Evening star., 1925-04-02


Huggins was enthused chiefly be-
caused the fusllade of Is hits was ac-
complished largely off left-handed
pitchinG-th" accepted Nemesis for
the Yanke most powerful hitters.
Major 1o~s went to Howard
Shanks and Earl Combs, each of
whom chalked up four hits. char
leyhorse compelled Ruth to retire
early, but not until he had collected
double and triple, while Bob
Meusel inserted a twobase blow and
a home run.
The New York Giants, idle yester
Gay, today will open a four-day series
with the Memphis team of the South
ern League at Memphis, Tenn.
Red Sox Pitching Weak.
BOSTON, April 2-The Red Sox de-
feated the Mobile Bears, 13 to IL, Mt
Mobile, Ala yesterday, with Lee Fohl
forced to use FIVE pitchers before be
could get out into the open.
Fuhr was heavily hit for three in
nings Fullerton saw five runs scored
in his one inning of hurting, and
John Woods was hit for three. tallies
in the fifth. Ross followed him for
an inning, and Kallio was banged for
three runs in the finale. The Sox
had IA hits and made all but one
count.
In st. Petersburg the National
League Braves wiped out the st. Pete
Saints, 16 to 2, profiting by multi
tude of errors. Joe Ogrowskt pitched
for five innings and held the SAINTS
runIess. and then Mulch pitched the
last four.
Tigers Have Close Call.
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troit Tygers. who beat the Augusta
team of the Southern Atlantic League,
4 to 8. at Augusta, Ga, yesterday,
came nearer to defeat at the hands
of the Georgians than they had in
any previous game this season.
Carelessness in base running on the
part of the Southerners saved the
Bengals.
The Tygers were scheduled to rest
TODAY and will meet the Cincinnati
Reds, their first major league oppo-
nents this season, tomorrow.
Indians Late Rally Wins.
CLEVELAND. Ohio, April 2. =
ninth-inning batting rally, resulting
in five runs, gave the Cleveland In
dians an S-to-6 victory over the
Rochester Jnternationals at Savannah,
Ga, yesterday.
Bobby Knode, playing first base in
stead of Burns, who is suffering from
a sore arm. tripled with two on for
the winning runs.
Speaker also was out of the game,
suffering a sore throat.
Browns Take a Beating.
ST. LOUIS, April April Fools
af DrOVlded
foot ball atmosphere for st. Louis
major league base ball teams.
The Cardinals accepted the joke and
with it a game from the Seals, 10 to .,
at San Francisco.
The Browns, apparently disgruntled,
lost to the Cincinnati Reds. I to 4,
after leading in six Of nine innings at
Jacksonville. Fla.
Hornsby. Bottomley and Sherdel re-
ceived the individual honors in the
Cards contest, and a snappy double
play by Haines, Gonzales and Mueller
halted a prospective rally of the
Seals.
Hornsby's contribution was three
solid singles in three trips to bat.
Bottomley drove homer over the
rightfield wall in the first inning.
Sherders part in the victory was
pitching composed of fast and slow
balls A cold wind blew the Browns
no good, although it was the heaviest
hitting contest of their exhibition
tour to date Ernie Wingard had the
Reds beaten, to 1, until the seventh,
when, spurred by an error of Gene
Robertson, infielder, the Reds leaped
ahead.
Both Chicago Clubs Score.
CHICAGO, April "A 5to-5 tie in
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