IN THE NEWS: The Cleveland Indians leave Boston tonight for Washington under a medical injunction to take precautions against contagion from the spinal meningitis afflicting right fielder Bruce Campbell. The Indians, 7–3 winner today over Boston, will be allowed to play the Senators tomorrow, but every player is told to isolate himself from family and children for three weeks.
Bucky Walters, infielder turned pitcher, holds the Reds to seven hits in seven 2/3 inning, and bats in the winning run to give the Phils a 4–3 win. Philadelphia scores all its runs in the 6th when they drive Al Hollingsworth, Cincy's leading pitcher, from the mound.
Toronto (IL) pitcher Leroy Hermann pitches a 10-inning no-hit no-run game against Newark.
IN THE NEWS: Playing LF, Joe DiMaggio makes his regular-season debut with the Yankees and has three hits, one a triple, as New York routs St. Louis 14–5. Joe scores three runs and knocks in one. Gehrig and Ben Chapman each collect four hits. New York will win five of their next six games with DiMag in the lineup. To make room, the Yankees waive OF Dixie Walker, hitting .350, to the White Sox.
IN THE NEWS: Joe Sullivan, Detroit pitcher, weakens after 12 innings of scoreless relief and Cleveland edges Detroit 9–7. Sullivan takes over for Elden Auker in the 2nd and is splendid before losing in the 15th. Tribe second baseman Roy Hughes makes a ML record 14 putouts in the game (as noted by Trent McCotter and Lyle Spatz).
By beating the A's, 7–2, at home the Yankees move into first place and will remain there the rest of the season. Rookie Joe DiMaggio makes his belated home debut and hits his first home run, off George Turbeville. Lou Gehrig has four hits and two RBIs and Johnny Murphy, in his first start of the season, picks up the win.
In Washington, the Senators top the A's and Lefty Grove, 4–0. Grove had come into the game having allowed just one earned run in his previous 48 innings.
IN THE NEWS: Mel Ott drives in eight runs, including a 3-run home run with two out in the 9th inning, to give the Giants a 13–12 win over the Phillies.
IN THE NEWS: After the Dodgers beat Dizzy Dean, 5–2, at Ebbets Field, Cardinal captain Leo Durocher and Casey Stengel agree to meet under the stands and the Dodger manager gets a cut lip in a brief fight. The fight was the result of much bickering about calls during the game and some pre-game bantering.
IN THE NEWS: Joe DiMaggio bangs three doubles and single to pace the visiting Yankees to a 6–1 win over the Browns. The Browns shut out the Yanks yesterday to break their 13-game losing streak.
IN THE NEWS: Washington's Bobo Newsom strikes out 11 former teammates to hand the Browns their 23rd loss in their last 27 games. The Nats win, 10–5, behind a 17-hit attack. Les Tietja is the loser without retiring a batter.
IN THE NEWS: The Giants take first place from the Cardinals, defeating them at the Polo Grounds 10–7. tomorrow, Paul Dean will pitch the Cards back on top, as the NL lead seesaws.
IN THE NEWS: The Phillies reacquire "The Clouting Kraut" Chuck Klein, from the Cubs, along with P Fabian Kowalik and a reported $50,000, for P Curt Davis and OF Ethan Allen. Klein is hitting .294 this year for the Cubs.
IN THE NEWS: Phils pitcher Bucky Walters shuts out the Dodgers, 15–0. Fred Fitzsimmons, routed before getting an out, is the loser. The big blow in the 7-run 1st inning is a grand slam by Pinky Whitney.
Collecting 17 hits, including eight doubles, the Cards overwhelm the Pirates, 11–4. Dizzy Dean breezes to his 6th win and the Cards increase their lead to one 1/2 games. Pepper Martin scores in his 13th consecutive game, but will go runless tomorrow.
IN THE NEWS: At Crosley Field, Sammy Byrd hits a grand slam in the bottom of the 9th to give the Reds a 4–3 win over Pittsburgh. Bucs starter Bob Swift loads the bases and reliever Cy Blanton serves up just one pitch to Byrd who lets it fly. Byrd will hit one more homer this year and then retire next March 10 to play professional golf.
Tony Lazzeri hits three home runs, two in the nitecap, good for four RBI as the visiting Yankees pound the Athletics, 12-6 and 15–1. The crowd of 24,240, one of the largest in several seasons, pelts the field with cushions, bottles and other articles, making play difficult. Dickey, Chapman, Rolfe, and Crosetti also homer for NY.
IN THE NEWS: Yankees 2B Tony Lazzeri sets several slugging marks with two grand slams, a 3rd home run, and a triple for 15 total bases in a 25–2 slaughter of the Athletics at Shibe Park. Tony has now hit seven home runs in four games and six in three games. He also sets a new AL mark of 11 RBIs in one game. DiMaggio has three hits, including a homer, and Frank Crosetti also goes deep as a league mark is tied when nine Yanks score two or more runs. Another major-league record is tied when Ben Chapman draws five walks as the Yanks are handed 16 bases on balls. Gehrig exits early and is replaced by his favorite sub, Jack Saltzgaver. Monte Pearson is the winner over George Turbeville in the laugher.
IN THE NEWS: Carl Hubbell beats the Dodgers 5–4 in 12 innings for his 6th win, as the Giants tie the Cardinals for first place.
Cleveland OF Bruce Campbell is released from the hospital after a 3rd attack of spinal meningitis. Cleveland wins today, 12–2, over he Browns with Billy Sullivan collecting five safeties and Hal Trosky hitting his 10th home run, a triple, and single.
IN THE NEWS: At Wrigley Reds pitcher Al Hollingsworth stakes himself to a 4–0 lead by belting a grand slam off Chicago's Lon Warneke in the top of the 2nd. He then surrenders seven runs in the bottom of the frame and eventually loses, 11–5.
IN THE NEWS: In the 2nd 15–0 shutout in a week, New York's Al Smith is the beneficiary of the hitting as he closes down the Braves. Smith will toss four shutouts this year, tops in the NL. Smith gives up a Texas Leaguer by Hal Lee in the 8th and a ground single in the 9th.
IN THE NEWS: Stu Martin 4th hit of the game, a single in the 12th inning, drives in the winning run as the Cards beat the Reds, 8–7. Dizzy Dean 'scatters' 19 hits, including five by Lew Riggs, in winning his 9th.
In a 5-run rally in the 9th at Detroit, Rogers Hornsby's pinch single drives in the winner and gives the Browns an 11–10 win over the Tigers. Starting pitcher Chief Hogsett, making his first appearance with the last-place Browns, hits four Detroit batters to tie the ML record.
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