Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-20
MACKS ADDL|TTLE
TO THEIR BIG LEAD
Smite Tigers, While Yankees
Are Splitting Twin Bill
With Cleveland.
BY WILLIAM J. CHAPMAN,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

A RAIN more or less welcomed by
~ Eastern teams in the National
II League caused an enforced
1 \ armistice all along the Atlantic
Seaboard yesterday as the Ath-
letics took another step toward max
ing the American League safe Tor the
house of McGillicuddy. Behind George
Earnshaw's crafty pitching, the Attn
letics handcutfed the Tigers, by to 2,
while the Yankees were dividing a dou-
ble-header in Cleveland. The cham
pioEs won the opener by TO 2, but the
Indians rushed back to take the second
decision, IL to 3.
This combination of results CONSOLE
dated theoretical advantage the MackS
had gained "a hours earlier by win
ming from Detroit as the YankS lay idle
in Cleveland. The champions yester-
day lost the game which correspondent
with that odd Philadelphia triumph
and the Macks edged one notch further
Athletics now lead by nine games even.
Tigers Once in Lead.
Earnshaw yielded an advantage of
che run to the Tigers in the fifth, when
McManus tripled and scored on an out,
but his support quickly turned this
deficit into a profit. Owen Carroll was
two more in the seventh, after which
the Macks stood on their achievement
and waited for the end of the game. The
BengalS' got a consolation marker in
the ninth, when McManus doubled,
scoring Heilrann, who had walked.
Earnshaw allowed just five hits while
Carroll gave the Athletics nine, one of
them double. Connie Mack's pitch
ers seem to be reaching their highest
perfection at moment which finds
Miller Higgins wondering whether he
may not have to start himself in the
box some day soon.
After the veteran Tom Zachary haC
outpointed Willis Hudlin and other!
by wide margin in the opener Al
Cleveland, George Pipgras endeavorec
to make it a double for the champions
Wesley Terrell was much too strong
for the champions, and Pipgras Soor
faded from the picture under the
pressure of Indian bats. Henry john
son tried his hand for a while, anc
then gave way to Frank Nekola, the
Holy Cross left-hander, who made his
major league debut. Nekola gave only
one hit in two and two-thirdS innings
After drawing a pass in the f1rst
inning of the opener, Babe Ruth pulled
up lame on the bases and disappeared
for the rest Of the day.
Gehrig Gets Twenty-third Homer.
In Ruth's absence Lou Gehrig hi
his twenty-third homer, taking the
league lead from the great man witt
whom he had been tied. The blow
added a decorative run to the Yankee
total in the sixth inning of the opener
with Jimmy linn in the box. Bib Falk
hit for the circuit in the second game
Alphonse Thomas pitched the White
SoX to a 2-to-1 victory over the Rec
Sox in Chicago, and the Browns downec
the Nationals by 7 to 3 in st. Louis
completing the American League pro-
gram.
Double hea ders will be encountered al
almost every turn in the Nationa
League today as result of yester-
days rain. Only the Cards and the
Braves are failing to double up. In
Greater New York the lead will be at
stake as the Pirates make a double as
sault upon the Polo Grounds while the
Cubs eagerly engage the Brooklyn
Robins in a bargain attraction. The
Pirates lead the Cubs by one game
represented by difference of two in
the games won column.