The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-26
CHICAGO S0X
CREEP CLOSER
TO N. Y. YANKS
Win Twin Victories in Dual
Bill to Keep Up Their
Winning Streak
(By The Associated Press

By ne Associated fTcSSD
Led by their fine young staff Of
"pitching fools" the Chicago Amer
leans today were two long strides
York Yankees.
Plenty of daylight still separates
them from Ruth, Gehrig and com
pany, but the second place Sox held
the spotlight Of both major leagues
as they kept up their winning streak
in defiance of all the preseason dope
with twin victories in a dual bill.
In the double killing the st. Louis
Browns on their home field were the
victims, and Lyons, Blankenship and
Connally were the White Sox pitch
ing heroes.
Five Run Rally Helps
Starting the first game, Teddy
Blankenship got into difficulties in
the lucky seventh when both teams
scored three runs, whereupon Con
nally, for the 'steenth time this sea
son, went to the rescue and pulled
the game out Of the fire, aided by 2
five run rally in the ninth which
made the final count IA to 3.
Ted Lyons pitching in the second
game, when he allowed but five hits,
was matched by Ballou and Zachary
Of the Browns, who between them
held the Sox to three safetics, but
the Browns were weakening in the
field under the strain of Il duplex
bill and they made errors enough to
lose out, to O.
Adding these two victories to the
number already in the breadbox, the
White Sox tied the Yankees in games
won with % apiece, IA figure which
leads both leagues. A greater mum
Der Of defeats. however, kept the Sox
some " points astern Of the leaders.
Another Of the big league crop of
youthful hurting aces proved his
worth again as Hudlin pitched the
Cleveland Indians to Il 9 to 6 victory
over Detroit for his fifth win of the
year. The game sent the Indians to
sixth place in the league while the
Tigers sank to seventh and the
Browns dropped from third to fifth
through their double defeat by the
White Sox. The other teams Of the
league were idle.
Split Double Bill
Like their American League coun-
tcrparts, the St. Louis and Chicago
Nationals played a. double header
but unlike them they split it evenly,
the Cards taking the first, to 5, on
Grover Alexander's slants and the
Cubs the second by to a, when they
slammed Wee Willie Sherdel off the
hill in the eighth.
BY sharing the bill both teams cut
few precious points off their per-
centages, while the league leading
Pirates were helping their own arith-
metical rating by taking their third
straight game from the Reds by !.
to 0.
Two home runs by Kelly and on.
by Duncan were big factors in Civ
ing the Millers a 5 to 3 victory owe
Milwaukee yesterday in the frs
game of the series. Benton pitche.
in fine form and should have beer
credited with shutout but his mates
fell down behind him and made er
rors to let Milwaukee count all it
runs in the fourth frame.
Kansas City Beats Saints
While Pitcher Sheehan was twirl
ing steady game, his team mates
were lambasting the offerings o
Zahniser for Is hits, which CAV
Kansas City a 1913 victory over st
Paul. Every Blue got one or NOR,
hits. Denver Grigsby led the attacl
with single, double and triple.
After idling for several days OIL
account OF ram, the OledO Mudnen
swung into action with the Louis
vile Colonies as opponents an,
chalked up l3 to victory, making
it five in a row for Toledo. TIL
Hens won a four-game series in To
ledo last week.
Dixie Leverett was driven off tn
hill by the Columbus Senator's VIII
downed indianapolis, 7-6. after get
ting away to bad start. Five 0
the Indians runs were the result
of homers by Florence and Brickel
The hitting of Nicolai of Columbus
with three hits, including doubl
and triple, featured.