Deficit to 5-4 Victory in National League New York, July 31.
Bill Terry's New York Giants tonight paid no respect to Bucky Walters' far-flung fame and hammered him for ten solid blows to defeat the Cincinnati Reds, 5 to 4, and reduce their lead to 7% games over the idle Brooklyn E Playing under are lights on the Polo Grounds, the Giants came from behind in the home half of the ninth to ruin what appeared at first one of those easy Walters' victories. New York second baseman Burgess Whitehead and catcher Harry Danning turned a one to four deficit into a five to four win by slamming cir-cult blows each with a mate aboard, Danning's smash came with two strikes against him and two meg already out.
In the American League the hectic July drive remained a dead heat as both the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians won their games to remain deadlocked for the lead, Detroit humbled the world champion Yankees in eleven Innings; 7-6, while Cleveland beat the third place Boston Red Sox in a slugfest, 12 to 11.
Today's highlight in the major league wars was a calamity which befell Phil Wrigley's Chicago Cubs. It was bad enough that they should drop a hard fought gama to the Philadelphia Phillies, 7-36, but on top of it the Cubs lost the valuable services of outfielder Angie Galen, perhaps for the remainder of the season, when he crashed against a concrete wall while chasing a foul, fly in the fourth inning. Hospital officials said it was feared he might have fractured both legs.
Then on top of everything. catcher manager Babby Hartnett was hit on the head with a bat when rookie Mazzera lost his balance after swinging wildly at a third strike,
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