New Britain herald., 1924-06-17
TANKS STILL CLLNGING 70
 TOP PLACE N AMERICAN
Indians Beat Tanks Tygers Defeat Red Sox, Browns Trounce Athletics, Chicago Bests Washington, While in Older Circuit the Giants Batter Cards, Cubs Lose v to Phils, Braves Win From Pirates and Brooklyn Triumphs Over Reds.

New York, June 1I.-Alphonse and Gsston of comic supplement- fame never were more defere--.al 10 each other than are the Yankees and Red sox. Bcause they ref-ed to be so ungentlsmanly as to be ali Cleveland while Detroit was trouncing Boston, New York today is still clinging to the top rung Of the American league ladder.
 Bullet Joe Bush, who apparently does not believe in the you first code of etiquette, did his best for eight innings to help his road-Neary team mates pull away to two game lead over their tenacious Fenway rivals by holding the Indians 10 three scattered hits, but in the ninth with the assistance of Johnson's error, he handed a to 1 victory to Speakers tribe. Coreleski pitched strong game for Cleveland, keeping the Yankees eight bingles thinly inter spersed. Babe Ruth was passed three times,
 Detroit climbed 10 within a few points Of second place by scoring a ehut-out ofer the sugging Rcd SoN, a to Q. Lii Stoner. who never per mitted Fohl's men to become unduly familiar with his slants, let his oppon- ents down with six hits, Boston ium- hled its only chance to break up the game In the eighth when Tod ground ed out with the bases full, The Browns moved up to fifth place by pounding out 10 10 win over the Athletics. Collins took the heart of Connie etiaeks charges in the seFenth when he combed Burns for homer with three on. Lyons helped win his own name with single and double.
 Landing on tho long end of a 10 score in n see-saw battle with Washington, Chicago took hrmer hold on its first division berth Hoop CT settled tho argument in the eighth with a circuit drive with all three sacks occupied.
 Ruthlessly trampling on tho hapcss Cardinals to the tune of to while the Cubs dropped tho opener to the lowly philies, the Giants widoned the breach between themselves and the windy city aggregation to a game and 8 nAli. iL WAS inH bldlilS Iii'h wv tory Of the season over Hornsby and company who took four straight from the league leaders in the mound city ls@ month. Hack" Wilson, Sonth- worth's sensational young understudy, slammed out triple and two singles srew a base en halle, scored two runs and drove two more. Seht pitched s strong game for the McGrawites.
 Alexander had to take 10 cover un. der a heavy bombsrimcnt Of Phila- 5elphia hits in the second inning of the Cub.Philly tussls and his team mates were eventually overwhelmed, s to 8. A running catch by Cy Wil- lams in the eighth featured.
 Unable ot do anything with Jess Barnes offerings, Pittsburgh lost to decision 10 the Braves. Boston hit Cooper and Stone at will. In iho fifth McInnes triplcd with the bases full and Tierney followed with A homer.
 Brooklyn continued iis winning ways with q , 10 tsumph over Cin- cinnatti. Stock, Griffith and Taylor telped Grimes out Of several tight places with sensational support. liar grave caught his first game for inc Reds since he broke his hand in May,