The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-07-02
Last Place Detroit IL Games
Athletics; Boston Nation.
ais Rising
(By The Associated Press)

While the Yankees lead their clos.
est rivals in the American league by
thirteen and a half games, and the
Cards are ahead in the National bv
three and 4 half, most Of the other
clubs are battling desperately for
positions as close to the leaders as
can be secured. The standings. from
second place down, show one or more
shifts almost daily and threaten to
continue to do so until the final cur
tain is rung down
In the American league only
twelve and half games separate
Detroit in last place from Philadel-
phia insccond. In the Nationalthe Gil
ants. in runner-up position, lead the
Pittsburgh Pirates, in sixth, by eight
and a half games. Boston and Phia-
dclphia, apparently doomed to the
last two notches in the standing, are
staging private duel to escape the
cellar, with the Braves two games
IN front at this stage of the pro-
ceedings.
Yankees Show Power
The Yankees yesterday removed
what doubt. if any. remained as to
their ability to beat the Athletics
Just about rs often as they want to.
Both ends of a doubleheader went to
the champions, II to 6 and 8 to A.
Lou Gehrig hit two home runs in the
first game. his seventeenth and eigh-
teenth of the season, and Tony Lag
zeri duplicated the feat in the night
cap. Henry Johnson and Waite
Hoyt were the winning pitchers. it
being the formers third victory over
the AS in eleven days.
The st. Louis Browns failed to
take advantage Of this double re-
verse for the Athletics, for they per-
mitted Detroit to score five runs in
the eighth inning and Z to tri-
umph at Detroit. The standing shows
the Browns only two and a half
games back Of the AS.
Cleveland Homer Wins
George Burns homer with two on
in the sixth gave Cleveland the YER
dict over the Chicago White Sox,
5 to >. The Indians announced the
unconditional release Of Garland
Buckeye, mammoth right handler,
who has failed to round into form
this season.
Boston moved to within a single
game of the fourth-place Indians by
taking Washington into camp twice,
2 to l and to l.. Slim Harriss and
Ed Morris pitched grea. ball for Bill
Carrigan. and their teammates field
ed well and hit opportunity.
The National league program saw
the Cardinals end all square after a
with DOME Bush's Cor
sairs of Pittsburgh. Fred RUSSELL
blanked the Cards in the first game,
9 to 0. The Cards made four errors
and were outhit. II to IL in the Sec
ond. but pulled it out of the fire, 8
to 6, chiefly because home runs by
Frisch and Bottomley and five
doubles were in their hit column.
Bottomley's homers, his sixteenth of
the season, put him in a tie with
Hack Wilson for the Individual
league leadership in this department
Of the offensive.
Reds Again Third
Eppa Rixey pitched the Cincinnati
Reds back into third place with
4 to l triumph over the Chicago
Cubs. Rixey was touched for nine
hits. two more than the Reds got off
Sheriff Blake and Hal Carlson, but
the long ft-hander got into few
Brooklyn dropped into fourth po-
sition, two points ahead Of the Cubs,
when the Braves pounded Clark,
Moss and McWeeney for IA hits
and nosed out the Robins. s to Z.
Ben Cantwell was pounded severely
by the Dodgers in TIE first two in
nings. but Kent Greenfield turned in
a great relief pitching performance
that spurred his teammates over
come the three run lead Brooklyn
held at the start of the third inning.