Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-11

w YIIL the Yankees again beat
Y u their field to a pulp by May
NM 80, as usual? Another step
in that direction was taken
yesterday. when the cham
pions battered the Tigers for 10-to-5
decision at Navin Field, as the Indians
upset the whitewash bucket on the
Athletics, 9 to O. That combination
of events gave the Yanks their eighth
straight victory, and increased their
lead over the Second-place Mackmen
to one and one-half games.
The Yankee attack consisted of 13
hits for % bases. including Babe Ruths
sixth homer and Bob Meusel'S third.
Both Of these big blows were concen-
trated in the fifth inning, helping the
Yanks into a lead of to /. but the
Tigers scored four times in their own
half to tie it. Leo Burocher's tumble
and Harry Heilmanns homer, with one
on helped.
Taking matters into their own hands,
Bill Dickey and George Pipgras, Yam
kee battery partners, led an eighth
round assault, which sent Vic Sorrell
to the showers and netted Prof. Hug
gins four runs. It was Pipgras' third
victory and his second complete game.
Walter Miller, the Cleveland south
paw, off1ciated at the obSequies over the
Athletics in the Fifth City. The Indians
raked RUDE Walberg for four runs In
the third and four more in the fourth
before Mr.. Mack called for help. BY
that time it was unnecessary.
The Browns recovered from the Yam
kee blow sufficiently to shade the Red
Sox by to 3. Jack Ogden had just
that much edge over Charlie Ruffing
Washington rounded out the day by set
ting down the White Sox in Chicago,
to 2.
Reds Top the Braves.
While Earl Clark, the Boston center
fielder, set a new major league record
by snagging II Cincinnati flies and
making one assist at Braves Field, the
Reds busted themselves with the more
serious business of Subduing the Braves,
5 to 3. They had to have the help OF
Rabbit Maranville'S first 1929 error to
do it. The defeat dropped the Braves
more firmly into third place, with the
Pirates only half game distant fol-
lowing their 13-to-9 victory over the
Phillies yesterday. The Buccaneers
overcame an adverse margin of seven
runs scored in the first inning.
The more serious fighting on the
National League front saw the Cubs and
the Cardinals lock-step their way
through the Giants and the Robins
respectively. This double victory kept
the Bruins in front, leading the Red
Birds by one game.
The Cubs found little or no difficulty
in reducing the pitching of John j.
McGraw in the first game of what
both club-owners looked hopefully for
ward to as a crucial engagement. The
frisky Bruins fairly reveled in what was
served them by the MesSrs. Genewlch'
Scott. Henry and Judd. while Charlie
Root and Mike Cvengros prevented the
home team from becoming dangerous.
Root aided his own case with
homer in the sixth with two men
aboard, but could not last out the game
Cvengros dashed to the rescue in the
New York sixth as Roto forced Giant
home on q base on balls. XXI Cuylel
continued his batting debauch with one
home run and single.
The great dazzler, Arthur G. Vance,
found himself unable to turn back the
Cardinals Single-handed and BROOKLYN
was whitewaShed by 4 to 0. Even the
best of them need a run or two. sylvester
johnson gave the Robins just seven hits.