Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-31
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Chicago Cubs Win Pair;
Boston Meets
Giants
6Y HUGH. S. FULLERTON. Jr.,
Associated Press Sports Writer

Associated Press Sports Writer
In a pair OF pennant races as
close as those the two major leagues
have been through the early part
OF the season. the results OF the
double headers of Memorial Day
came as something Of a surprise.
Eight pairs Of games were played,
ard only two were divided, while
the rest figured to a considerable
extent in shaking up the standings.
The Pittsburgh Pirates, weakened
by sickness and injuries to their
pitching staff, got an even break
with Cincinnati. The st. Louis
Browns and Chicago White Sox,
deadlocked in games for sixth place
IN the American league, figured in
the other even break.
Cincinnati. with Red Lucas out
pitching Leon Chagnon, took the
morning game from Pittsburgh, Q
to ]. In the afternoon the Reds
gave away a lead. then came strong.
but lost z to g.. The Chicago Ameri-
cans had TO go to ten innings 10
win the first game. Z TO 4. but
they failed to give Ted Lyons proper
support on the second, committing
six errors, and the Browns pulled
out a 4 to 3 victory.
Robins Lead
Brooklyn's smuggling Robins ac-
complished the most in two games.
going from a tie for first place in
the National league to a two-game
lead by beating the Phillies IL to
I and IL to 9. The Robins ham,
nered out 27 hits in the two con-
tests. The Chicago Cubs refused TO
let their troubles get the best of
them and took two games from the
St. Louis Cardinals. They won the
first 2 to 0 behind Charley Roots
fine pitching, but lost Rogers Horn
sbv. who fractured an ankle sliding
into a base. But still Chicago kept
on fighting and took a ten inning
afternoon contest. 9 10 8. going into
a tic in games with Pittsburgh for
third place
The Boston Braves brought about
another change in the National
league standing as they took two
6 to 5 decisions from the New York
Giants on late rallies. The Braves
pulled out OF the first game with
two runs in the ninth inning then
repeated the act in the second, scor-
ing the winning run in the final
frame after WaIly Berger's twelfth
home run had tied 1t up in the
eighth. AS the result OF the double
victory Boston went to fifth place
and New York to sixth.
Sens Clipped
The Philadelphia Athletics clipped
Washington's margin OF leadership
from three games TO one by defeat
ing the Senator's, z to s and Is TO
IL The first game went Is innings
before 1t was decided after the
Athletics had ruined an apparent
Washington victory by scoring three
runs in the ninth. The double VIC
tory carried Philadelphia's latest
string to six straight.
The New York Yankees. getting
off to a fire start as Babe Ruth
hit his fifteenth home run Of the
year on his first appearance at the
plate, moved into third place by a
three-point margin by beating the
Boston Red Sox S to 5 and z to 3.
Homers figured largely in the
Yankee triumphs although the
pitching of Herb Pennock and
Charley Ruffing also had a lot to
do with Boston's 18th and 18th sue
Cessive defeats.
Detroit's Tigers broke the three
way tie for the top Of the second
division and sent the Cleveland
Indians below the Yankees by win
ming a pair Of games by scores OF
S to 2 and 0 to s. The Tigers made
the days biggest total OF hits. %,
to gain two comparatively easy tri-
umphs.