Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-21
EX-HUb ATHLETES
STAR FOR M'GRAW
GeneWich Latest to Prove
His Worth by Turning
Back Reds, 5 to 3.

BY the Associated Press
IF John McGraw wins his eleventh
National League pennant this year.
the Boston Braves, themselves as
4 sured of finishing no higher than
seventh. can take good share Of
the credit
Some of the most important cogs in
the New York Giants machine came
under McGraW's control after an APP
premiership at Boston. without Larry
Benton. Frank Hogan. Joe Genewich,
Jim Welsh and Les Mann it's a bit diff
ficult to believe that McGraW. great
manager though he is. could drive the
Giants into the leadership of a league
Boosting as many strong aggregations
as does the National this year. All five
of these regulars or semi-regulars made
the trip from Boston to New York dur
ing the past year or so.
After Benton had pitched the Giants
into first place at st. LOIS Sunday.
Genewich enabled them to remain
there yesterday at Cincinnati, where ne
turned back the Reds. to g. Joe had
plenty of uneasy moments, but in the
long run the Reds found him easy to
hit but exceedingly difficult to score
upon. Eppa Rixey. the longest left
handler in the majors. pitched out of
turn and found himself we'll smacked
for his pains. He finally turned over
the job to Pete Jaslonowski in the
eighth.
Cards Gain Two Points.
Nosing out the Brooklyn Dodgers, 2
to /. the st. Louis Cardinals gained
fractionally on the Giants, whose lead
dWindled to 2 percentage points de-
spite their victory at Cincinnati. Dazzy
Vance, who had won seven straight
games. was the victim of a ninth-in-
ming rally. in which the Cards pushed
over the winning run with one out.
Jimmy Wilson's single with the bases
filled turning the trick,
Jess Haines got credit for the Cards
victory. but the real hero was Fred
Farmhouse. who turned in sensa-
tional winning streak for St. Louis at
the flag end of the last campaign.
Farmhouse allowed four hits in seven
and two-thirds innings before giving
way to Haines with the score tied. The
Dodgers scored their run in the sixth
inning only with the aid of a wild
pitch
The other National League games
were smuggling bees, in which the Phils
and the Braves turned back the Chi
cago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Pills pounded four Cub pitchers
for Is hits and an l1-to-6 victory at
Chicago. Four home runs were smash
ed out. one of them being Hack Will
sons twenty-eigfth of the year.
The Braves and Pirates battled for
nearly three hours before Horushy's
crew bcat the Corsairs. Ia to Ii. in a
Suggest in which 36 safe hits were reg
issered BY the scorers. 10 Of them going
to the Pirates Burleigh Grimes. zee
of the Pittsburgh staff. was hatted out
of the box in the fifth inning.
AS Lose More Ground.
In the American League the idle
few York Yankees added another half
game to their lead over Philadelphia
when the Athletics bowed to the st.
Louis Browns, to 2 Howard Ehmke
and Joe Busch we're battered for Is
| hits. Manush and O'Rourke getting four
apiece. Meanwhile Jack Ogden was
setting the AS down with four safeties.
The AS now trail he Yankees by five
and half games.
Red Faber granted the Red Sox only
six hits and the Chicago White Sox
trimmed Boston. s to l. Walter ShireS
20-year-old recruit first baseman. star
red on the offense for the White Sox.
getting four hits, including a triple