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
Asscniated Press SnortS Krifer

Associated Press Sports Writer
Aided by the sched e makers,
Walter johnson today lad his
sensational Washington Senator's
out in front In tn hectic American
league pennant scramble for the
second time this season.
Because the men who T. the
playing dates saw fit 10 give the
Athletics a day OF rest YESTERDAY and
al the same time let the Senators
play the Red Sox, Washington Is
leading the champions by one-half
game as lie result Of an 8 to ]
triumph over Bc-4on.
In defeating the Red Sox, the
Senators accounted for their eighth
consecutive victory-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 Ell nth.
To Alvin Crowder, st. Louis
Browns castoff, goes much Of the
credit for Washington'S vicf-ry. The
former ST. Louis hurler set the
5ox down With eight scattered hits
a-.d did not issue a base on balls
to win his fifth straight game since
Joining the Senat RS. He lost IS
first game 10 n r an otherwise
perfect record.
The badly crippled Indians drop
ped a few more oints Oh their
percentage column. when the. fell
before the St. Louis Browns s TO !.
The victories got to Pete ia -onow-
ski ind Belviedere can for eleven
hits. which included circuit drives
Aalph Kress ard Goose 5oSlin.
Even Break
A standoff vas 49, result the
Detroit Chicago doubleheader. the
Tigers taking the first 3 to 2 re-
hind the good pitching OF Earl
Whitehill but losing the y d ?
to 5. Whitehll held the 90 20
four hits but the Sox managed 70
stay in the battle until the tenth
inning because Dutch Henry did a
good lob OF keeping the Tlg, z
hits scr .ered. IN the second en-
counter. a',Ility 70 take advantage
OF Detroit's loo- elding ga the
White Sox the decision.
Babe Herman'S powerful bat gaze
,ha Rrooklvn Robins a full game
ADVANTAGE over the Cubs as the
National league champions lost
while the pace settlers were TRIM
ming the Boston Braves, 2 T.
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 Raw Moss the best Of the
nitching duel with Bob Smith. = ;
lei the Braves down with six MIS-
while the Robins touched smith
for seven, three Of which w-re mace
by Herman.
Cubs .-Oe
The Cubs looked just ike an
other ball club as they dropped
their third straight to the t-u
srInr Reds. The score was A TO 2.
Pat Malone pitch | one-hit oall
for five inninL but weakened II
fhe sixth aid seventh long enough
- let the Reds hit three triples
and a single md score four runs.
a modern game OF baseball .as
PLAYED at Philadelphia, where the
Giants defeated the Phillies Is 70
- IN a smuggling orgy that brought
five New York and three Philadel-
mia pitchers 10 the mound. Among
the 3s hits collect 1 by the tWo
teams were Klein's twenty-fourth
home run OF the season and an
other lit Of the same variety oy
Frank OrDoul.
The Cardinals march up tne
standings was halted by the Pitts
burgh Pirates, who won 9 70 , be-
hind the steady s uthpaw pitching
~ Larry French. The Cards had
won fiv- straight games. Sunny jim
Bottomley and Gus Suhr 1t Ao
runs.