Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-06
WALBERG ALLOWS
ST. LOUIS ONE HIT
Gray Loses for First Time
This Year-YankS, Still
SIugging, Beat Sox.
BY WILLIAM J. CHAPMAN.
Associated Press Sports Writer

|HE first week end of intersec-
tional campaigning on the Vari-
Gus major league fronts left the
Athletics at the head of their
class in the American, with the
Braves clinging to the top in the Ma
tional The Mackmen regained the
peak by defeating Sammy Gray and the
Browns at SportsmanS Park yesterday,
2 to 0.
George Walberg let the Browns down
with one hit and famed six. He passed
four men. however, and might have
seen his game Snatched from the VIC
tory column if the home forces had
done any hitting at all. 1t was the first
defeat of the season for Gray, who gave
only five hits before stepping aside for
a pinch batSman in the eighth. George
.Blaeholder worked the final round for
EGn Howley.
The AS won by punching three hits
in the fifth with one of Gray'S two
passes. The victory left the teams in
a virtual tie for the leadership, but the
Macks gained the top by reason of hav-
ing won one fewer and lost one fewer
than the Brownies.
The rumble of Yankee heavy artillery
once more is disturbing the peace and
quiet of American League cities. The
champions have registered SO hits in
tllelI ldSI lIlItc BdiIlSSJ anu 1ldFG MOI1
all of them. Three homerS by Ciehrig
on Saturday and one by Ruth on Sat-
urday and another yesterday, paved the
way for two Yankee victories over the
White Sox IL to and to 3.
Waite Hoyt was derricked on Satur-
day for the first time this season, but
George PipgraS yesterday gained the
distinction of being the first Yankee
pitcher other than Hoyt to go the route
this Spring. The SoX prodded Pipgras
for 10 hits, and George himself helped
the opposition along with five passes,
but he was strong in the pincheS.
Eleven White Sox were left stranded.
Washington still is unable to have
good hitting afternoon simultaneously
with a first-rate pitching exhibition by
any member of the Senatorial staff.
Adolph Liska. one of the best right
handlers in the major leagues, turned
back the Indians with two hits yester-
day, but saw his opponents win the
game by to 0.
Liska now has lost three straight,
each by one run. He has worked total
of 20-odd innings with only four runs,
earned and unearned, against his record.
The Tigers held a big rally at Navin
Field yesterday at the expense Of Ed
Morris, who was routed with other
Boston pitchers in 10-to-2 victory by
Detroit.
After trouncing the clan McGraw by
10 to in 10 innings on Saturday, the
Cardinals came right back yesterday
with pair of late rallies, which Melted
a 9 to victory.
The sabbath triumph pulled the
Cardinals back into a tie for second
with the Cubs who had stolen a march
by beating the Phillies twice on Satur-
day, but who were forced to sit idly
by yesterday as the Cards threw the
Giants.
Burleigh Grimes led the Pirates to
7 to 2 victory over the Braves at
Boston, pulling the back bay band down
within reaching distance of the Cubs
and the Cardinals.
Dazzy Vance entertained 10000
customers at Ebbets Field when
Brooklyn beat Cincinnati 4 to l. Vance
allowed four hits and famed nine. The
only run of him was Curt walkers
homer in the fourth. Glenn Wright
started his first game at short field for
Brooklyn and hit a home run in the
fourth with one mate aboard.