Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-31
RUTH'S FIRST
RECORD FALLS
Five Players Better His
Mark Of 20 Home Runs
Made in 1919
BY HUGH $. FULLERTON, JR.,
Associated Press Sports Writer

Associated Press Sports Writer
In 1919 Babe Ruth opened the
era Of lively baseball by hitting 20
home runs.
Five players. still led by the Babe.
already have reached that mark Of
20 homers this year with only
about two thirds Of the season
past. Ruth Is even ahead Of his
greatest year. 1927. when he raised
the home run record TO 60 while
Lou Gehrig and Hack Wilson are
only a game or two behind that
pace.
Where only six major leaguers
hit ten homers in 1919, thirty have
done that well so far while eight
four baggers in a dull day yester-
day brought the major league
total up to 1850. more than double
the number hit by the two leagues
in the whole of the 1919 season.
Gehrig was the only leader in the
sluggerS bridge to hit a homer yes
terday and he picked a highly APP
propriate moment to connect. The
homer came in the tenth inning Of
the Yankees first game against
the Boston Red Sox and turned a
2-2 pitching between Herb Pennock
and Milton CASTOR into a rout.
LOUIS clout accounted for three
runs and with the aid of a homer
by Harry Rice, the Yankees made
eight runs in that inning for an
8 to 2 victory. They continued their
smuggling through the second game
while George Pipgras held the Sox
in check to win by a 10 TO I count.
Yanks Get Edge
The double victory gave the
Yankees a bit Of an edge on their
leading rivals as the Philadelphia
Athletics defeated Washington, z
to 4. The YankS now are only 2 I-2
games behind the second place
Senator's, who in turn are seven
games back OF the AS. Pitching
figured largely in this game as in
the other American League con-
tests.
Grove held the Senator's in check
while four Washington hurlers
proved ineffective although the
teams got the same number or
hits. ten. AT Cleveland. Earl White
hills relief hurting kept the Indians
from overcoming an early Detroit
lead. although they had a 40
margin in the hitting, and the
Tigers won. 6 to s..
Wally Stewart and George Blae-
holder each pitched a nice game
for St. Louis against Chicago. and
the Browns won the first by means
OF unearned runs. 3 TO 2 in ten
innings. and the second. 6 to 1. The
Sox made seven errors in the first
contest.
The Brooklyn Robins showed the
way TO the National League III home
run hitting as well as In the stand
ings yesterday as they improved
their position with a double victory
over Philadelphia. Glenn Wright
and Harvey Hendrick hit four bag
gers in the second game. which
Brooklyn won. Q TO 4. after taking
the first, 9 to 5, while Frank
ODoul. another of the many who
have clouted more thar ten homerS
this season. hit his 18th in IT,
first game. BY winning two contests.
the Robins placed themselves ? 1-2
games ahead Of the Chicago Cubs,
who had a day Of idleneSs.
Another Hero
Fred FitzSimmonS also hit a
home III and 1t made a hero or
him despite the frequency with
which pitchers have been clouting
homers this season. The homer
clinched a rather doubtful dispute
between the New York Giants and
Boston Braves. giving New York a
) 10 ? victory. FItzsimmons ala.
hurled the full game and gave only
eight hits. A timely single was al
that was needed TO give Pittsburgh
its second s to ) victory ov ST.
Louis. Dick Bartell made the LIT
IN the eight inning to complete
the Pirates late rush which brought
five runs in the seventh and eight
frames.