Evening star., 1929-06-27
AS MEET YANKEES;
IT ISN'T IMPORTANT
Wouldn't Worry Connie If His
Club Dropped Two of
Three Games.
BY WILLIAM CHAPMAN,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

|HE lead Of the Athletics seems to
grow almost by magic, but Ma
tional League contenders con-
L tinue to butt their heads against
one another, with no particular
gain for anybody. While the Pirates
John Heydler's circuit yesterday, the
Mackmen were cleaning up their fourth
straight from the defenseless Red Sox
and the Yankees were dividing q pair
at Washington.
These antics combined to place the
Athletics at point 101a games in ad-
vance of the champions, which Is no
At state of affairs If you ask the busi-
ness managers. The leaders and the
r7lnners-up are to open q three-game
series against each other in Philadelphia
today, and singers Of the ballyhoo are
pressed hard to discover anything the
least bit crucial about it.
D Pennock Encouraging.
True. it may be just wee bit crucial
for the YankS, who must take three
straight to preserve even the semblance
of q race in the American League, but
for the happy Athletics it is Just an
other set Of ball games. Mr.. McGilli-
cuddy would be very well satisfied with
two victories In the three days and
could even lose the odd game In three
and lose no sleep.
One hopeful note, for the champions,
stood out in their even break at Grit
nth Stadium. Herb Pennock pitched
his second complete game Of the sea-
son In winning the opener by 4 to 0 and
gave Washington but seven hits. A few
more games from Pennock like that
would make large difference in the
net result Of the Yankee season, re-
gardless Of the position at the finish.
Just when the Yanks were gloating over
second game, 4 to 3.
Babe Ruth raped Fred Marberry for
his thirteenth home run in the fifth
round Of the opener with Gehrig on the
base, and Lazzerf and Meusel made
brave gestures against Lloyd Brown
with q homer apiece in the final round
Of the nightcap. Just failing to tie the
score.
Macks Get the Runs.
The Athletics varied their program
somewhat by playing a close one with
the Red Sox. The BoStonese, as q mat
ter Of fact, outhit the Macks by IL to 8,
but the leaders cashed in on runs by
to 5. Milton CASTOR pitched another
good game, but the Messrs. Earnshaw
and Rommel were nothing extra.
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Sox ran riot In the ninth.
The contest produced home runs for
Ken Williams and Jimmy Fox. Bing
Miller hit safely. running his streak to
27 games.
The Browns defeated Cleveland by 8
to and entered virtual tie with the
Yankees for second place. The White
Sox rallied in the ninth to defeat the
Tigers at Detroit by to 8.
The Giants finally pulled one game
from the Brooklyn fire, after the Robins
had taken three in the series. The
pulling was done by to in IL innings
at the expense Of Dazzy Vance. Carl
Mays was put out of the game with no.
body out in the fourth and the bases
filled for protesting decision at the |
plate. Jack Scott, coming In cold, took
up the battle with Vance. He not only
held the Robins to two hits In eight |
rounds, but himself drove home the |
winning run.
A five-run assault upon Remy Kremer
in the sixth enabled the Reds to defeat
the Pirates by to 4, and since the Cubs |
and the Cardinals were not scheduled |
to play. all first-division hands gained
on the Buccaneers. The Pirate lead
over the Cubs now is only one game. |
The Phillies snapped further out Of |
their recent doldrums, taking two games |
from the Braves to 0, and 8 to 2.