Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-25
WILSON'S BIC BAT
PUTS CUBS IN VAN
CIouts Two Homers, Second
With Pair On-A'S and
Yankees Both Win.
BY EDWARD J. NEIL,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

TINE Chicago Cubs, hard fighting
crew, are back in first place In
the National League today,
i prodded there by the doughtiest
fighter of them all, burly Hack
Wilson.
For it was "Hackenschmidt," with an
architectural style that resembles a
quarter section Of a fortress wall, who
crushed the New York Giants with his
big bat yesterday after even the ele-
mentS had seemed to contrive to keep
intact a slender one-point margin of
the Pirates.
The scene was set nicely for the
graceful ascent of the Cubs into first
place when things began to happen that
called. for Sterner, brtlsquer methods.
For the second straight day, the malev-
olent Brooklyn Robins, going nowhere
in particular, but mighty pugnacious
about it, swarmed all over the Pirates
and beat them to 4.
Everything was peaceful at Wrigley
Field. With Guy Bush, ace Of the Cub
staff, going nicely, the Cubs ran up
lead of 40 on the Giants by the time
the sixth inning rolled around Rogers
HornSby hit one homer on Jack Scott,
his twentieth Of the season, and Hack
got another, his twenty-fourth. Every
thing was under perfect control from
Cub standpoint.
Becomes a Madhouse.
Then the peaceful scene turned into
mild madhouse. The Giants rose
and slashed Bush for three runs in the
sixth, thunder and lightning swept the
field. and the game halted while spec
tators and players rushed through the
downpour from flooded bleacherS and
re I1n nut in
and play was resumed. Bush was out
of there. In few minutes so was Art
Nehf and before the interrupted sixth
was over Pat Malone was hanging on
the ropes and the Giants were leading
IA
But John McGraw's discarded chick
ems have habit Of coming home to
roost-right on his neck-at such times
as these. It was the master mind who
sent Hack Wilson to Toledo in 1925
after three poor seasons with the
Giants. Hack waited until the seventh,
when Heathcote and Hornsby singled,
and then smashed his second homer of
the day into the center field bleacherS
These three runs evened things. A walk,
sacrifice and McMillan's single gave the
boys from the pineapple orchard an
81 victory and first place by half
game.
In all the Cubs used five pitchers,
calling on Mike Cvengros and finally
Charlie Root. who held the Ginats to
only four hits the day before. Fitz-
ond homer and Mays finished for the
Giants.
The rampaging Robins, roughly
espousing the Chicago cause, punched
their hits of Heinie Meine-no relation
of Eenie Meenie-while Bill Clark held
the Pirates in check. Babe Herman
weighed in with two vital triples. Lloyd
Waner frizzled his chance to be hero
by flying out with three on and two
out in the ninth.
The remainder of the National League
battling was interesting, but inconclu-
sive. While the situation along the
American League sector remained I'M
changed with the New York Yankees
and Philadelphia Athletics winning the
days jousts.
Macks Retain Big Lead.
The AS kept their 10-game lead in
tact by downing Cleveland, 5-3. behind
Big George Earnshaw'S sterling hurting
and the Yanks crept up from behind
to edge out Detroit, Us. George Uhle
threw against Herb Pennock the Yank
southpaw, and both were hit hard.
Jimmy Foxx landed his twentieth homer
for the AS and Bill Dickey Yankee kid
catcher, hit homer and three singles.
Bill McKechnie came back to the st.
Louis Cards from the Rochester farm
to reap his reward for managing the
Red Birds into pennant last year and
started off nicely. The Cards downed
the Phillies, GA, when Wallie Roettger,
right fielder, hit homer with the bases
full in the sixth and Jimmy Wilson got
another with Roettger aboard in the
eighth.
The Boston teams struck blows for
the home folks, both home and afield.
The Braves bested Cincinnati, So, and
the Red Sox took the st. Louis Amer
leans, 9 to z. Bob Burke won pitching
battle with Alphonse Thomas as WASH
ington edged out the Chicago Amer