Yanks take series, with DiMaggio aiding rally

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NEW YORK, May 20, 1941 — The Yankees did what they had to do on Tuesday afternoon. Now they’ll see if they can do what they want to do.

It took this currently middling New York club into the early evening hours — specifically until there were two out in the bottom of the ninth inning — to head off the Yankee Stadium field with a 10 to 9 victory over the hapless St. Louis Browns and take two of the three games in the series.

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Now the Yankees will try to finally build on the momentum and make up some ground on the first-place Cleveland Indians.

Tuesday’s arduous task came to a close in a literal comedy of errors by last-place St. Louis. Facing Browns pitcher George Caster, the winning rally began with a Johnny Sturm …

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