Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16
CARDS WIN Butts
OF LAST e T|LTS
Second Division Looming for
Flag Contenders of One
Month Back.
BY HERBERT w. BARKER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

r 7 ERE and there on the pages Of
base ball history are recorded
the dramatic collapse of pow
IL IL erful base ball machines. but
the fall of the st. Louis Cardi-
mails, National League champions in
1928. threatens to go down In the books
as one Of the strangest and most I'M
expected of all form reversals.
For two months the Cards were in
the thick Of the pennant chase: Then
they fell apart. There have been a
number of explanations for the collapse
Of the champions, but most Of the re-
sponSibility can be traced back to a
veteran pitching STAFF that cracked wide
open at time when Billy Southworth
had no up-and-coming youngsters ca
pable Of stepping into the breach.
On June IS Of the current campaign
the Cards had compiled a record of "a
victories and 10 losses, q percentage of
close to $50. Since that date the Cardi-
mails have lost % games and won only
6 for seasons record Of 40 victories
and AZ defeats, q percentage Of less
than 500.
Second Division Looming.
Thus in the short space Of q month
the Cards have dropped from position
as leading contender for the cham
pionship into dog fight with Brooklyn
to stay out Of the second division.
Southworth's crew lost ground to the
Dodgers yesterday, bowling to the New
York Giants, z to 2. while. the Robins
were turning back the Cincinnati Reds,
to 2. This left the Robins only q
game and half out Of the first division.
The Giants pounded wee Willie
Sherdel for - hits, 10 Of them coming
IN fv,rN }VHvHfsHoe fNys Al gnx,aS. ~.,v.
Scott held the Cards safe all the way.
William Watson Clark gave the Reds
only four hits at Brooklyn and breezed
through to an easy victory. Ray Kolp
was touched for only eight hits, but
home runs by Frederick and Bressler
and doubles by Moore, Frederick and Bis
sonette enabled the Robins to fashion
four runs out of the collection.
The second place Chicago Cubs shaved
Q half game OF Pittsburgh's lead by
downing the Phillies In both ends Of a
Klein hit his twenty fourth, twenty-fifth
and twenty-sixth home runs during the
double bill to assume major league lead
ership In this department. Hack VIII
SON got his twenty-third homer in the
first game.
An error by George Sisler enabled the
Pirates to beat the Boston Braves, s to
4, In IL innings and stretch their win
ming streak to eight in a row. Como
rosky scored the winning run when
Sisler muffed Clarke's fiy back of first
base. The victory left the Pirates lead
ing the Cubs by two and half games.
The Yankees picked up half q game
on the Athletics by beating Detroit,
2 to 8, while the AS were splitting q
double bill with Cleveland
Babe Ruth's twentieth homer Of the
year In the ninth inning gave the
Yanks their win ct Detroit. Sloppy
fielding spoiled Roy Sherid's debut as .
starting pitcher and he was relieved by
Freddy Heimach, who received credit
for the victory.
Cleveland siugged Ehmke, Romnael
and Yerkes to take the first game of
their double bill with the AS, 8 to 5,
but George Earnshaw stopped the In
dams cold In the second which the
Athletics won, A. to 0. Earnshaw gave
seven scattered hits and famed six
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