Evening star., 1930-05-21
DAY SH|F TS6OF 8
CLUBS IN STANDING
Braves Make 1t Four Out
of Five From the Giants.
Dodgers Hold Lead.
BY HUGH s. FULLERTON, JR.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

TIME amazing race of the National
League clubs for the higher
places in the standing has
stolen the show in big league
base ball from their rival circuit. Four
games were played yesterday in each
major league, and while the American
was offering but one change in the
standing, a shift OF the seventh and
eighth place clubs, the elder circuit left
just two clubs in their former posts.
The Brooklyn Robins, who became
the leaders only Sunday, held their
place by trouncing the Phillies, still the
tailenders, 16 to 8. All the rest shifted
about. The New York Giants dropped
from second to fourth place for the
days biggest fall, while Pittsburgh
made the best climb, going from NTH
to third.
Even the Boston Braves, rankest of
all outsiders, found themselves in the
struggle as they downed the Giants Tor
their fourth victory in the hve-game
SERIES Led by Wally Berger, a hard
hitting recruit from Los Angeles. VINO
seems to have found a lot of cousins
on the Giants, the Braves. pulled out o
10-inning triumph, to 3. Berger
scored both of Bostons runs IN the reg
uIar nine innings, one OF them on ms
ninth homer of the year. George Bis
single in the tenth after Larry Benton
had weakened just enough to NIL the
bases.
The Braves are in sixth place today.
having moved up notch through their
triumph, but they are only 31a games
behind the leagle-leading Robins.
BROOKLYN had almost no trouble hold
ing the top, as they pounded three PM.
ly pitchers for 18 hits to get their 10
runs. Adolfo Luque was none TO bril-
liant on the mound, but the heavy
Brooklyn hitting enabled him 10 last
the distance.
Bucs Gain Two Notches.
Pittsburgh leaped up two places IN
the standing as Larry French shut out
the Cincinnati Reds with four hits TO
give the Pirates their third straight
victory. For seven innings French had
a tight battle against Red Lucas, hold
ing only a one-run lead. but the Pirates
came through in the last two frames
to make it S to O..
The st. Louis Cardinals followed the
Brooklyn system, downing the Chicago
Cubs 16 to to move into second place
and sent the Cubs down to fifth. The
Cards got all their runs IN four big
innings
Another st. Louis team, the Browns.
brought about the only alteration in
the American League standing by down.
ing the Detroit Tigers, 8 to 2. and ex-
changing places with them. The Browns
went into seventh place. They scored
five of their runs in the seventh inning
to drive Elon Hogsett from the hill.
With the first and second teams,
washington and Philadelphia. enjoying
day of scheduled rest. the first division
of the league improved Its position o
bit. The tflird-place Cleveland Indians
scored a double victory over the Chi
cago White Sox, who hold the fifth post.
by scores of z to and to 5. Both
teams hit freely. but Willis Hudlin. IN
the first game, and Ken Holloway and
Yves Ferrell, in the second, made Chi
cago's blows less effective.
The New York Yankees had to go
10 innings to gain 7-to-4 victory over
the Boston. Red Sox, as Ed Durham
did some great relief pitching. Taking
over the job In the third inning, Dur
ham gave only one hit UP to the tenth,
then weakened suddenly to yield three
hits and as many runs.