Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-09
SWATS IN P|NCHES
MARK WIN STREAK
Champions 0uthit, but Take
Seven Straight Games.
Shores Slab Star.
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR.,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

TT took the Chicago Cubs a
couple of weeks to get started
in the chase for another Ma
n tional League pennant, but
once they did get under way, they
promptly began to outshine every
other team in the league.
The Cubs ended their stand against
their Western rivals May by beating
Pittsburgh to gain 500 average. Since
then they have not lost game, running
their winning streak to seven straight
by beating the Phillies and Brooklyn
each three times.
That great necessity for base ball VIC
tories, punch" has brought the win
ming streak. The Cubs have not been
hitting any harder than before, nor
have their pitchers been holding down
the enemy clouts, but Chicago, fire.
quently outhit, has been able to make
its blows count for runs.
Cuyler Hits Homer.
The Cubs did it again yesterday in
the only game Of the seven in which
After seven innings of q close battle
between Bob Osborn and Ray Phelps,
big Brooklyn rookie moundsman, the
Cubs put two men on base and Ktki
Cuyler routed the Robins with home
run. Hack Wilson followed with an
other and Chicago wound up with a
7-to-4 victory.
The Cincinnati Reds did the same
thing In a lesser degree and without
the benefit Of homers to make 1t three
victories In their four-game series with
the Boston Braves. Trailing to for
seven innings as Eppa Rixey and Bruce
Cunningham fought 1t out on the
mound, the Reds followed q walk and
a single with two sacrifice flies IN the
eighth and won out, to /.
wild Bill" Hallahan of the st. Louis
Cardinals continued his pursuit Of the
National League strikeout crown for the
year as the Cards handed the Phillies
their sixth straight defeat, to 5. He
famed eight, bringing his total to 80,
and allowed but four hits. Lester Sweet
land did well for the Phillies after two
bad innings, which brought all the
Cardinal runs.
Bill Shores Of the Philadelphia Ath-
letics also pitched four-hit game
against the st. Louis Browns, to gain
7-to-3 victory and avenge Wednes-
days defeat, which ended the Athletics
winning streak. The victory left the
champions alone In first place In the
American League.
Russell Pitches Well.
Jack Russell turned in another Of the
days good pitching feats by holding
the Chicago White Sox to six thor
oughly scattered hits, while Boston
touched AL Thomas for Is blows and
Stool victory. Tom Oliver hit safely
in his seventeenth consecutive game.
"Sad Sam" Jones was as effective as
usual on the mound, though not par
ticularly brilliant in hurting Washing
ton to an 8-to-5 victory over the De-
troit Tigers. The Senators drove Ownie
Carroll to cover in the early innings.
The New York Yankees and Cleveland
managed to play only one inning before
a shower drowned out the fourth Amer
lean League game.
The New York Giants again pro-
duced the days heaviest hitting, al
though they had to go 10 innings to
beat out Pittsburgh by 13-to-10 count
and hold their precarious position at
the top Of the National League. The
Giants made q total Of 10 hits of i've
pithers, but lost the early lead they
had piled up when Pittsburgh rallied
to tie the score In the ninth inning
Three hits and a serious error in the
tenth gave New York the victory and
81 decision in the four-game series.