Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-05
MARGINS TOO SLIM
TO SETTLE ISSUES
Jury 4 Leads Not Safe as
Usually Is Case-Macks
Hit by Red Sox.
BIZ HIGH g FULLERTON, yr.
Associated FrSOa Sports writer.

ME traditional mId-season
date for determining pen
i nant winnerS-July Ais
past, with the Philadelphia
Athletics and Brooklyn Robins at
the top of the American and Ma
tional League standings, but their
margins Of leadership are so slim
that the tradition must be dis
counted considerably II 1t is not
to be tossed into the discard.
brooklyn'S margin daily grows SLIM
mer as the Robins and the Chicago
Cubs add more games to their totals
without advantage to either, while the
Athletics lead was cut to almost nothing
Yesterday when they split double-head-
er with the Boston Red Sox. while
washington registered the DAYS most
important gain by taking two games
from the New York Yankees.
AS SAD Sam Jones and Fred Mar
perry hurled pair OF fine games To
defeat the Yankees 20 and 4 to 3.
washington moved up in the standing
to place just one game and one per-
centage point behind the leaders, while
New York dropped to 80 games back
of the Senators. The odd combination
OF games and percentages, closely re-
Sembling that In the National Ieapue
standing, is due to the fact that Phil
adelphia has played and lost more
games.
As Batters Stopped.
The Athletics got only 10 hits off
bostons pitchers in their two games.
but Ed Rommel held the Red Sox In
the second to win, to 2, where four
Philadelphia mound aces had failed to
keep the Sox from gaining a rs VIC
tory In the opener.
Brooklyn's margin in the National
League was cut to the small fraction
OF tWo-tenthS of a percentage point
and as games are counted, the Robins
remained a half contest behind, while
Doth Leading contenders divided their
twin blllS. The Robins dropped a Sd
decision to the New York Giants in the
morning, when Hughey Critz connected
with one of Vance's losses in the elev-
enth inning to drive in the deciding
run. But they came back in the after
noon to gain a 5-to-2 victory behind
BIZ Clarks effective pitching.
The Cubs reversed the process, bat
terng out 10-to-1 victory over the
Pittsburgh Pirates before lunch. but
falling to hit Kremer in the afternoon
and losing, 5 to /.
Tigers Take Two.
Inc ST. Louis Cardinals brought
about further complications in the
standing of the elder league by taking
two games from Cincinnati while Bos-
ton and Philadelphia were breaking
even. The Cards, pounding the Redleg
hurlers to the tune of Is to 4 and 6 to
2, placed themselves only a half kalne
behind the third-plcce Giants. while
Cincinnati dropped into another of
those disputable positions, a half game
behind the Phillies and fraction of a
percentage point ahead of them. Phila-
delphia took the first game from the
Braves, 2 to 3, but lost the second, 0
to Z.
Detroit's Tigers also gained the honor
OF winning two holiday games, but they
had to go overtime, both morning and
afternoon. The Tigers required 10
innings to down Cleveland, to 4, then
went IL frames to gain a 4-to-3 de-
cision in the second game The princi-
pal achievement of the Chicago White
Sox was that OF making six errors in
one game and winning it. The mis-
plays came in their second contest when
Al Thomas held the st. Louis Browns
to four hits for a 64to-4 victory after
st. Louis had pounded out Is blows
and an ll-to-3 triumph in the opener.