Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-14
WIN, YANKEE Loss
WOULD TELL TALE
PhiIs Hold Up Cubs, While
Rain Delays Buc-Giant
Second Place Dueh
BY WILLIAM ,. CHAPMAN
Associated Press Sports Rritnr.

TINE gaunt form Of Cornelius Nc
Gillicuddy, familiar figure IN
base ball wars for 20 years and
Il more, stands ready again TO lead
triumphant force in search Of
world series gold.
A victory over the White sox by to
2 at Shibe Park yesterday as the Yam
KEGS lay Idle In rain brought the house
of Mack to within two games Of certain
victory. Truce Is in prospect by night
fall. Another Athletic triumph over
game by the Yankees would end it. A
reverse for the MackS probably would
deprive them of the satisfaction of
clinching their own flag, as the Yanks
doubtless would do 1t for them In one
Of the games against Cleveland Sunday.
The ex-champions are no great hands
at winning ouble-headerS, but neither
are they so prone to lose two in one
day. The most logical expectation Of
the Hugmen Ter the week end Is an
even division Of their two bargain bills.
The Athletics stopped the White Sox
yesterday only after young Ed Walsh
had given them a bad run for seven
innings. Two early runs, one of them
scored on a homer by Boley, were null
lifted by Jimmy Dykes fourth-inning
tumble, which paved the way for two
Chicago markers and tied the score.
Facing Ed Walsh in the eighth, with
two Athletics on base, Al Simmons
pounded the ball game into the stands
with his thirtieth home run, which sent
the AS home ahead by 5 to 2. Walsh
gave only six hits, but Simmons and
Bishop got triples and Simmons and
Boley home runs. Howard Ehmke got
credit for the victory, but Bob Groves
pitched the ninth after a pinch bats
man had relieved the tall right-hander
in the eighth.
| on technical charge of rain, building
up q double-header for today, and the
Senators nosed out the Indians by 4
| to 8. The Red Sox and the Tigers had
an open date. The reverse in Wash
ington left the ambitious Indians only
| Ia games ahead of the equally ambi-
tious Browns in the scramble for third
/ money.
The clinching of the National League
pennant by the Cubs was postponed
yesterday when the rejuvenated Phillies
weathered a ninth-inning assault to win
by to 6. and the second-place duel of
the Pirates and the Giants was halted
by rain at Forbes Field. The game
cannot be played of; but neither team
profited or lost by the cancellation,
since both were involved in the cancel
| lation.
After piling up seven runs against
Sheriff Blake before he departed with
none out in the eighth, the Phillies en-
tered the last of the ninth with mar
gin of to and Phil Collins per-
forming heroically in relief role. Then,
with one out, Rogers Hornsby hit his
thirty-sixth homer and Wilson and
Cuyler singled. Out went Collins, with
10000 fans creating bedlam, and in
came Willoughby.
The Philadelphia ace retired Stephen
son on q grounder. but both runners
advanced, and Willoughby thought it
best to pass Tolson to make a force
at every base. The star of Burt Shot
tons staff then caused Taylor to ground
weakly to the infield and Tolson was
forced, ending the game. The ultimate
+, triumph Of the Cubs thus was post
poned for a day. and the Phils re-
manned within half game of the fifth
place Robins, who defeated Cincinnati
by 4 to 2.
st. Louis assaulted the Braves for
two victories, by 3 and and to 3, to
round out the National League program