The Archive · 1938

Meeting Held

Softball Baseball — League Play to Begin on

About June 3

Crashing out a 5-3 triumph over ihe St, Louis Cardinals, the New York Giants further cemented their grip on the National League lead.

Tt was a free slugging game, with the Terrymen lashing out sixteen bingles and the Cards ten.

The Giants were forced to spurt to win.

They rallied in the ninth when they scored the two necessary runs for victor Joe Moore, Mel Ott and Harry Danning led the knocking out three bingles each, The Brooklyn Dodgers came back strongly to trounce the Chicago Cubs, 7-0, outhitting the Bruins, 16-7, in a sudden show of batting power The Bears played loose ball, making three miscu The two other games set for the day in the National League were 7 postponed. The Philadelph'a Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates were prevented from playing because of cold while rain halted the tilt between the Boston Bees and Cincinnati Reds. ye Errors Scoring two runs in the seventh canto, the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox, 4-2, and tied the Sioux yer third honours in the Americhn loop, Two scoring sprees which brought in a total of seven runs gave the St. Louis Browns victory over the Philadelphia Athletics. Outslugged, 16-8, the Browns chalked up four markers In the second frame and three more in the fourth for a 9-5 win. The Mackmen committed no fewer than five errors,

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