mc-Oirmlck Mc-Oirmlck hit a homer with one on and Ernie Lombard! followed with rnother round-tripper those two punches being enough to win for the Reds. . ' '. Cube Take Third ' The Cuba moved Into third place fehlnd Bill Lee's seven-hit pitching, which enabled Chicago to beat Brooklyn 4-2. Van Mungo had the Cubs blanked until the eixth, When ro Durocher ordered Hank Lelber paused to fill the bases with i two dtiL Then Hartnett doubled, clearing clear-ing the basse. Ha scored on' Rip Russell's single. It was Lee's fifth triumph. ' Curt Davis, making his fifth appearance ap-pearance in seven games, won his ftfth victory aa the Cards licked the Giants 5-1. Enoa Slaughter led the Oards' attack with three hits. Johnny Rlxso's single with the sum loaded In the tenth gave Pltts-Qurgh Pltts-Qurgh a S-4 triumph over the Phillies Phil-lies after the Piratea had blown a -a ktad. The victory enabled the Pirates to climb to sixth place. The' Yankees need only one more wctory to equal their longest win-afrnsrstrsak win-afrnsrstrsak la aa years aa a re-akH re-akH of yesterday's s-l conquest over tree SL Louia Browns. Rookie Alley Al-ley Donald, making his first start, lei the Browns down with six hits. Joe Cordon led the Bombers' attack at-tack with a triple with the bases loaded and a single. Boasx Triumph .Joe Cronin's triple with two mates on base enabled the Red Sox til subdue the White Sox 5-. Elden Auker, Red Sox pitcher, wae forced from the game In the eighth when hit on the leg by a line drive from Luke Appling's bat Bobby Entalella's homer Inside ttle park with Buddy Myer on base u A rana enrt In the ninth aa va Washington a 1-2 victory over Detroit. De-troit. Alex Alexandra tet the Tigers dowa with five hits. Archie Me-Kain, Me-Kain, Tiger southpaw, had to retire at the and of tha eighth with a acre arm, la favor of Harry Eiaenatat. Eiaen-atat. .Tha Athletics won from Cleveland Cleve-land e-S in the eleventh when Catcher Catch-er Rollie Hemsley dropped 8h.il-liag's 8h.il-liag's throw to the plate on Bob Johnson's roller. Neweome scored the winning run on the play. Johnann John-ann hit a homer with one on In tha sixth. |