New York, July 18.
WITH Young Bob Feller performing in topnotch style for Cleveland, the Indians finally, shook the' Yankees' jinx today and sneaked a 2 to 1 victory over on the New Yorkers.
The win chopped the Yanks' lead down to six games.
A heavy downpour of rain halted the game in the eighth inning and at that stage Marius Russo of the Yanks and Feller had both yielded a half dozen hits.
Boston. The final score was 4 to 3.
The Yanks. after taking the im-The Chisox were outhit but came portant Cleveland series, will move back strong after losing their lead to Detroit tomorrow while the Indians should get a: breathing spell from and pushed over the tying run. their series with the Washington the seventh and the winner in the anth, Senators, The Philadelphia Athletics collected The Senators battered two Detroit foür runs in the ninth to nose out hurlers for sixteen hits to win 8:10 the St, Louis Browns 6 to 5. The 1 in another game that was stopped "A's" were badly outhit and trailed by rain in he eighth frame, Five most of the game, of the Washington runs crossed the 1 plate in the second and the other Cards Smash Dodgers three were scored in the sixth.
The St. Louis Cards knocked over Emil Leonard added another win the Brooklyn club again today to io his growing string by turning the climb within two games of Leo Tigers back with six hits, He hurled Durochers' senior circuit leading shutout ball every inning but the Dodgers. The Cards led throughout fourth, to push over an easy 6 to 1 victory. The big innings were the fourth and 10-Inning Pitching Duel fifth when runs were scored in pairs.
Johnny Rigney of Chicago bested Ernest White was on the mound the ancient "Lefty" Grove in a for the Cards and held the league pitchers' duel but it took him 10 leaders to six hits and hurled shutout innings to get the decision over ball every inning but the fourth. Walt All this means endless hours beneath a scorching sun, in wind or rain, grinding away in quest of perfection, sweat oozing from every pore and the cosch's voice squealing Over and over again like a gram-phone that won't run down. "Don't hurry! Carry it all the way throug! Two. where've you been all season'
tice spins, time trials. recing starts—the same business every day, Fresh with the strength of youth i the mornings first command, they're exhausted, wilted lads when they hear the respite-yielding order, "Easy all." at the close of day.
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