Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-27
BUGS HAVING LUCK,
BUT IT IS ALL BAD
Injuries Hurt Team, but 1t
Keeps Pace With Cubs,
Both Winning.
BY HERBERT w. BARKER.

~ ONE BUSH, fiery little leader
of the Pittsburgh Pirates, is
having a lot of luck these
- days, but it's all bad
A formidable hospital list
has so crippled the CorSairs in recent
weeks that it will take all Donie's skill
to jockey his lineup around so that the
Pirates remain within hailing distance
Of the Chicago Cubs, current pace set
tiers in the National League.
The Pirates sailed along in serene
fashion until Pie Traynor was hurt in
Philadelphia. Then Burleigh Grimes,
ace of the pitching staff, suffered a dis
located thumb, George Grantham
bobbed up with lame shoulder and in
yesterdays battle with the Boston
Braves, Grantham and Paul Waner COL
lided as both chased q short fly and
were SO badly shaken up they had to
retire from the game. The collision did
Grantham'S shoulder no good and Big
Poison Paul. suffered a bruised leg and
arm that may keep him out of the line
up for several days.
Rally to Beat Braves.
Notwithstanding the loss of two of
their most effective batters, the Pirates
rallied in the ninth to nose out the
Braves in q knock-down and drag-out
battle, 9 to 8. The Braves had scored
three runs in their half of the last
frame, but the Corsairs tied up the
game on Clark's homer and scored the
winning run on a single by Pinch Hit
ter Erwin Brame.
The Cubs maintained their one-game
lead over Pittsburgh by trouncing the
PhillieS, Is to 10, in game in which
35 safe hits were scored, II for the
Phils and 10 for the Cubs. The Phils
scored seven runs in the first two in
nings, four of them coming over on
Chuck Kleins thirty-first homer, in
the second inning, with the bases
loaded. But the pills couldn't hold
this lead, the league leaders clustering
II hits for as many runs in the third
and fourth innings. Cliff Heathcote,
subbing for the injured Cuyler, got five
hits in as many times at bat.
Showing further return to form,
the st. Louis Cardinals downed the New
York Giants for their fourth straight
victory, to 3, and advanced to within
two games and a half of third place.
jake May let the Brooklyn Dodgers
down with six hits and Cincinnati
Reds punched hits of McWeeny in the
third to score three runs, enough to win
the game, as it afterward proved.
AS and YankS Score.
In the American League the Phila-
delphia Athletics retained their 1012-
game lead over the Yankees by downing
Chicago, 8 to /. Howard Ehnke let
the Sox down with four hits. Ted Lyons
was touched for two runs in the first
inning, but allowed only one hit-a
home run by Jimmy Dykes-after the
third inning
Behind Ed Wells eight-hit pitching
the Yankees pounded Sammy Gray and
Lefty Stewart of the Browns for IL hits
and q 30 shut-out. Lou Gehrig hit
his twenty-fourth homer and Bill
Dickey drove out two.
Walter Miller was too much for Sen
ator batsmen and Cleveland beat
Washington, 4 to 2.
Behind steady pitching by Owen Car
roll, Detroit beat the Boston Red Sox,
4 to 1. Harry Heilmann got q double
and home run to lead the Tigers IL
hit offensive against Milt Castor. Car
roll allowed only seven hits and never
was in danger.