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

The Chicago White Soz may be
struggling along In the second
division CT the American league but
they still have the profitable Ia
Guilty or doing the unusual AZ the
unusual time TO pep up an other
wise drSs ball game.
Always known Is a team capable
OF playing championship ball one
day and then going 70 the other
extreme "a hours later, or even
sooner, the Sox yesterday produced
q few more varities in the way o.
baseball entertainment as they
divided q double bill with the New
York Yankees.
The opener went 20 the Sox 10
70 8 IN a long. weird affair that
lasted one minute short OF three
hours while the Yankees took the
nightcap-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 of by pulling four
errors to help the Yanks into a big
lead. This advantage was soon wiped
out by a savage attack with the
result that the teams went into the
last half Of the ninth tied az nine
all. With two out and Reynolds,
the fleet Texan. perched on third
Watwood came through with a hit
that went for a single although
Laz1eri juggled the ball for q mo-
ment and the game vas ver
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 In
the second game gave the Six a
grand total Of 81 left On bases In
the fivse games-which is probably
some scs: Of a record.
Lou Gehrig featured the Yankees
part IN the doubleheader, getting
his twenty-second home run In the
opener and his twenty-third T. the
second contest. incidentally Man
ager Bob Shawkey found a pitcher
IN Charles Ruffing that could 20
nine innings. the Boston castoff
winning the second.
1t took the Athletics eleven in
nings 10 defeat the ST. Louis Browns
but they finally managed TO exc
out a 0 70 z decision and increase
their lead IN the junior circuit to
two full games as Washington fer
before the up and coming Detroit
Tigers 8 TO 4. The Browns tied the
champions in the eighth and again
in the ninth but could not equal
the two runs IN the eleventh. Lefty
Grove went 20 Re rescue OF Quinn
who had relieved Earnshaw, IN the
eighth and received credit for the
victory.
Tigers Claw
Walter johnson tried two pitch
ers against the Tigers but Detroit
found the pair for 70 hits 70 make
It three to r for the current
series. Dale Alexander, the Tigers
big first sacker, had a gala day
with his giant war clubs. driving
in three runs with three singles
and a double. Hadley started for
the Senators but gave way to Brown
In the other American league
contest the Indians made e three
straight over the Red Sox. winnin-
8 to 2 when Wesley Ferrel beste
Milton CASTOR In a hurting duel
II was Ferrell's 18th victory.
Only one game was played IN the
National league but the 3rook'y y
Robins increased their lead 10 threc
games as they downed the Pirate.
IL TO 8. Given ar early lead Dazzy
Vance breezed alnog without mucr
trouble behind the powerful bat Q
Glenn Wright. who drove IN sever
runs. and scored four on two homer
and a like number OF singles. Tray
nor alec hit f0r frsrr N1rar