Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-13
HOMER BY BISHOP
IN 9TH IS DECISIVE
Hugmen Have Lead Clipped
to | IL Games-177,113
Fans See Four Games.
BY the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
THANKS to Max Bishop, the Phil
adelphia Athletics have been
saved from utter rout in the
L now famous battle of the Bronx.
After smashing the AS into
defeat in the first three sklrmlshes OF
the crucial general engagement, Miller
Higgins Yankee brigade ran afoul OF
Bishops ninth-inning home run in the
fourth clash yesterday. That dramatic
blow carried with it a 4-to-3 victory
for the Mackmen and enabled them to
beat a dignified, if somewhat hasty, re-
treat from the Yankee Stadium.
The Yankees thus saw their Ameri-
can League lead clipped to a game and
a half. a margin the Athletics hope will
prove not impossible to overcome When
the two clubs invade the West on Sat-
urday for the closing games Of the sea
son. The Yanks have IS games ana
the AS IS west of the Alleghenies.
the right-fleld bleachers was fitting
climax to a contest which saw the
Yankees come within an ace Of victory
with another of the eighth-inning raj
lies that enabled them to win the sec
ond and third games Of the series.
Ehmke Wrenchcs Knee.
Howard Ehmke, tall right-hander of
the Mackmen, entered this inning with
3-to-2 lead. He had pitched mag
nificent game, but in this frame he got
into difficulties The champions loaded
the bases with two out and Tony Lag
zeri at bat. In delivering his first pitch
to La7zeri. Ehrnke wrcnchad his KNEE
so badly that he had to be removed.
Ossie Orwell went to the box and lost
no time in walking LazZeri. forcing
home the tying run. With the bases
still full, Mike Gazella flied out to end
the frame, and the Yankees chances
were gone.
Waite Hoyt had two men down in the
Athletics ninth and had two balls and
two strikes on Bishop when the second
baseman clouted the ball over Ruth's
head and into the right-field stands.
Haas got life on Lazzeri's tumble
and Cochrane singled to put two men
on base and Hoyt under the showers
rally by tanning the dangerous AL Sim
mons.
Taking no chances, Mack sent RUDE
Walberg to the mound to get rid OF the
Yankees in their last turn at bat and
the left-hander was quite equal to the
' A crowd of 4o,sss saw the end of the
series. swelling the total attendance
COR the four games to 177l13.
Cards Defeat Reds.
While the New York Giants and the
Chicago Cubs were idle. the st. Louis
Cardinals stretched their National
League lead to three games by defeat
ing Cincinnati. 2 to /. in the lat home
game of the season at st. Louis. The
Cardinals got only five hits off Donohue
and Kolp, but punched two OF them
with a walk, balk and stolen base
to tally twice in the fourth. The Reds
scored their run off Grover Cleveland
Alexander in the first inning by means
of walk, single and a sacrifice, but
"old Pete was invincible thereafter.
In the only other National League
engagement Of the day the BROOKLYN
Dodgers beat the Phillies, to /. Will
liam Watson Clark, Dodger southpaw,
scored his second victory over the Phils
in three days, giving them only five
hits The Robins banged three Phil
pitchers for II hits, four of them going
to Babe Herman.