Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-15

BY the Associated Press.
TIME intentional pass may be good
thing in some caseS-Such as
when the score Is tied, the bases
4 full, and Babe Ruth is at bat
but there also are times when 1t
may prove boomerang. Lefty Hell
mach, the Yankees newly acquired
pitcher made that discovery yesterday.
day.
Heimsch and Grady Adkins of the
White Sox had been staging an old
fashioned pitchers battle. Babe Ruth
had given the Yankees one run in the
first with his forty-fourth homer of the
season. In the third the White Sox
had tied the count. Heimach weakened
bit in the eighth. Letting 2 runs
cross the plate on hits. but the YankS
staged a short rally in their half of the
inning that Melted run and kept
them in the picture.
Then came the tragic ninth. Bill
Cissell opened the inning for Chicago
with a single and advanced to second
two cut with a fly In this position the
Yankee board of strategy decided TO
pass Mostil and give George Redfern,
rated one of the weak hitters of the
league, a chance to take the third out.
The supposed weak hitter, promptly
COMPOUNDED this strategy by leaning on
the first ball pitched for triple that
sent Cissell and Mostil across the plate
and put the game safely on ice. The
final count was to in favor of the
White Sox.
AS Neglect Opportunity.
. With gaping hole left in the Ameri-
can League line by this defeat of the
leaders, the Athletics allowed themselves
to be thrown for no gain by group
of embattled Detroit Tigers led by Elan
Vangilder. The Detroit pitcher held
the Philadelphians to nine scattered
hits and the Tigers won by a 4-to-1
score Thus the Athletics failed to
lessen the difference of Az games be-
tween them and the league leaders.
In the other American League games.
Sad Sam" Jones had a stingy day and
gave the Browns only four hits which
failed to net them run, while the
Washington batters were crossing the
plate three times. and Uhle did some
what similar feat for the Indians, Civ
ing them 2-to-l victory over the Red
Sox
The Cardinals and the Giants in the
National League reversed the Yankee
Athletic situation. Instead of losing.
both won their games and st. Louis
chung to its precarious 2is game lead.
."Cld Pete" Alexander resumed his
customary role as hero on the mound.
Making his first appearance after per-
iod of illness. Alex gave the Braves only
seven hits while the Cards batted out
Stool victory
Giants Overwhelm Cubs.
Meanwhile the Giants were seeing to
II that they did not fall behind in the
race by battering the Chicago Cubs all
over Wrigley Field to win, 10 to 2. Five
Bruin pitchers tried to stem the tide OF
New York hits with little success. The
Giants gathered a total of Is hits of
their assorted deliveries. Larry Benton
did a neat job on the hill for New
York. keeping 10 Chicago hits spread
out and turning in his nineteenth VIC
| tory of the season.
The race for third place in the Ma
tional League also remained unchanged.
While the Cubs were losing to the
Giants their rivals for third place. the
Cincinnati Reds, dropped game to the
lowly Phillies, s to 4. The two-run
margin of victory came on freak play
when Sothern tried TO dodge pitched
ball and his bat connected for single
that drove in two runs.
The fast-moving Pirates registered
slight gain by handing the Robins a
second straight defeat by 4-to-2 score.
The BrcoklyniteS got of in the lead by
scoring q PAIR of runs in the first In
ming. but they failed to keep up the
good work. and Carmen Hill held them
scorelesS during the rest of the game.
The Pirate batters pounded McWeeny
for nine hits and all four of their runs
before he was taken out in the sixth.
handing him his sixth successive defeat.
Clark finished the game, allowing only
one more hit.