Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-14
|MACKS AND BUGS
| HOLD STIFF PACE
Pittsburgh Gains on All Its
Foes, While AS Offset
Yankees Victory.
BY WILLIAM J. CHAPMAN.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

THE twin dash of the Pirates and
the Athletics continued yester-
day to the accompaniment of in
Il creaSing CONSERVATION on the
part of contenders, real and sus-
pected. The Buccaneers turned back
the Giants, IL to T. for the second sue
cessive afternoon, gaining over every
first division rival, but the Macks had
to content themselves with holding fast
to their eight-game lead. The AS
trimmed the Indians by 10 to 8, but the
Yankees kept pace by downing Detroit,
to 8.
The Pittsburgh game saw the early
demise of both jess Petty and Bill
Walker, who crumpled in succession in
the second when each side scored five
times. Melvin Otis thirteenth home
run with two on base settled Petty's
case in the Giant half, and McGraW
removed Walker on suspicion in the
home section with one run in and the
bases filled Hemsley greeted Carl Mays
with triple and the Pirates were back
in the game after having spotted the
Giants margin of six runs.
Lloyd Waner Rocks One.
John McGraw tempted fate by SHOW
ing Joe Genewicll to the fore, and as
usual Joe was marvellous until he gained
lead of one run. Lloyd Waner re-
gained this advantage for the Pirates
by means of a triple with two on in the
sixth. Earl Shelly put on the finishing
touches in the seventh by tapping out a
home run with one on base after the
BUGS already had scored one marker.
Carmen Hill and Steve Swetonic nm
ished in fine style for Mr.. Bush.
The Cubs were unable to reach de-
cision in their five-inning game against
the Phillies. The score was to when
rain fell. The Cardinsl-Brave game at
ST. Louis was postponed altogether be-
cause of rain.
The old dazzler, Arthur G. Vance,
made his first start since May 16, and
the Reds would have been just as well
pleased If he had postponed it few
more days. The Brooklyn star famed
only one, but he gave Cincinnati just
five hits and the Robins won by to /.
The one run off Vance was unearned.
The Athletics carried their winning
streak over into the Cleveland series
with the greatest case. extending the
squirt to four games. Jimmy linn and
John Miljus we're pounded for Is hits,
including hornerS by Haas and Dykes,
as Eddie RomDpel presented the novelty
of not only finishing but starting
game. The indians got IL safeties, but
seemed unable to bunch them.
Wells Is Wild.
Eddie Wells the southpaw from
Borneo, opened the Detroit series for
the Yanks by issuing five passes but at
the same time limited the smuggling
Bengals to seven hits. The Yanks
themselves raped Earl Whitehill and
Lii Stoner for IA blows, including a
homer by Earl Combs. These were
enough to pull Wells through, despite
last-minute Tiger rally.
Milton Castor added to the woes of
the Browns by turning them back at
Boston In game which saw each side
get seven hits. CASTOR was steadier than
RID Collins and his successor Kimsey.
Walter johnson went through an
other painful afternoon at Washing
ton, where the Chicago White Soy
rallied for three runs in the tenth
to win by II to 0. The Senators tied
an early Chicago lead in the ninth
with four runs, but Ad Liska was un-
equal TO holding the position.