The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-07-02
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SENATORS AND
TIGERS PRESS
TOWARD YANKS
Washington Takes Eighth
Straight Win-DetrOit Wins
10 in IL Starts
(By The Associated Prcss)

by Inc aSSOclaJcu fFcSSj
sensational spurts have thrust the
Senators and Tigers forward as pos
sibilities for stopping the sweeping
stride Of the Yankees toward the
American League pcnnart goal.
Wash ington sent Connie Mack's
Athletics laundering again yesterday
as Hadlcy, recruit pitcher. yielded
only three hits for 2 to | decision,
1t was the eighth straight triumph
for Bucky Harris aggregation, now
snugly fixed in second place. The
PHILADELPHIA outfit now possesses 4
six-game losing streak.
Detroit batsmen thumpcd four
Cleveland pitchers for II hits for a
10 to victory, giving the Bengals
their 10th success of the last III
starts.
Gehrig Leads Ruth
Lou Gchrig grabbed the spotlight
in the home run marathon with Babe
Ruth by whacking No. 2G as the
Yanks bumped tn Red Sox off again,
to 1. That gave Gchrig one more
than the Bambino this season. Ruth
raped out Il pair Of singles in four
chances.
There may be law Of averages
but the Red Sox still are looking for
it. They have lost Ii straight while
the New Workers have won six in a
row, three at the expense of Boston
and three on the Athletics, who
dropped from second place to fifth
place since the beginning of the
week.
The Browns stopped a five-game
losing stretch by slugging three
White Sox pitchers for Is hits to
4 - .,V
fans, the smallest crowd Of the year,
turned out at the st. Louis ball park.
Cubs Beat Cards
Carlson eased the world champion
Cardinals down with five hits as the
Cubs took the opener of a series in
Chicago, s to 2. Rhem was pounded
out Of the box during five-run at
tack in the third inning.
The Pirates took the Reds into
camp, 5 to l. and increased their
hold on the league to IL games.
After giving Dazzy Vance the lead
five times at Philadelphia, the
Brooklyn Robins saw the game fill
tered away in the ninth, when two
run assault gave the Phillies Z to
& victory.
Mann's timely pinch single drove
in two runners in the ninth to give
the Braves to 6 triumph in the
first game of a double bill with. the
Giants. The New Workers annexed
the night cap by to /, Grimes
holding Boston to seven hits.
Baseball's tenement, the cellar. is
having a hard time keeping free
renter in the American Association
race.
Changes Rapid in Cellar
During the past week this lowly
habitat Of downtroddcn clubs have
changed tenants four times. We'd
nesday the Columbus Senators gave
up their lease. turning it over to the
Louisville Colonels. The Colonies,
after losing 10 straight games, beat
the Senators the next day, sending
them back to the cellar. But yester-
day the two teams battled hard over
the issue with the result that Louis
vile is back in the basement. 1t was
Schiebner's eighth inning triple that
beat Louisville, the score being 2
to /.
BY banging out three circuit drives
in as many days, Rightfielder Earl
Smith Of Minneapolis has pushed
himself ahead of his closest competi-
tor. Joe Hauscr of Kansas City, in
the Association home run race.
Smith now has 13 while Hauser has
IL. Smith batted another homer
yesterday while the Millers beat
Kansas City. 8 to Z.
Walter Bcall Of the New York
Yankees made his debut as a pitcher
for st. Paul yesterday, walking 10.
tanning 10 and allowing but six hits.
Jonnard Of Milwaukee also performed
in great style, and the game was
called mt the end Of the ninth to al
low the Brewers to catch train
with the count knotted, %.
Shortstop Cote Of Toledo led the
Mudhcn attack, with two triples and
three singles, that beat indianapolis,
90. The Mudhcns made five errors,
however.