Yanks go quietly despite DiMaggio’s contribution

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NEW YORK, May 17, 1941 — The Yankees can’t seem to get out of their own way.

One day after rekindling hope that they’d broken out of an early-season slump, they slid right back into it in a rather listless 3 to 2 loss to the White Sox before a Saturday crowd of 10,272 fans at Yankee Stadium.

The latest setback has them back under the .500 mark at 15-16 and searching for answers and some offense.

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White Sox starter Johnny Rigney was too much for the Bronx bats to handle on this day. He went the distance, giving up five hits, with only one of those, a Bill …

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