San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-08
GIANTS, LOSING
FIVE IN ROW,
l, SLIDING
Reds Creep Closer to Sec
ond Place, Pirates
Pull Away.
By the Associated Press,

NEW YORK, Aug. S.-The jaws
of the trap which have been closing on
the second place New York Giants
from two sides. were clamped more te-
naciously on the National League
champs today.
Pressure applied by third place Gin
cinnati and leading Pittsburgh yes
terday removed the New York club
three and one-half games from first
p,Nce and reduced their hold on sec.
ond place TO only two and one-half
games. A second victory in as many
days over the Giants by Redland war
riors marked the fifth straight re-
verse suffered by the McGraw entry.
The champions yesterday were able
to score only one run off hight-class
pitching by Donohue, while Cincinnati
counted twice against Barnes on
smashes by Roush and Walker, the
later of whom scored the winning run
on an infield out after TRIPPING.
PIRATES RALLY TO WIN.
Hard aud prolific hitting, reaching
its peak in a three-run, ninth-inning
rally. enabled the Pirates to win an
uphill battle against Brooklyn, 10 to
0, six pitchers failing to check steady
fusillade of drives on both sides
throughout the game.
Charley Grimm's extra-base hitting
gave the Cubs n 5-to-1 victory over the
Phillies. Blake supported the often
sive power of the first-baseman's
bludgeon with five-hit pitching.
After playing loose ball in the open
ing game of a double-header with
Cleveland, won by the Indians at
1O-4, the Philadelphia Athletics re-
covered behind sensational pitching by
Eddie Rommel and slightly increased
their American League lead over
Washington by scoring a shutout tri-
umph, 2 to o. A homerun by Sim
mons clinched the game for the Mack
men, who made only three hits off
Pitcher Uhlc, one more than the In
dams could pry from the delivery Of
the steady Rommel. Only 90 min.
utes were required to play the con-
test.
KID BLANKS CHA FPS.
Washington could get but four hits
off Giard, who blanked the world
champions, 3 to 0, with excellent field
ing support topped by five double
plays.
Dauss Of Detroit and Lyons Of Chi.
cago added two additional mound
classics to the days liberal contribu-
ton Of unusually good twirling in the
American, the former limiting the
Yankees to five hits and the latter
holding Boston to three. Detroit shad-
ed the Hugmen, 3 to /, while the
White Sox scored their second straight
shutout at the Hub, 2 to 0.
Billy Hargraye. who was traded by
the Senators to the Browns, got even
with his former pals by knocking out
home run with CoYeleskie on the
hill. The ball sailed over the right
field wall in the Washington park.
Captain Max Carey OF the Pirates
and Burleigh Grimes, Dodgers pitcher,
engaged in a fist fight during yester-
days game when Carey was trapped
between the bases. Grimes stepped in
Carey's path and the Pittsburgh leader
pushed him out of the way. Grimes
retaliated with a punch which started
the mix-up. The men were separated,
Carey called safe and Grimes ordered
out Of the game. Later Carey con-
ferred with the umpires and retired
from the picture.
Ernie Johnson's two slip-ups, fol.
lowed by some timely swatting by the
Tigers, caused the downfall Of the
Yankees.
Ted Lyons Of the White Sox, regis
tered his sixteenth victory when he
shut out the Red Sox. allowing only
three hits. 1t was the second sue.
cessive day for the Bostonians to take
row Of goose eggs.
The White sox infield played SEN
sational ball behind Lyons, three light.
ming double plays coming to the aid
Of the former Baylor University star,
Lyons did considerable fielding him
self during the afternoon.
Jameson and Spurgeon were the
only Indians in the second game to
hit Ed Rommel and each polled sin.
giles. On the other hand. three of the
Athletics. Cochrane, Simmons and
Hale. connected with the offerings Of
George Uhle. Simmons blow was n
homer, the only extra base hit of the
game. Uhle walked two men and fan.
ned a pair, while Rommel passed
three and whitfield one.