Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-15
FIVE DOUBLE
PLAYS MADE
Athletics Defeat Browns
81 in Eleven
Innings
BY ORLO ROBERTSON
Associated Press Sports Writer

The Chicago White Sox may be
struggling along in the second
division CT the American league but
they still have the profitable ia
Guilty OF doing the unusual at the
unusual time to pep up an other
wise dr.. bali game.
Always known as a team capable
Of playing championship ball one
day and then going to the other
extreme - hours later. o. even
sooner. the Sox yesterday produced
a few more varities II the way OF
baseball entertainment as they
divided a double bin with the New
York Yankees.
The opener went to the Sox 10
10 9 in a long. weird affair that
lasted one minute short OF three
hours while the Yankees took the
n~ightcap-a tame affair compared
with the friSt-by the score OF z
TO 2 in two hours and four min
utes. II was in the first game. how
ever, that the Chicago southsiders
did the unusual.
They started off by pulling four
errors to help the Yanks into a big
lead. This advantage vas soon wiped
out BY a savage attack with the
result that the teams went into the
last half Of the ninth tied at nine
all. With two out and Reynolds
the fleet Texan. perched on third
Watwood came through with a hi
that went for q single although
Lezzeri iuggled the ball for a mo.
ment and the game was over.
Five Double Plays
To aid the cause Of their three
pitchers, the Sox also tied The
American league double play rec.
ORD. pulling five. Fourteen men were
left stranded on the base paths
however. which with the nine Il
the second game gave the Six 6
grand total OF 81 left On bases II
the fivse games-which is probably
some So. OF a record.
Lou Gah-ig featured the Yankee,
part in the doubleheader. getting
his twenty-sscond home run in the
opener and his twentv-third l the
second contest. incidentally Man
ager Bob Shawkey found a pitche-
in Charles Ruffing that could gc
nine innings. the Boston castofi
winning the second.
1t took the Athletics eleven in
n!ngs 70 defeat the St. Louis Brown
but they finally managed to exc
out a 9 70 z decision and increasr
their lead In the junior circuit tr
two full games as WASHINGTON fe'
before the up and coming Detroi'
Tigers 8 70 1. The Browns tied thu
champions in the eighth and agar
in the ninth but could not eqdA.
the two runs in the eleventh. Left
Grove went to Re rescue OF Quinn
who had relieved Earnshaw. in TIT
eighth and received credit for tn
victory.
Tigers Claw
Walter Johnson tried two pitch
ers against the Tigers but Detroi
found the pair for Is hits 10 max
II three TO one for the curren
series. Dale Alexander. the Tiger.
big first sacker. had a gala da
with his giant war clubs, drivin
in three runs with three single
and a double. Hadley started 70
the Senator'S but gave way to Brown
In the other American leagu
contest the Indians made 4 thre
straight over the Red Sox. winnin
8 to 2 when Wesley Ferrel beste
Milton CASTOR in a hurting due
1t was Ferrell's 18th victory.
Only one game was played In III
National league but the Brook y
Robins increased their lead 10 thre
games as they downe6 the Pirate
- to 8. Given an early lead Dazz
Vance breezed alnog without niue
trouble behind the powerful bat {
Glenn Wright, who drove IN seve
runs. and scored four on two homer
and a like number OF singles. Tray
nor also hit for four bases.