Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-10
yANKS GAIN TWO
GAMES IN SERIES
Capture Three Out of Four
in st. Louis as ChiSox
Batter Mackmen.
BY WILLIAM J. CHAPMAN.


lust when 1t seemed that Connie
Mack was headed for open coun-
try where even his rear-guard
~ would be safe from any Yankee
thrust the Athletics began alb
sorbing taps On the chin from the
humble White Sox. The champion
Yankees perversely chose the exact
moment Of Mr.. Macks greatest distress
to launch q series OF raids upon the
Browns.
The Hugmen won three out Of four
in st. Louis as the Macks dropped
three out of four in Chicago. and by
this gesture sheared two full games
from the Athletic lead in one brief
series, The Macks we're out front this
mornfk2 with a margin OF seven and
one-half games. The Philadelphia host
still has little to worry about, but soon
may have plenty unless the brakes can
be applied.
Yanks Use Three HurIerS.
The Yanks had to call on three of
their first-String pitchers to shade the
Browns by to in the getaway game
at st. Louis yesterday, but Herb Pen
mock had enough stuff to register q
troublesome third out in the ninth and
the champions were saved. The Hug
men are winning lot Of their games
by the hairline decision of one run, but
the important fact Is that they are
winning them. These one-run victories
often can mean the difference between
first place and the second division in
the course OF a season.
Babe Ruth provided the Yankee
margin yesterday with his eighteenth
home run and a triple. The homer
was registered at the expense Of Wally
Stewart in the fourth with none out
and nobody on base. The YankS fol-
lowed up the Babes blow with three
more runs to lead by S; to 0. Heinie
Manush's homer in the fifth helped the
won the game all over again in the
seventh, which Ruth started with his
triple.
Then IN he ninth, with Hoyt in the
box as successor to the Messrs. Wells
and Zachary, the Browns again became
troublesome. They had one run in,
the bases filled and two out when Pen
mock took the reigns. Schang got an
infield single, but Terrell grounded into
a force-out at third, ending the game
The Athletics reverse at. Chicago was
brought about by double failure-the
Mackmen at bat and Jack Quinn in the
box. Urban Faber held the ,Philadel-
phians to eight hits to win by to 4.
Washington shaded Detroit by 2 to. /,
but the Boston, Cleveland game was
rained out.
Pirates Gain Ground.
The Pirates gained bit of breath
ing space for themselves by dropping
the Robins, to I, at Ebbets Field as
the Braves draped the Cubs on the
ropes, 6 to g, for the second time In
three games. These two results in
NJ kAA D4rA4 ~
one and one-half games, but the Giants
gave the one-two teams further cause
to worry by cleaning up their fourth
straight against tie Reds, 8 to S.
elise Dudley had an edge over Remy
Kremer for seven rounds In Brooklyn,
but weakened in the last two. The
Pirates scored two runs on hits in
the eighth, and added a decorative
marker on Lloyd Waner's homer
in the ninth. Brooklyn scored in the
sixth on circuit blow by Delphage
Bissonette. Ben Cantwell stopped the
Cubs with five hits, and Joe McCarthy's
second pitching string represented, by
Rubber Jonnard and Mike CvengroS,
Long George Kelly celebrated at the
Polo Grounds with two home runs,
which accounted for all the Cincinnati
scoring. Fred Lindstrom and Andy
Cohen collabofated in driving in seven
Of the eight Giant runs on three hits
between them. Cohen got only one of
these, but 1t, was a home run with one
on base. Jack Hendricks and six
lesser Reds were removed from the
premises for thinking out loud on the
bench.
Two circuit drives by Jim Bottomley
enabled the Cardinals to defeat Phil
adelphia their third straight in Phil
adelphia. The score was Z to 4 In 10
innings, Bottomley contributing his
second homer in the final round with
two on; base after Frank O'Dpul had
tied the score for the Phils with q drive
over the riGht nsld wall in the eighth