Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-28
LEADERS IN MAJOR
. LOOPS ARE PUSHED
Griffs and Cardinals Have to
Hustle to Stay on Top
in Flag Races.
BY HUGH s. FULLERTON, JR.,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

1.-TWO major league base ball teams
the st. Louis Cardinals and
Washington Senators, are doing
their best to break away from
the pack of contenders in the close
major league races, but so far their
efforts have resulted only in a pair OF
fine winning streaks and rather pre-
carious holds on first place.
Washington is quite safe for the
present, holding margin Of four games
over the Philadelphia Athletics. How
ever, the Senators cannot take many
chances and still remain ahead. To
get to its present position Washington
has had to win games IN row
and continue an almost unbroken streak
through 20 contests. The, Senators
have won IL out of their last IL games
and 16 out of 20.
The Senators held their place yester-
day by beating the New York Yam
KEGS, Z to 2. Sad Sam Jones was the
whole show. He held the Yanks to four
hits, three of them going to Babe
Ruth, pitched his fifth complete game
of the wear and won his sixth success
sive victory. His teammates backed
him up to the extent of IA hits.
Cardials Lose q Chance.
The Cardinals string of victories waa
broken for the second time in 10 games
Yesterday and st. Louis lost a fine
chance to get safer lead over the
Brooklyn Robins. But the st. Louis
hitters were not much more effective
against Larry French than the Robins
were against Bill Walker and the two
leaders of the National League went
down in defeat, remaining only a half
game apart. st. Louis lost to Pitts
burgh, 8 to S, and Brooklyn to the New
York Giants, 3 to /.
The Cards started winning May and
ran nine games before their first set
back. Then they added eight more vic
tories before running into French yes
terday. The Pirate hurler, working
after only two days rest, gave st. Louis
IS hits, but was effective in the tight
spots. He also started Pittsburgh of to
good lead by hitting a triple with
the bases full in the second inning. then
scoring the fourth run.
Brooklyn did not get started against
Walkers pitching until the eighth in
ming and by that time the Giants had
gained q three-run lead, which was just
enough. The Robins put the tying runs
on base in the ninth inning only to have
Walker end the game by striking out the
great Babe Herman. 1t was New York
first victory over Brooklyn since their
opening clash q month ago and ended
f1ve-game losing streak. The two other
National League games scheduled for
| yesterday were halted by rain.
The Philadel lila Athletics, who had
the nakings of q nice winning streak Of
their own until they played two double
headers at the Yankee Stadium, con-
tinued to pick up steam at the expense
of the Boston Red Sox They won their
third game in row and gave Boston its
tenth successive defeat by Z to score.
Indians Drop White Sox.
The third place Cleveland Indians
did even better against Chicago, send
ing the White Sox down to sixth place
by sweeping their second double header
/ in two days, 3 to and to 8. The
teams showed almost every kind of base
ball, from pitching duel between Mel
Harder and Dutch Henry in the opener
to smuggling match In the second game,
In which the Sox went ahead by Scor-
ing four runs in the ninth inning only
to have Cleveland overtake them again.
Ted Lyons, the fourth Chicago pitcher,
was the real second game loser. He
went in for the ninth inning and was
charged with the defeat after having
| won six games in succession.
Detroit. supplanting Chicago in fifth
place, went to even greater limits of
Slugging for 162to-11 victory over the
st. Louis Browns. AS nine pitchers
| worked for the two teams, Detroit made
81 hits, 8 Of them homers, and the
Browns IS.