Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-07
.GR|FFS DROP ONE
GAME IN SIXTEEN
Boone Is Boon to Dodgers
as They Regain Lead.
indians Improve.
BY HUGH s. FULLERTON, JR.,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

A LARGE part of the first
~ half of the major league
"A base ball season has been
spent in strenuous efforts
on the part of the various mana
gers to strengthen their clubs for
the latter part of the year and the
success of their efforts Is quite evil
dent in the current standings of
the clubs.
Washington's big deals with the st.
Louis Browns and Chicago White Sox
turned out to be an important factor
in making the American League cam
paign a duel between the Senators and
the Philadelphia Athletics. The ae-
QUESTION of Heinie Manush gave them
some batting punch where it was need
ed, while AL Crowder has turned out to
be an effective pitcher in washington
Art Shires and Dave Harris. formerly
Of Chicago, also have helped improve
the Senator'S batting average.
GriRs Tied For Lead.
The result is that the Senators and
the Athletics today are tied for the
league lead, although the deadlock may
not last long in the quick shifts Of the
standing brought about by the fact that
Philadelphia has played more games.
1t was Shires who brought about the
tie, coming through with O pinch single
with the bases full in the tenth inning
to beat the New York Yankees, 3 to 2.
Washington now has won Is cut Of
is games, showing the Yanks 81 games
into third place by sweeping the series.
And by pitching all OF yesterdays game
Bump Hadley made It IL out Of Is
pitchers who have finished the games
they started.
The Athletics kept their place IN The
sun by winning their third close deci-
sion in q row from the Boston Red Sox,
4 to 8. George Earnshaw scored his
eleventh victory of the year, gaining Q
slight edge over Dan MacFayden.
The fourth-place Cleveland Indians,
who have kept out Of the second division
during their recent slump only because
the rest Of the league Is 20 far behind
the leaders, showed signs Of improve.
ment as they opened against their
Western rivals ut home. Clint Brown
pitched a good game for them and they
shut out the St. Louis Browns, z to 0.
Waite Hoyt also pitched well and led
Detroit to q 5-to-2 victory over the
Chicago White Sox.
Boone Starts Wen.
The Brooklyn Robins, who chose to
ing Ike Boone from the Pacific Coast
League, found good reason to be pleased
with their new acquisition Boone made
his debut yesterday and played the
principal role as the Robins regained
first place in the National League by
beating the Boston Braves, 10 to 4. He
hit a home run and a single and made
q great catch of fly. diving into til
bleachers to grab the ball.
Cincinnati helped bring about this
latest disturbance in the standinf
which put Brooklyn ahead althoup''
tied with the Chicago Cubs in ganes
The Reds took both games of double
header from Chicago by scores of 70 4
and to z, breaking a losing streal
OF five games. Brooklyn's second game
which might have sent the Robins
down again, was rained out in the
third inning.
The third-place struggle between the
New York Giants and st. Louis Cardi-
mails remained unchanged as both
teams won double-headerS. The Giants
trounced Philadelphia, 10 to and
to 2, standing on a ninth-inning rally
which brought the Philies i've runs at
the end of the first game. The Cards
made 1t IL victories In their last is
games by winning 2-l decision over
Pittsburgh in the first game, although
they made only two hits OF Spencer.
and following it up with 12-to-4 VIC
tory In q slugging match. Duuthit's
ninth-inning home run won the first
game after Spencer's wild pitch had
provided the other Cardinal run.