Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-23
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Two teams which sometimes look
rs If they might get somewhere IN
the major league pennant races but
which aren't doing it are the St.
Louis Browns and the Philadelphia
Nationals. Both clubs are having
unusual winning streaks for them,
with three successive victories each.
But such occasions are all too rare
for them 70 make much progress
toward the top 1t has been over a
month since either has won so
many games in succession and there
pave been only q few such occa-
sions al season.
st. Louis made il q real triumph
yesterday By downing the Wash
ington Senators, 3 to /, for a third
straight win. Not only did the VIC
tory protect the Browns record Of
having beaten the Senator's oftener
than they have lost to them. q thing
no other club has done this year,
but il put St. Louis IN sixth place 2
few points ahead OF Chicago.
Dick Coffman's pitching turned
the trick although the Browns were
outhit, TO. he kept the Senator
blows scattered ana harmless. The
Boston Red Sox pushed Chicago
down behind the Browns BY joining
three hits with a Chicago error to
score twice in the ninth inning and
win the game, 4 to 3.
The feat of the Phillies in trounc-
ing Pittsburgh, II TO ), for a third
straight victory was somewhat over
Swallowed by the return Of Brook
lyn 70 first place in the National
league standing. But the individual
feats OF Phil Collins could not be
kept in the shade. Collins not only
| continued his effective pitching but
he hit two successive home runs
and added q single 70 bring IN four
Phillie runs.
Brooklyn, with its pitching staff,
tried Hollis Thurston as a starting
moundsman in its struggle TO get
back TO the top. The American
league castotf held the ST. Louis
Cardinals 10 three hits to win q /
to 0 decision. The Robins made only
five hits of Eallzhan and Lindsey
but two OF them and Frlsch's error
produced the only run.
The Robins received a lot OF as
sistance from the New York Giants,
who sent Chicago's Cubs downward
by winning the second game OF a
doubleheader 6 to ! after the Cubs
had won the first 5 TO 4. Ethan
Aliens homer with loaded bases
brought most Of the Giant runs in
the second game, halted by rain af-
ter seven innings in which Bill
Walker gave Chicago only six hits.
The Cubs piled up IS blows in the
first game, eleven Of them and four
Of their runs coming in the last
three innings.
The Cleveland Indians registered
the days big gain in the American
league although they could not adj
vance in the standing as did the
Browns. Cleveland took both ends
Of q twin bill from the New York
Yankees, 8 TO 5 and 10 70 8. George
Pipgras failed to break the Indian
ink in the first game after Cleve-
land had almost tossed the game
| away BY errors. He yielded two
runs In the ninth inning and lost.
New York made six misplays In the
second contest but still 1t required
Earl Averill's eighth inning homer,
his second Of the game, to give
Cleveland the decision. The double
victory left the Indians six games
behind the Yanks.
The Philadelphia Athletics lost an
opportunity TO gain on Washing
toms second place team when they
dropped q Q 70 5 decision to the De-
troit Tigers. Although he did not
pitch, George Uhle won the game
when he cracked out a pinch single
In the eighth 70 drive In two runs.