Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-08
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SOLONS WIN
Brooklyn Robins Take Full
Game Lead in Senior
Loop
BY ORLO ROBERTSON
Associated Press Sports Writer

rTeSS Sports Nriter
Aided by the SEIZED e makers,
Walter johnson today had his
sensational Washington Senators
out in front in tt hectic American
league pennant scramble for the
second time this season.
Because the men who c the
playing dates saw fit 10 give the
Athletics a day of rest yesterdav and
at the same time let the Senators
play the Red Sox, Washington Is
leading the champions by one-half
game as he result Of an 8 10 ]
triumph over Bc-'on.
In defeating the Red Sox, the
Senators accounted for their eighth
consecutive v~ictory-the third time
this season hey have run their
strin- OF victories TO eight. On
another occasion they won seven
in a row only to lose the eli nth.
To Alvin Crowder, St. Louis
Browns castoff. goes much OF the
credit for Washington's vict Try. The
former st. Louis hurler set the
Sox down With eight scattered hits
a--d did not issue a base on balls
to win his fifth straight game since
Joining the Senat Nrs. He lost IS
first game TO n r an otherwise
perfect record.
The badly crippled Indians drop
ped a few more oints Oh thelr
percentage column when the feA
before the St. Louis Browns 8 TO !.
The victories got to Pete ia -onow-
ski md B~elviedere can for eleven
hits, which included circuit drives
Aalph Kress AID Goose ioslin-
Even Break
A standoff las 49, result the
Detroit Chicago doubleheader, the
Tigers taking the first 3 to 2 BE-
hind the good pitching OF Ear
Whitehill but losing the q y
10 5. Whitehill held the So:s 70
four hits but the Sox managed TO
stav in the battle until the tenth
inning because Dutch Henry did q
good Job of keeping the Tg z
hits scr .ered. In the second en-
counter. a',ility to take advantage
81 Detroit's loo- elding ga the
White o TIE QCCAoAOA.
Babe Herman's powerful pat gaze
the Brooklyn Robins a fun game
advantage over the Cubs as the
National league champions lost
while the pace settlers were trim
ming the Boston Braves. z l.
A home run off Herman's bat
which was preceded BY double
converted into a run when Wright
singled gave tn Robins the deci-
sion and Ray Moss the best Oh the
nitching duel with Bob Smith : 5
let The Braves down with six hits
while the Robins touched Smith
for seven. three Of which w're made
By Herman
Cubs .-Oe
The Cubs looked just like an
ether hall club as they dropped
their third straight to the Iou
erinp Reds. The was 4 TO z.
pat Malone pitch ! one-hlt pan
Cor five iunint but weakened IN
the sixth ahd seventh long enough
TO let the Reds hit three triples
and a single md score four runs
A modern game OF baSeoall .as
PLAYED at Philadelphia. where inc
Giants defeated the Phillies 10 70
u in a smuggling orgy that brought
five New York and three Phiadel-
phia pitchers to thu mound. Among
the SO hits collect 4 by the Two
teams we're Klein's twenty-icurth
home run Of the season ana an
other Lit OF the same variety oy
Frank O'Doul.
The Cardinals march up the
standings was halted by the Pitts
hrrrh Pirates. who won Q to 5 be-
hind the steady E uthpaw pitching
N Larry French. The Cards had
von fiv, straight games. Sunny jim
Bottomley and Gus Suhr 1t Sc
runs.