The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-06-12
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HURLS MACKS
T04-2 VICTORY
st. Louis Browns Keep Up
Winning Pace by Downing
Red SOx 2-1
SENATORS BEAT INDIANS
Reds Trim Giants rs; Alexan.
der Whips Braves; Cubs
Take Robins
SENATORS BEAT INDIANS
(By the Associated Press)


The New York Yankees have
struck their second stump" of the
season. They've lost two ball
games in a row: their defeats have
at last reached double figures, and
their won and lost percentage has
slipped below 500. There appears
little reason 70 believe, however,
that Miller Higgins has started to
go in for any worrying on an in
tensive scale.
Oddly enough it was none other
than the lowly Chicago Whitesox
who reached up from the American
League cellar to smite the Yankees
for their tenth setback yesterday,
just as defeat No. 8 for the cham
pions had come from the same team
the day before.
Reverse No. 10 can be attributed
to alright pitching by Ted Blank
enship who held murderers' row to
four hits and would have had 6
to 0 shutout but for Johnny Mos
til's error in the seventh inning
when the Yankees scored their one
run. The Sox concentrated all their
run-getting activities in the third
inning when they Tailed half a
dozen runs and drove Herb Pennock
to the showers with his second de-
feat of the season for company.
Has Been Done Before
Only once before this season have
Babe Ruth and company succumbed
twice in row. Lefty Grove and
Rube Walberg. twin southpaw rifle
men of Connie Mack's Athletics,
turned the trick at the Yankee
stadium April 20 and 81.
Home Runs Help
Successive home runs by AL Sim
mons and Foxx in the eighth en-
abled the Athletics to down Detroit,
to 2, and cut the Yankees lead to
. mere nine and half games.
Ossie Orwell and Sam Gibson
pitched effectively but Sam saw his
hopes sail away on the wings Of
those two circuit clouts.
The St. Louis Browns consolidated
their place just back of the Ath-
letics in the standing, by turning
back the Boston Red Sox, 2 to /.
Alvin Crowder famed six and al
lowed only that many hits.
The Cleveland Indians took it on
the chin again, Washington walk
ing off with a 7 to 6 victory in ten
innings. It was the Indians 14th
defeat in II games.
National War Continues
Meanwhile the National League
contenders-and there are about
seven of them-continued their
merry cut-throat competition.
Five runs in the ninth gave the
Cincinnati Reds their second
straight over the New York Giants,
Z to 5. Val Picinich hit two
homers, the second accounting for
the Reds last two and winning
tallies.
st. Louis Beats Boston
st. Louis chung to the Reds pace
making heels with an easy triumph
over the Boston Braves, 8 to I.
Grover Cleveland Alexander show.
ing a surprising return to form.
Guy Bush outpitched McWeeney
and Ehrhardt and the Chicago Cubs
took the first game of the series
with Brooklyn, 3 to I. Stephenson's
timely hitting was the feature.
The Pittsburgh Pirates patched
up lineup was so full of holes that
the Phillies drove through to win.
6 to 4, scoring four Of their runs in
the seventh inning. Hurst's homer
with one on was the big blow Of the
rally. Carmen Hill pitched we'll but
five fielding errors nullified his
efforts.