New Britain herald., 1927-06-24
Gehrig's Three Homers
Tighten Circuit Race
Three Drives Behind Babe Ruth - Yanks Smother
Boston Red Sox-Athletics Climb Into Second
Place BY Defeating Senators-Chicago Falls Be-
fore Detroit Indians Beat St. Louis-Cards Down
Reds-Giants Take Two Games From Braves.
ey the Associated Presa

ey the Associated Press
A home run race that looked to
be all over but the shouting for this
season at least blossomed forth again
today as q ding dong battle that
probably will carry right through
the stretch Of the American league
campaign.
Just as Lou Gehrig. larruping first
baseman, appeared to have lost the
knack OF clouting to the distant
bleachers, the Columbia youngster
smashed three homers against the
Boston Red Sox yesterday to run his
count to 81 for the season. Babe
Ruth, king of all distance WALLPAPERS.
is right on the heels Of his record
breaking 1921 season, yet he leads
Lou by only three round trips.
The Yanks won the ball game 11-4
sharing their fifth victory of the
three-day series and ninth consecu-
tive conquest. The steady drumfire
of Yankee hits, daily clatter now
as the American league champions
continue to crush all kinds of pitch
ing, rippled two Boston twirlers and
showed the Yanks winning percent
age to .721 in the 81 games played
"a vicious pace that has left the
second place Athletics over $50
points to the rear.
Gehrig's homers boosted the New
York team total to 81 to date. His
feat equalled the stunt Tony Laz-
zeri, the teams second baseman.
against the White Sox two weeks
ago. but fell just one shy of the
major league record for four, held
jointly by Bob Lowe and Ed Dele
hanty.
Connie Mack's Athletics stuck to
the hunt. however. climbing into
second place with Al victory over
Washington while Chicago fell back
under an II inning 6-5 defeat by
Detroit. Charley Willis. young Phil
adelphia southpaw, started his first
game OF the season and had little
trouble after the first inning. AL
Simmons tenth homer-his third in
two successive games-helped Willis
along. A triple play in the third in
ming featured the Detroit win.
Rain halted the Cleveland-St.
Louis fray in the sixth inning but
not before the Indians had piled up
4 10 advantage. Cleveland belted
Van Gilden roundly for six runs in
the third.
The st. Louis Cardinals took ad-
vantage of Pittsburgh's idleness to
gain a half game on the National
league pacemakers with q neat 4-3
win over Cincinnati. Timely hitting
of May in the pinches pulled the
Cards within two games OF the Pr
ates.
Two old friends came back TO the
Giant ball park yesterday and met
with warm receptions as New York
COPIED both ends of a double bill
from the Boston Braves. 6-2 and 9-6.
Hughie McQuillan and Kent Green
field traded to the Braves. tried their
right arms against the former COM
AIDES and both were shelled into de-
feat. Hughie in the first contest and
Greenfield in the second. Larry Ben
ton. who came to New York in the
sama deal. didn't do so well either,
being chased under a four run bar
rage IN the sixth inning of the Sec
ond match. Songer saved the day,
however.
A battle Of southpaws gave Brook
Ign al win over Philadelphia.
Mitchell allowed the Dodgers only
four hits, but Jess Petty had the
help Of Barrett's homer and triple.