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Show . WHES MFf. OCT mm il'.l.. Champs Win Five Battles In Succession By LAWTON CARVER International Mews Sparta Editor NEW YORK, May 1 Gradually (ttinc into high gear for an unexpected un-expected runaway to their fourth Straigm American 1 s a g u a pennant, the New York Yankees held a record of 10 victories vic-tories In 12 starts on the road as they came into home pastures today to-day for a 11-game stand lasting until un-til May 28. The champs have won their last five starts. In ths last couple cou-ple of weeks, Lou Gehriar ended his first baseman of ths club, Jos Di-Maggio Di-Maggio was carted off to the hospital hos-pital with torn leg muscles and 4 Pitchers Red Ruffing, Lefty Gomes and Wea Ferrell all suffered arm twinges, but ths Yankees went right on winning anyhow. In fact they smothered the opposition in most esses. They ought to be something to watch if they ever get good and healthy. Ferrsll's trouble showed up yesterday, yes-terday, this being a relapss of hia long-standing and ones operated upon elbow ailment Due to his difficulty he lasted only seven in- nings and the best hs and Relief Man Johnny Murphy could do waa to ahut out the Philadelphia Athletics Ath-letics I to 0. Ob Injured List Ruffing, recently on the Injured e list shut out ths same club on Sunday. Sun-day. If Cornea's shoulder hitch is In real bad shape he may now be able to do better than atill another shutout when hs starts again. Meantime, Bump Hadley waa to a open today againet the St Louis Browns. Discouraging as It may be to the Boston Red Sox, who are in second place, one and a half games behind the Yanks, ths latter figure to get better during their stay hers, as the ailing players gradually re- , cover, notably DiMagglo, who is expected to get back into tha line-up within ths next few daya. Right now the line-up Includes three .200 hitters (Dickey, .392; Selkirk, Sel-kirk, .340, and Henrich, .333) and a , couple flirting around the so-called charmed circle. If DiMagglo, when ha returns, can pick up where he left off with an average of .439, the Yanks really will be a wrecking craw. Bosex Look Good ' Looking at it from another stand point they had better be If they are to stay out in front of the parade. pa-rade. Tre Red Sox also are playing play-ing soms flashy baseball. Against tha Yanks' record of 13 victories 1 and five defeats, the Red Sox have woa 12 and lost five and kept pace yesterday by trouncing the Washington Wash-ington Senators to 2 in one of only two games played in the circuit cir-cuit In the only National league game, 1 with moat of tha clubs traveling, ths Chicago Cuba trimmed the Pittsburgh Pitts-burgh Pirates 4 to 2 as Larry French found himself for ths first time this season. |