Evening star., 1929-05-16
GIANTS HAVE POOR
S0J0URN AT HOME
Loss to Reds Is Their Seventh
in 10 Games-Yanks and
AS Again Defeated.
BY WILLIAM j. CHAPMAN,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

YOHN McGRAW didn't know what
a break he was getting when
the Giants put him to bed. After
10 pleasantly idle afternoons, he
discovered yesterday that he got
we'll too soon. Back at the Polo
grounds, he saw the Reds skip away
with the remains of two-game series
by score of IL to s.
Red Lucas had all to do with the
size of the New York score, which could
have been even smaller had the occasion
demanded, but the top-heavy total Tor
handiwork of pair of green cam
paigners. Joseph Strip, recently from
Columbus, outraged Frederick Fltz-
simmons with two home runs, while
Evar Swanson from the Pacific slope
contented himself with one.
FitZsimmons left the proceedings fiat
at the end of the eighth, and the Reds
welcomed Joe Genewich with real
merry-go-round in the ninth. Five solid
hits produced four decorative runs, re-
moving any Slight doubt remaining re-
garding the outcome. This defeat
showed the Giants down to point from
which Gen. McGraw could shake hands
with any of Wilbert RobinSons cave
dwellerS without rising from his chair.
The victory of the Reds gave the
Rhineland invaders two straight at
the Polo Grounds, and left the Giants
nursing just three small victories and
seven bumps on the jaw for their
stand at home against the West. One
tie also entered into the record.
With DaZzy Vance i'll, Glenn Wright
on his way home and Burleigh Grimes
in the box for Pittsburgh, the Robins,
found perfect setting for their eighth
straight defeat. Babe Herman's homer
off Grimes in the fifth with two Robins
on base tied the score at 4 to 4, but the
Pirates soon regained command to win
eventually by 8 to A.
Cubs and Cards Again Win.
While all of this brawling was going
On about the metropolis, the Cubs were
tommyhawking the Braves by 7 to 4
at Boston and the Cards were punching
the Phils by 4 to l. These two con-
tending forces thus remained on even
terms at the head of the National
League parade, with hand-to-hand
fighting between themselves apparently
the only remedy left to pry them apart.
The Yankees and the Athletics wound
up their respective campaigns in the
West with much the same result-a de-
feat for each-and remained in close
grapple for the lead. The Macks head
the champions by half game, but
the Browns are only one full game from
the top, in virtual tie with the amaz-
ing Tigers.
Harry Heilmann butted himself into
insensibility against ball held in the
iron paw of Mickey Cochrane in the
ninth inning at Detroit yesterday. but
conscious or unconscious, sprawled
across the plate with the winning run.
The score became valid, when Mr..
Cochrane, properly amazed at such tao
tics, let go of the ball, after the umpire
had called Heilmann out. This antic
won for the Tigers by 6 to 5, giving
them two out of three in the Phila-
delphia series.
The Yankees put the Indians to no
such extreme in the finale at Cleveland,
contenting themselves with Lou Geh-
rigs eighth home run as the Tribe
pounded George Pipgras and three
other Yank slabmen to win by to l.
Joe Shaute twisted the champions into
knots with some smart southpaw shoots.
The Browns shaded the Senators by
to in the getaway game, remain
ing in the thick of the fight, and the
White Sox of Chicago nipped their Red
Hosed namesakes from Boston by 8
to 4.