The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-04-27
Seniors Win Bismarck High nerclass Track Meet With 81 Points
ATHLETICS IN
THIRD PLACE
DUE TO VETS
Cobb, Speaker and Quinn
Aged 123 Years, Instru.
mental In Victory

(By The Associated Press)
Thanks to the resourcefulness Of
Tree OF the games most ancient
arriors, Connie Mack's Philadel-
hia Athletics hold undisputed pos.
sssion OF third place in the Amer
an league standing.
The tribe of McGillicuddy ran
oughshod over Washington yester-
ay, carving out a 10 to o decision
0 place right behind the New York
ankees and Cleveland Indians.
Credit for that victory must 90
o trio, aged 1873 years in the az.
yregate and with 81 major league
campaigns to divide among its COM
ponent parts.
John Picus Quinn, az years old and
a veteran of Is big league seasons,
held the Senator's to seven scattered
hits out Of which they could fashion
not semblance Of a run.
Eight Of the Athletics 10 tallies
were accounted for by Ty Cobb, who
at Al now is on his gath American
league pennant chase, and 40-year-
old iris Speaker, who started two
years after the Georgia Peach"
Honors Divided Evenly
Ty and iris divided batting hon
ors on q share and share basis. Each
went to the plate four times
smashed out a triple, drove in three
runs and scored once. Jus. to make
the thing more or less Of . monop-
oily Quinn drove in one tally with q
sacrifice fly and scored once him
self.
A six-run rally in the eighth en-
abled the Yankees to whip the Bos-
ton Red Sox at New York, 8 to 4,
and retain their grip on first place.
The Yankee assault drove Dan Mac
fayden out of the box and badly
jolted his successor, "Slim" Har-
riss.
The Indians kept pace by beating
the Detroit Tigers at Cleveland, 6
to 1. Although wild, George Grant
held the Tigers to seven hits and
scoreless until the ninth.
Home Rum Helps
Home runs by Blue and Schultz,
each with . man on base, aided the
Browns to register a 6 to 5 triumph
over the Chicago White Sox at St.
Louis. The Sox tied the score in
the eighth but three successive
singles off Ted Lyons in the ninth
gave the Browns the decision.
Idle for days because Of inclem-
ent weather, the New York Giants,
leading the National league parade,
opened a series with Philadelphia
by dropping a 5 to 4 verdict to the
Quakers. Augie Walsh, recruit
hurler, held the Giants to five hits,
two Of which were circuit drives by
Lindstrom and OFT. Pounded for II
hits, Larry Benton, ace of the Giant
staff, dropped his first game Of the
season.
Ed Brandt, Seattle rookie.
pitched the weakened Boston Braves
to a 4 to 0 victory over Dazzy Vance
and the Brooklyn Dodgers. Brandt
allowed but two hits, both singles.
Bunched hits accounted for three
runs off Vance in the third. Eddie
Moore smashed homer off Moss in
the eighth for the Braves fourth
run. The Br: yes played without
the services Of Rogers Hornsby,
Dick Burrus and four regular pitch
ers. All are i'll with bad colds or
influenza.
Carmen Hill Wins
Carmen Hill won his first victory
Of the year when the Pittsburgh Pr
rates beat Cincinnati at Forbes
field, z to 2. The league champions
hit Edwards and Jablonowski hard
in the early innings, but Carl Mays
was q tartar for them after he en-
tered the game in the fourth.
George Grantham hit his .l.ird home
run Of the season in the third inning.
Cold weather forced postponement
Of m encounter at Chicago between
the Cubs and the st. Louis Cardi-
mails.