Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-25
So COMMON THEY
FAIL TO ENTHUSE
Even Moundsmen Are Hitting
Them With Regularity.
Ruth Gets 36th.

A BOUT the time that Babe
N Ruth astounded the world
n OF base bali by hitting 90
home runs in one season,
a feat described in the next Of
fetal base ball guide as ga regu-
lar mastodon of a record" it was
something also as amazing when
a pitcher knocked the ball for the
circuit.
In the current era of distance
hitting, with the Bal travelling along
far ahead of the pace that brought him
the record of so homers, it Is so COM
mon for pitchers to hit home runs that
even the n1oundsmen who do 1t hardly
get thrill.
So far this season Is pitchers have
hit 40 of the National Leagues 543
homers, while 8 American League
moundsmen have driven out 9 hon1ers
of the circuits 429. Erwin Brame Of
Pittsburgh has hit three baggers to
lead this array, while few days ago
Phil Collins Of the Phillies connected
for two in one game.
Pitchers Homer Helps.
Roy Kolp of Cincinnati was the only
hurler to turn the trick yesterday. His
homer in the second inning Of the FIRST
game between the Reds and the Brook
lyn Robins gave Cincinnati 80 lead
and with one later run was enough to
win the contest, to 3.
Brooklyn came back and took the
second game, 8 to 0, before rain stopped
them in the sixth inning. This game
produced one of the seasons best ex-
hibitions of stalling, as the Reds tried
to make the approaching storm wipe
out Brooklyn's 20 lead, and the Robins
tried to prevent this. The needed four
and one-half innings we're completed
lust in time, and as darkness began to
fall on the field, the Robins fell on
Benny Frey's pitching for seven more
runs to keep themselves a half game
ahead of Chicago.
The Cubs were unhampered by the
weather at Philadelphia, and after two
and one third hours of smuggling, came
out ahead by a 19-to-15 score. Thirteen
of Chicago's runs were scored In the
first two innings.
The same storm that stopped Brook
lyn's proceedings gave the New YORK
Giants 1-to-O triumph over Pittsburgh.
The Giants had homer by Fred Lind
strom left from the first inning. while
the Pirates, after getting only one hit
off Carl Hubbel in six innings, had the
bases fun in the seventh when the game
Boston's Braves won the remaining
National League game. beating st. Louis
5-4, and finally broke the sixth place tie
with Cincinnati. The Braves went
half game ahead of the Reds and the
same distance behind Pittsburgh.
Ruth Adds One.
Babe Ruth again provided one OF the
big features of the American Leagues
day by clouting his thirty-sixth homer
of the year as the New York Yankees
defeated Detroit, to 2. The ciout was
made on Guy Cantrell, who was start
ing his first game in the American
League with q good pitching perform
ance. and put Ruth IL games ahead Of
his 1927 pace.
Jimmy Foxx, Philadelphias long-dis-
lance star, also clouted homer, and
although 1t was only his twenty-sev-
enth, it meant more at the time than
did Ruth's Foxx's circuit blow was
made in the ninth inning with the
score tied and gave the Athletics an
8-to-6 triumph over the Cleveland In
dams. 1t also put the AS five games
ahead of the tottering Washington SEN
ators.. who were the victims OF an up
rising on the part Of the Chicago White
Sox and lost 10-to-4 decision.
The Boston Red Sox threatened 10
make another change in the American
League standing, coming to within half
game of st. Louis with an 8-to-5 VIC
tory. over the Browns.