Hal Trosky powers his 24th homer to lead the Indians to a 7 – 3 win over the White Sox. Joe Vosmik is 1 for 2 and continues to hold a slight lead at .348 in the American League batting race. After the Washington-Philadelphia twinbill today, Buddy Myer (0 for 4 today) is 2nd at .342 and Jimmie Foxx (0 for 9 today) is at .340, ending his 18-game hitting streak.

At Wrigley Field, lefty Roy Henshaw edges the Pirates, 4 – 3, to the delight of 39,000 fans.

1935 – With 30,000 fans watching at Wrigley Field, first-place Chicago tallies 20 hits in thrashing the Giants, 15 – 3. Charlie Root picks up the win, Chicago’s 15th straight.

With Terry Moore sidelined after fracturing his foot yesterday, the Cards top Brooklyn, 4 – 2, behind Jesse Haines. Paul Dean saves the game in relief. In the second game of the doubleheader in St. Louis, a tired Dizzy Dean again fails in relief, giving up three runs as Brooklyn wins, 8 – 7. The Cards are now trailing the Cubs by 2 1/2 games.

The Giants take a 2 – 1 lead against the Cubs, but when Hal Schumacher injures his arm in the 5th inning, the Cubs jump on reliever Allyn Stout to win, 5 – 3. Larry French is the victor.

Phils rookie Hal Kelleher makes his first major league start, shutting out the Reds, 1 – 0.

Dodger OF Len Koenecke, dropped by the team, and put off an American Airline flight for drunkenness in Detroit, hires a private plane to fly him to Buffalo, where he had played previously. During the flight he tries to take over the controls and gets into a fight with the pilot. He dies after the co-pilot hits him over the head with a fire extinguisher.

In the opener of a critical four-game series in Chicago, the Giants lose, 8 – 3, to Lon Warneke. The Cubs have now won 12 straight.