Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-02
CUBS MEET TEST =.
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BEGINNING TODAY.
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Seek to Win on Road and
Against PhiIIies, Their 1928
Stumbling Block.
BY WILLIAM J. CHAPMAN,

THE Cubs are on a great ad-
venture-a quest through the
East in an effort to prove that
L they really can win ball game
away from home.
The Bruins of 1923 lost the pennant
for two reasons: Their failure when
away from Wrigley Field and their
inability to win from the PhillieS late
in the season. at home or abroad. In
opening their Eastern invasion at Baker
Bowl today. the men of Mccarthy have
an opportunity to begin piling up re-
venge on both old scores.
The last few days of the Cubs In
intrasectional warfare in the West
were anything but pleasant Tor Prof.
Mccarthy. After taking two beatings
in three days at Cincinnati, his charges
closed their STAY there Yesterday by
fiddling through 10 innings of base ball
in game eventually called with the
score tied at to 4 to permit the Cubs
to start their trek eastward on schedule.
The defense perked up, but the hitting
was not there.
Reds Tie 1t Up in Ninth.
The Cubs seemed to have the game in
hand by to over the regulation
route until Red Lucas and Hughey
Critz smacked doubles in the home
ninth on either side of a hit batsman.
Guy Bush walked the next batter on
purpose and pulled out Of the hole.
The thirteenth saw him in difficulty
again. Dixon led off with double
and reached third on a sacrifice. Two
batterS were passed by intent, and
Shaner and Allen fell down in the
pinch.
The Cardinals and the Pirates also
engaged in a A-to-4 tie game over the
13-inning route yesterday as rain swept
out all National League competition
in the East. Wee Willie Sherdel went
the distance against Carmen Hill, Steve
Swetonic and Irwin Brame. The Card
inal southpaw permitted the Pirates to
tie the score with a two-run rally In
the ninth, and there the teams re-
NAMED fastened until darkness fell over
Specimens Park in the thirteenth.
The Athletics featured an abbrevi-
ated campaign In the American League
by stampeding the Boston Red Sox by
which Melted the AS 20 hits, good for
A bases. The Mackmen seem to be
clutching earnestly indeed for the bat
ting mantle shed by the Yankees. It
was not a record, but was so close to
one that fanatics were sent scurrying
into the books.
Five Hits for Simmons.
AL Simmons capped the Athletic at
tack with five hits and lost his chance
to get sixth when he let third
strike float by unmolested in the eighth
One of AIS drives was a homer, which,
with a single, was delivered in the
sixth round, helping the AS to 10 Of
their runs.
Jimmy Foxx also contributed five
safeties to the cause of Connie Mack,
two Of them home runs. Sammy Hale
hit four times. Milt CASTOR, Ed Durham,
Billy Bayne and Ed Carroll were exposed
to the fire of the Mackmen. Prof. Nc
Guillicuddy employed Bob Grove until
it became no-contest in the sixth.
After that Ossie Orwell took a few on
the chin and Bill Shores rushed to the
rescue.
While all of this commotion was
churning up the Fenway. the Browns
were quietly opening their invasion of
Cleveland by shading the Indians, 4 to
8, behind the smart pitching Of Alvin
Crowder. That one counts for Just as
much in the standing of the clubs as
the Athletic orgy at Boston, and serves
to keep the Browns in front by mar
gin of one and one-half games.
The rest Of the American League pro-
gram yesterday was swept away by rain
at New York and Chicago.