Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-05-11 | Page 11 | Yanks Continue Power Dive While Red Sox, Indians, Tigers Win

Yanks Continue Power Dive Div While While Red Sox Indians Win Tigers i iBy By GEORGE KIRKSEY NEW YORK May 11 UP The UP-The The Yankees arent aren't losing fast enough these days so they go out and beat themselves to f. f add further evidence to the fact that this is another year and they are no longer the wonder team of baseball That time one-time impregnable defense defense defense de de- cracked wide open in the clutches yesterday and handed the Red Sox a ball game on a silver platter defense Cracks With three errors credited to them and another which the official official official of of- scorer neglected to give them the Yanks fumbled away awaya a great chance to snap their losing losing los- los ing ng streak Instead the Red Sox won 3 2 in 10 innings and extended extend extend- ed the Yanks' Yanks losing streak to seven straight straight longest longest since Joe McCarthy took over the club in 1931 Cleveland had two big im innings ings and beat the beat the Browns 9 4 to hold its ts second place pace spot a game and anda a half back of Boston Lou Boudreau and Ray Mack the Indians In Indians Indians' Indians Indians' In In- brilliant rookie second base combination drove in five runs Buck Newsom pitched the Tigers to a 3 0 win over the White Sox Big Buck allowed seven hits and permitted only two men to get past first The Tigers bunched their hits in the sixth to score three runs off John Rigney Bob Johnson hit a homer double and two singles to pace the Athletics Athletics Athletics Ath Ath- to a 8 7 victory over Wash Wash- ington Dodgers Lose The Giants spoiled Brooklyn's homecoming by clouting Whit Wyatt out of the box and beating the Dodgers 7 2 before wild-eyed wild fans Harry Gumbert held the Dodgers to five hits while the Giants rapped Wyatt and Ferrell Ferrell Ferrell Fer- Fer rell for 12 blows Pittsburgh snapped its nine nine- game losing streak by beating the Cubs 8 Spud Davis hit a homer with two on off Charley Root after he had relieved Bill BiB Lee Mace Brown held the Cubs to five hits