The Archive · 1937

Gehrig's Quick Homer

'The Yanks looked like sure winners to-day as Lou Gehrig stepped to the plate in the first inning and cracked outer home run with two men on board. The Chicago White Sox caught up, however, and tied the count at. forcing the game into' extra innings., In the first half of the tenth, the Yankee batters were baffled by Lefty Lee's offerings, and in the last half of the inning Rip Radcliff connected with one of Lefty Gomez's slants for a hard single which brought home Dixie Walker with the deciding run of the game.

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