New York, June 28.
J theoretical lead in the hectic American League pennant chase 'OE McCarthy's New York Yankees scampered back into a
yesterday by trimming the Philadelphia Athletics, 7 to 4 while the Cleveland Indians were taking a lacing from the Chicago White Sox, 6 to 4.
The idle St. Louis Cardinals, meanwhile, improved their standing slightly when the Brooklyn Dodgers dropped a bitter to the Boston Braves, 3 to 2.
The Cards now lead Brooklyn by a full game. taking the leadership of ithe junior loop by a bare.006 percentage point the Yanks had the double pleasure of watching their brilliant outfielder, Joe DiMaggio, run his string of hits to forty consecutive gares. The standing record is forty one games.
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