Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-19
DUE TO RUN INTO
LOTS OF TROUBLE
Indians Lose Chance to Top
A. L. Race by Bowling to
World Champions.
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR.,
Associated Press Sports Writer,

TITO a distinterested observer It
would appear that the scene of
ball game should not make
much difference in the result
where such seasoned campaigners as
major league players are concerned, but
it does not always work out that way.
The National League clubs of the East,
which are just opening their second
western tour, found surprising success
at home. but it is rather doubtful
whether they will continue it on the
road.
The New York Giants, who routed
their intersectional opponents to the
tune of 9 victories in IL games at the
Polo Grounds, had large amount of
trouble yesterday in taking their first
game of the tour from the Pittsburgh
Pirates, who won but four out of IS
away from home. The final count was
to for New York. and it took
sparkling unasSisted double play by
Hughty Critz to end the game before
the Pirates had tied the score.
An injury to Bill Walker, Giant
Heinie Meme broke up pitching duel
in which the Giants led 10 for six
innings. Meme let down in the
seventh and gave three runs on four
hits. Pittsburgh promptly replied by
collecting a run an inning in the last
three frames. They had the tying
counter on second when Critz grabbed
Paul Waner's liner and doubled Grant
ham off the keystone sack.
Otbnr NotioY1oI Taou11a nI,,hc do MT
start the second half of the East-West
test until today, but on the basis of
| form shown in the games since June l
the Eastern clubs have all the advan-
tage. They won "a contests while the
West took but 10, with only the hard
| fighting Chicago Cubs getting better
than a 500 average. Every Eastern
club won more games than 1t lost.
Yanks Keep East Ahead.
In the American League the struggle
was somewhat closer as the EaSt's lead
ing pennant contenders held their own,
although they were pulled down from
| the heights they had reached before
they invaded the Western half OF the
circuit The East came out ahead, 20
| games to %, due principally to the &C
| tivities of the New York Yankees, who
won nine and lost three The other
Eastern clubs came out just below the
500 mark, but their Western rivals,
with the exception of the Cleveland In
dams, were in the same vicinity. Cleve-
land won eight out of IL games.
| The Indians, after pushing up to
within striking distance of the league
lead, found when they came East again
yesterday that the Philadelphia Ath-
| ietics have a real championship team
despite eight defeats in IA games. Cleve-
land had a chance to Gust the world
champions from first place, but even
their pitching ace, Yves Terrell, could
not stop the Athletics in crucial mo-
ment. The AS made dozen hits, most
of them in two big innings, and equaled
an American League record for home
run hitting in winning 7-to-2 decision.
Al Simmons, Jimmy Foxx and Bing
Miller connected with Ferrell's delivery
in the fifth inning for three successive
home runs, a feat that had been per-
formed only twice before in American
League history, drove Terrell from the
mound and put the game and the league
lead in a safe place. The AS had scored
three runs in the first on bunch OF
three hits, while Roy Speed" Mahaffey,
youthful Highlander, pitched effec-
lively all the way.