Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-24
LUQUE BEATS
CARDS 4 TO |
Jack Quinn, Faber, Rixey
Star in Other
Games
By HUGH :. FULLERTON, JR.
Associated Press Sports Writer

Whoever 1t was that said youth
must prevail" probably would be in
clined to retract that statement IL
he should take a look at the Major
league box scores these days. An
clients Of the pitching brigade have
done just about as much prevailing
as the youngsters and often IN a
more convincing manner.
Five moundsmen whose combin-
ed total ages total approximately
200 years. were sent out TO toll yes
terday and while only n pitched
a complete game, nearly all Of them
turned in good pitching perform
ances. Adolfo Luque, Cuba'S lead
ing baseball hero. aged 80. did a
great job as he made first place in
the National league safe for the
Brooklyn Robins. Luque held the
st. Louis Cardinals TO five hits
through a trying duel with Sylvester
johnson while Brooklyn slowly ga
thered enough momentum To win,
4 to /. Most OF the time. Luque
had only a one run lead and IL was
not until the Cards had tied the
count in the seventh that the Rob-
ms started hitting.
The Dobins' gain was made pos
sible by their neighbors, the New
York Giants. who downed the Chi
cago Cubs. 8 TO 6. 70 put Brooklyn a
full game plus a few odd points in
the lead. The pitching in this case
was a matter Of numbers rather
than skill. Chicago using five hurl-
ers and New York four. and the
wildness Of the Cub throwers was
the principal reason for the Giants
four run rally in the fifth which
decided the game.
Quinn Wins
Along with Luque. ancient Jack
Quinn, Of the Philadelphia Athlet-
les. whose years number somewhere
near As, above or below. gave the
younger pitchers a lesson. Quinn
had a little trouble in the ninth
inning and George Earnshaw fin
ished the game for him as the AS
downed Detroit, 4 TO i, but in his
eight innings on the mound which
gave him his ninth victory. Quinn
allowed only five hits and on.
three more drives past the infield.
Urban Red" Faber. second in age
70 Quinn in this quintet, did not
figure as a winner or loser for the
Chicago White Sox. After holding
a 10 lead for five frames. Faber
weakened and allowed the Boston
Red Sox three runs in the sixth.
Hal McKain relieved him and got
credit for the victory as Chicago
rallied again and gained a 5 10 8
decision. The victory moved Chi
cago back into sixth place as Wash
ington came back after three
straight defeats and pulled out a 10
70 9 victory over the st. Louis
Browns in eleven innings. Two
home runs by Cronin, the second
OF which tied the score in the ninth,
featured the Senator victory.
Another youngster OF SO years.
Eppa Rixey. was given the task OF
trying to put the Cincinnati Reds
into sixth place in the National
league ahead Of the Boston Braves
at the start Of yesterdays double
header. He had a bad inning and
was behind when taken out for a
pinch hitter in the eighth. Silas
Johnson was credited with the vic
tory as Cincinnati rallied IN the
ninth 70 win the game, 8 to z,
Johnson also was charged with the
defeat IN the second game when he
again appeared as a relief pitcher
and was the vIcUlm Of Boston's
eleventh inning run which gave the