Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20
CUBS MAUI CARDS
TO GAIN TOP RUNG
Pirates Also Pass Champs.
Lou Hits No. 19 as Babe
Rejoins Yankees.
BY WILLIAM J. CHAPMAN.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

THE National League riot struck a
new high note of tumult yester
day and when all the debris
Il had been cleared away the UNI
ruly Cubs were found clinging to
the top perch by the margin of their
fingernaiis. The men of Mccarthy
slammed the Cardinals generously by
scores of z to and IL to 3, running
their string over the champions to three
straight The pirates STAYED off two
Cincinnati rallies to win by 6 to 5,
and, in company with the Cubs, stepped
to a position one game ahead of the
Cardinals, erstwhile leaders.
The E~'''c.s and the Buccaneers joined
hands gaily in one of those virtual
ties" but the Chicago entry stood five
percentage points forward through the
time-honored process of having lost
fewer games. The Giants, meanwhile,
were winning two from the Phillies, and
so reducing the margin between them
selves and all the other contenderS save
the Cubs. The Clan McGraw remained
three and one-half games behind the
Little Bears, but with the important
difference that the Little Bears had
stepped into first place as related.
Both of the Chicago victories over the
champions of the league we're scored
more or less by brute strength, but the
DlICIl1Ik
and of Guy Bush in the nightcap was
much better than certain recent efforts
by Chicago hurlers. Backed by 81 hits,
It was, as a matter of fact, much better
than was necessary. Willie Sherdel and
Bill Hallahan were the victims in the
first game and Sylvester Johnson and
Fred Farmhouse In the second, the first
named in each instance being the ON
cial loser.
Two Home Runs Hit.
Hack Wilson celebrated with his four
tenth home run in the opener; Jim
Bottonley with his thirteenth In the
nightcap.
Steve Swetonic seemed not to know
what to do with a six-run lead in Gin
cinnati yesterday, and to save himself
from heart failure, DOME Bush rushed
Carmen Hill to the mound in time to
shade the Reds at the finish. Jack
Hendricks offered an assortment of
pitchers, starting with Rixey and run
ming through Luuue, Ash and Ehrhardt.
The Giants won two games from the
Phillies, as reported, but the New York
ers we're in serious difficulties through
most of the thinning opener before
finally pulling it out by the back-lot
score of is to IA. Nine pitchers, real
or accused, stepped into the line of fire,
which totaled 20 hits for the Phillies
and 10 for the Giants. Melvin OFT hit
his sixteenth and seventeenth home
runs, and Chuck Klein Of the home
team his eighteenth, which tied Hafey
for the league lead. The Giants won
the second game by IL to 6.
Braves Twice VictOrs.
The Boston Braves won a pair from
the Brooklyns by to 4 and 8 to 0.
The most important action along the
American League front was the return
of Babe Ruth to active campaigning at
the Yankee Stadium and Lou Gehrig' S
nineteenth home run at the same in
closure. The Yankees defeated the Red
Sox, of course, by IS to 2, and so re-
duced the margin of the idle Athletics
70 seven and one-half games, but this
questionable success was tempered by
the announcement that Henry Johnson
would be unable to pitch in the big
series against the leaders. Johnson, In