San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-08
SENATOR'S LOPE
ALONG NINE
IN FRONT
Two Defeats Run Losing
Streak Of Athletics
to IL Games.

NEW YORK. Sept. S.-CP)-From
sprint for the championship, the
American League pennant race with
in two weeks has turned into a
triumphant Washington march. The
dazcd Athletics now trail in the
dust of twelve straight defeats, nine
full games behind the leaders.
Mack's team on its home field
yesterday lost to Washington twice,
. to / and z to 6. After q master
fully pitched opening game by Wal
ter Johnson, the Senators matched
blows with the Athletics in slug
the Quaker inficld crumpled.
PIRATES HOLD OWN.
The Pirates, riding in front of the
Giants with lead of eight and a
half games, maintained their National
League advantage by splitting with
the Cubs. The Corsairs outbatted
their foes in a morning hitfest, 3
amasscd by the two clubs, but in the
afternoon, the Cubs made sixteen
more hits and won, 0 to 8.
The Tigers obtained a toe-hold on
fourth place in the American League
by clGwing the Browns, to 6, in
the morning brush but Sisters club
in the afternoon drove Detroit back
into tic second division again after
eleven innings, 4 to 3. The defeat
snapped Detroit's string of ten
straight victories.
The White SoX and Cleveland also
halvcd their double-header. Jim Ed
wards, formerly Of Cleveland. blanked
the Speaker entry in the final con-
test with four hits, 5 to 0, after n
Cleveland rally in the ninth had de-
cidcd the opening clash by G to 8.
Rain reduced the Red Sox-Yankec
bill at the Hub to a single conflict
in which Babe Ruth, suspended and
fined $1,000 during the New York
clubs road trip, was reinstated. Babe
famed twice and made one error in
the field, but he got one Of the Yam
KEGS five hits off Ehmke, who hurled
the Hub to a 5-to-1 triumph.
GIANTS RAINED OUT.
Doublc.hcadcrs between the Giants
and Braves and the Robins and PHIL
lies in the National were washed out
by rain.
st. Louis held its own in a three
corncrcd fight with Brooklyn and
Boston for fourth place by trouncing
Cincinnati, ; TO /, after taking the
short end Of a morning exchange,
S to I. Hornsby made his thirty
sixth homer off Marvin Goodwin,
secured by the Reds from the Hous-
ton club, OF which he was manager.
49, For the second successive day the
Pirates were reminded of the break
they got in the trade with the Chi
cago Cubs last winter. Aldridge fooled
the Chicagoans something terrible in
Chicago Sunday, yielding three
mcaslcy hits, while yesterday Wilbur
Cooper who was exchanged for Aid
ridge. was pounded freely for Pitts
burgh's first game victory.
Harry Hcilmann, socked a twO-bag-
ger with two on base in the ninth 20
beat st. Louis by an eye lash in the
first game. The blow ousted Sisters
club from a tie with Chicago for third
place.
The heralded return Of Babe Ruth
10 the Yankee lineup, made yesterday
amid the plaudits Of the Boston fans.
was coincidcnt with the breaking Of
the New Workers. winning streak.
Johnny Kane. rookie infielder OBJ
tanned by the White Sox from the
Texas League, is showing himself to be
pretty good hitter in addition to- n
good fielder. He cracked two hits in
the first game against the Indians and
made one in the second game.
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