The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-24
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GEHRIG GETS
3 HOME RUNS
IN ONE GAME
Now Has Record of Il For
Season, Only Three Be-
hind Ruth'S Total
BY The Associated Press

a home run race that looked to be
all over but the shouting for the sea
son at least blossomed forth again
today as a ding dong battle THAI
probably Will carry right through the
stretch Of the American League cam
paign.
Just as Lou Gehrig, Yankee first
baseman, appeared 10 have lost the
knack OF c!outing TO the distant
bleachers, the Columbia youngster
smashed three homers against the
Boston Red Sox yesterday to run his
count to y 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
ianks won the ball game. / to 4.
sharing their fifth victory Of the
three-day series and ninth consecu-
tive contest. The steady drumfire
Of Yankee hits. Il daily clatter low
as the American League champions
continue 10 crush all kinds of pitch
ing. riddled two Boston twlrlers and
showed the lanks' winning percent
age 10 III in the 81 games played
"a vicious pace that has left the sec
ond place Athletics over loo points
TO the rear
Equals Lazzeri's Stunt
Gehrlgs homers boosted the New
York team total 10 81 TO date. His
It equaled the stunt of Tony LaZ-
zer.. the teams second baseman,
against the White Sox two weeks ago,
but fell just one shy of the mayor
league record Of four, held jointly by
Bob Lowe and Ed. Delahanty.
Connie Mack's Athletics stuck to
the hunt, climbing into second place
with a 4 to l victory over Washing
ton while Chicago fell back under an
II inning, 6 to. ), defeat by Detroit.
A Tiger triple play in the third inn
ing featured the Detroit win.
Rain halted the Cleveland St. Louis
fray in the sixth inning but not be-
tore the indians had piled up 72
advantage.
The ST. Louis Cards took advantage
Of Pittsburgh's idleness to gain a
half game on the National League
pace makers with a neat to 3 win
over Cincinnati. Timely hitting off
May in the p.nches pulled the Car
dinals within two games of the
Pirates.
Giants Beat Braves Twice
Two old friends came back to the
Giant ball park yesterday and met
with warm receptions as New York
conpcd both ends of double bill
from the Boston Braves. o. and 90.
Hughic McQulan and Kent Green
field, traded to the Braves, tried their
right arms against their former COM
rnlnv .p.t 10Th ChnllsI INT Ia
feat, Hughie in the first contest and
Greenfield in the second. Larry Ben
ton, who came to New York in the
same deal, did not do so we'll either
being chased under a four-run bar
rage in the sixth inning Of the second
match. Songer saved the day. how
ever.
A battle of southpaws gave Brook
Mitchell allowed the Dodgers only
Of Barrett's homer and triple.
The Toledo Mudhens. who were
down in baseball's doldrums a little
more than a week ago because Of
straight defeats, now are riding pen
nantward in the American Association
astrde seven straight victories.
Millcrs Lose Double Header
Backing up strong pitching with
timely and hard hitting. Casey STEM
gels men won twin bill from Min
neapolis yesterday. In the first
game Milstead allowed but four hits,
while his mates pounded out ii hits
and won the game to l. In the
second encounter the Mudhen bats
drove Wilson from his one run adj
vantage in an eighth inning rally and
Toledo won again. to 3. Emmer.
Miller shortstop. hit homer with
none on in the eighth inning.
BY downing columbus, ? to L, in a
pitchers battle between Shealy and
Harris, st. Paul climbed into fifth
position in the standings. BUSTING In
dianapolis, who lost to Milwaukee, 6
to 3.
The Kansas City Blues held onto
their newly acquired second posi-
ton by defeating Louisville for its
fourth straight game, 8 to 1. Hauser,
Blues first baseman, led the victori-
GUS attack, smashing out homer, a
double and a simple