Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-02
TAKE THIRD PLACE
WITH DOUBLE WIN
ChiCago's Lead Is Cut by
Double Loss to the
Lowry RedIegs.
BY ORLO ROBERTSON,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

T ABOR DAY efforts having failed
to do much in the way of settling
the National League pennant
problem, the senior circuit swings
into the last month of the 1880 sea-
son with the Chicago Cubs holding a
four-game lead over the Giants in Sec
ond place, but with the Cardinals loom
ing as the most serious threat only a
half game further back in third posi-
ton.
st. Louis was the only one of the
four leaders to win a double-header
yesterday, the Giants and Robins break
ing even, and the Cubs dropping both Of
their encounters. AS the result, the
Cards jumped into third place, showing
the Robins back into fourth and left the
league standing like this: Chicago
77-53, .592; New York, 72-56, .563;
st. Louis, 1873, .557; Brooklyn, 10
SO, .553.
In moving ahead of the Robins the
Cards walloped the Pittsburgh Pirates,
IL to 6, in the morning and then re-
peated with Stool trimming in the
afternoon. Flint Rhem was the winning
pitcher in the morning contest, while
Grimes had an easy time with his for
mer teammates in the afternoon session.
Kremer was out to win his twentieth
game in the second, but had to be re-
lieved by Spencer.
Frey and Lucas Star.
Red Lucas and Benny Frey put to-
gether pair of neat pitching perform
ances to deal the Cubs pennant hopes
q stunning blow, the Reds taking the
opener S to with Lucas pitching 81
hit ball, and the nightcap to as Frey
set the champions down with i've blows.
The Cubs had the second game won
to 0 with two out in the ninth when
f, Sukeforth's hit to center bounded over
Hack Wilson'S head for triple and
scored Strip and Crawford, who had
drawn base on balls.
The Giants were cracking the ball at
terrific clip, getting q hits in two
games, but they lost the nightcap TO
the Phillies to 8. after taking the
opener, 8 to 4. With Carl Hubbell hold
| ing the Phils to seven hits and Leach
and Hogan hitting homers and Terry
| pounding out triple, double and two
| singles, the first game was easy. Thir-
teen hits rang off the Giants bats in
| the second encounter, but Bill Walk
er's wildneSs in the early innings gave
| the Phillies lead which the McGraw-
men were unable to overcome.
| Wally Berger's thirty-second home
run was instrumental in dropping the
Robins into fourth place, the circuit
drive accounting for three of the Braves
runs that beat the Robins, to 8, in
the first game. Hollis Thurston pitched
| good ball and drove in two runs with q
double, to give Brooklyn 4-to-2 de-
cision in the second contest. Lopez's
homer scored all of the Robins runs in
the first game.
Yanks-A's Draw $4,000.
While lacking much of the color Of
the National League race, the Phila-
delphia Athletics and New York Yam
KEGS drew a crowd of $4,000 into the
Yankee Stadium to see an even split
IN the feature games OF the American
League.
The world champions took the opener,
to 2, because Of Al Simmons thirty
second home run, but Charlie Rufang
set them down with two hits to give the
Yanks 2-to-0 victory in the second
Lefty Grove stopped Yankee rally in
the first game by relieving Mahaffy and
striking out Babe Ruth in the ninth
with two men on base. Ruf1ng famed
Simmons three successive times in the
second game.
The Senator'S cut the AS lead to five
and one-half games by taking the Bos-
ton Red Sox into camp twice, 2 to
and to 8.
wesley Ferreu won his twenty -fourth
victory of the season and his thirteenth
In row as the Cleveland Indians
downed the st. Louis Browns, Is to 8
and to 5. Terrell hurled the second
game, while Willis Hudlin was the win
ming pitcher of the first encounter.
The Chicago White Sox were the VIC
Tins Of Detroit's wrath, the Tigers
taking both ends of the holiday bill, 5
to 5 and to 2. Earl Whitehill got his
fifteenth victory of the year in the sec
ond after Ted Lyons had failed in an
effort to win his twentieth. Alexander
and Reynolds hit home runs In the
opening contest