Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-16
WIN OVER BRAVES
AS GIANTS FALTER
Ruih'S 45th Homer Fails to
Save YankS, but MaCkS
Also Are Trimmed.

BIZ the Associated tress
y ONE small part of the tension
has been removed from the Ma
tional League race, for the mo-
. ment at least. by a ST. LOUIS
victory and q New York defeat.
but the American League quarrel per-
5 It's in remaining in just the state IL
reached 10 days ago. when the Athletics
came to the peak of their squirt in the
West.
While the Cardinals were increasing
their lead over the Giants to three and
one-half games yesterday. the Mack
men were refusing for the second time
in two days to reduce the Yankee mar
gin to the same figure. The Champions
dropped their second straight to the
White Sox, but the Mackmen similarly
exposed their chins 70 the Tigers Tor
the second tirAe in rs many days.
The latest Yankee reverse, decorated
with Babe Ruth's forty-fifth 1928 home
rum was due chiefly to the antics 1T
Urban Faber. the ancient Spit-balie-.
who for Is years has been particular
nuisance to Ruth and the Yankees -
and that takes in several years Of the
Babes servioude in Boston. Old Urban
received cleaning support from Johnny
Niostil and Chalmer Cissell as he won
by to 4. but he could have slipped by
with much worse backing.
Faber Joins Homer Club.
Not satisfied with silencing most OF
the weapons in murderers' row. Faber
jo5ned the home run club with a neat
shot into the right field bleachers. and
drove in another marker with a single.
His battery mate, Buck Grouse, had hit
for all the bases earlier, when the
White Sox were more in need of runs.
Rut-is drive placed him 18 games. 10
days and home runs ahead OF his
1927 pace. and improved his chance Tor
new record, which 2 days ago seemed
to be slipping from him. To hit 81
and improve his 1927 major league mark
by |, the Bambino must get 10 IN 40
games, or 2 in each 5--a comparatively
simple feat, it seems. for one who has
moved at a faster clip through ia en-
gagements.
The Yankee pitching reverted yes
terday to the condition it was IN
through most of the last Western trip.
Seeking his twentieth victory. George
Pipgras achieved instead his ninth de-
feat After he departed in the third.
Henry Johnson and Wiley Moore con-
tinued at the gait Pipgras had set.
Little was wrong with the Athletic
pitching served up by the ancient John
Picus Quinn. but the Mackmen them
selves thought Sam Gibson and George
Smith were terrible. Quinn held the
Detroit enemy to three earned runs, but
the home boys we're unable to get more
than three. earned or otherwise. from
the offerings of Messrs. Gibson and
Smith The final reckoning vas to
in favor of the Tigers.
Cleveland won by to behind the
fine pitching of Joe Shaute in Boston,
while Garland BraXton hurled the SEN
atorS to a 4-to-3 decision over Sam
Gray and the Browns.
The Wrigley Field ink pursued the
Giants again, but Chicago base hits
may just possibly have had something
to do with the ninth-inning defeat OF
the Clan McGraw. by to 5. The New
| Workers have lost only two games IN
seven to the Cubs at the Polo Grounds
but have won only that number in 10
at Chicago.
Cubs Match Giants Rally.
After the Giants had taken q lead of
to 3 by scoring two in their half OF
the ninth on some fancy punching OF
Guy Bush. Percy Jones and Fred Blake.
the Cubs started a rebellion in their
own half against Joe Genswich.
Stephenson singled, Grimm walked.
Hartnett sacrificed and Mcmillan sent
two in With single Out went Gene
wich and in came Faulkner, but the
| Cubs. III no mood to go into extra
innings. promptly hit 1t out against
Faulkner
The defeat nevertheless reverted 30
Genewich. Ee left the winning run
on base, and although that particular
run subsequently was erased on a
felder's choice. the retiring pitcher
Stll had to stand responsible for one
runner.
The Cardinal victory over the Braves
oy Z 10 was acceptable enough 20
ST, LouiSanS at its face value. but more
acceptable as sign that the Red Bird
slump mad ended BeSet often by in
different pitching. the Cardinals got
an excellent brand from Willie Sherdel.
and backed 1t up with l. solid hits.
Ihree OF the II were garnered b.
sunny Jim BottOmley. who celebrated
the end OF his own personal batting
stump with home run II was his
tWenty-SiXth, and placed him within
one OF Hack Wilson, the Chicago out
fielder, who leads the league.
CINCINNATI turned the tables on
Philadelphia, winning by IL TO
WNlIs Brooklyn smashed its losing
StFeaE. stopping the Pirates in a nip-
and-tuck game BY 20 The frav
was SO warm that DOME Bush talked
niIiiSSi out OF II, Dizzy Vance won
i.S S'Nth straight, although jess Petty
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