Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-30
USUAL HUGE LEAD
| OF YANKS MISSING
AS, Chief Contenders With
Browns, Swamp Champions
by 1911 Score.
BY HERBERT w. BARKER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

THE flying start that has carried
the New York Yankees to three
consecutive American League
i pennants seems to be conspic-
uous by its absence this year.
That fact may or may not be signtf-
cant, but you can't blame the rest Of
the league If they should be hoping
that the world champions at last have
hit q slump that will permit some one
else to represent the junior circuit in
the world series. On the other hand,
the boys have been waiting so long for
the Yanks to crack that they may not
recognize a slump when they see 1t.
In past years the Yankees have
broken their rivals hearts by getting
away to q fast start and piling up such
huge lead that late slump was not
fatal.
But this year the champions have
not started impressively at all. Two
weeks of campaigning finds them in
third place. with five wins and four
defeats. They did not suffer their
fourth reverse last season until May 2,
when they had won IL games.
And the Philadelphia Athletics, chief
sufferers from the Yankee scourge last
season, are gaining some adequate re-
venge. Yesterday they fell on Henry
Johnson and Gordon Rhodes for eight
big hits to down the champions, 10 to /.
Mule Haas and AL Simmons each hit
for the, circuit with one on in the
fourth and Mickey Cochrane, after
clearing the bases with q triple in the
eighth. added insult to injury by steal
ing home while Rhodes was winding
up. Max Bishop got five straight bases
on balls and scored three times. RUDE
Walberg held the Tanks to six hits and
famed seven men.
Browns Hold Lead.
Behind good pitching by Sam GRAY.
the st. Louis Browns chung on, close
behind the Athletics. by defeating the
Detroit Tigers. to 2, in 10 innings
Vic Sorrell gave Gray q great arru-
ment. but weakened in the first extra
inning when the Browns pushed over
the winning run.
The Chicago White Sox hoped all
over four Cleveland pitchers to turn In
1874 triumph at Chicago. Ted Lyons
was hit freely. but the Indians wasted
most of the 13 hits they made OF him.
Over in the National League. the Chi
cago Cubs could not do much with Pete
Donohue except in the sixth inning
when they punched five hits for four
runs. enough to beat the Cincinnati
Reds, 4 to 8. Charley Root kept the
Reds nine hits fairly well scattered and
famed eight men. Tom Angley, last
survivor among Cub catchers, tossed
out two would-be base stealers.
The Pittsburgh Pirates lost more
than ball game at st. Louis, where
the Cardinals eked out 7-to-3 victory
with the aid Of considerable generosity
on the part of Pirate pitchers. The
defeat didn't hurt Done Bush half so
much as did an injury TO Burleigh
Grimes. his star right handler. Grimes
was hit by batted ball in the third
inning and had to retire.
The Cardinals hoped on Lee Mead
ows for the tying run in the fourth In
ming and then scored four runs in the
eighth with the aid Of i've passes and
a wild pitch.
After a bad first inning. when the
Corsairs scored three runs. the veteran
spitballer, Clarence Mitchell, was ex-
tremely effective.