Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-02
BABE AND LOU PUT
BIG PUNCH IN CLUB
Ruth's Two HomerS Send
Him Far Ahead of '27 Pace.
Robins Pound Ball.
BY HUGH s. FULLERTON, JR,,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

XX YITH Babe Ruth and Lou
NV Gehrig going like con-
flagration, the New York
Yankees are looking
more and more like the real
threat to the supremacy Of the
Philadelphia Athletics in the
American League pennant strug-
gle.
eight games ahead of Washington and
nine ahead of the Yankees despite the
loss OF a half game to the New Workers
through their ldleneSS yesterday, but 81
games remain for each team, and a lot
can happen in that number of contests.
1t can happen especially when the
Yankee smuggling duet is hitting the high
doing just that in the past few days.
The Babe clouted two home runs yes
terday after lapse Of over week since
his last previous four-bagger. They
served to win a ball game from the
Boston Red Sox, providing three of the
Yankees runs in 4-to-1 victory. They
also put the Babe 16 days and IL games
ahead of his record pace of 1927 when
he reached his present total of 80 on
August II in the 115th game of the
season.
Ruth took up yesterday where Gehrig
left of in hitting homers and winning
games, but Lou still is leading the
league in batting and doing his full
share for the Yanks. Charley Rufing
Boston to two hits.
Rivals Keep Pace.
The Yankees could not, however, gain
on the teams that are pursuing them.
Cleveland, in fourth place. and Detroit,
In NTH, each won game, and held
their places. The Indians got the Jump
on the st. Louis Browns by nicklng
Holland Stiles for two runs in the first
inning and held their margin to win,
to 3. Detroit hammered Dutch Henry
around 10 lnf1ict on him his fifteenth
defeat of the year as Earl Whitehill
held Chicago in check. The score was
IL to 4. with the Tigers II hits turning
the trick.
The National League race went along
without change except that the Pitts
| burgh Pirates, after prief day in tie
| TOR fourth place, were sent back to the
| second division. The Pirates went
down before the Chicago Cubs, 10 to Z,
| despite a game rally IN the middle o.
the game. Chicago started with four
runs oil Heinie Meine In the first in
ming, then made strong finish to re-
| gain their margin after they had lost IT,
Cards Own Fourth Place.
The st. Louis Cardinals again be-
came the only club In fourth place by
| trouncing the Cincinnati Reds, 10 to !.
| With Wild Bill Hallahan hurting
| four-hit game, the Cards did net need
all the hits they made as they came
suddenly out of a batting slump to the
tune OF IS blows. Cincinnati, which
| has the leagues best fielding average,
had an OF Gay and made four errors.
Brooklyn held its two-game margin
over the Cubs by resuming the old pas
time of slamming the PhlIlies from pill
| lar to post, ending the afternoon with
| is hits and q y-to-4 victory. The
| league leaders looked to be In trouble
! for the first two innings, but Harry
Smythe could not hold them long, while
| Adolfo Luque kept bis steady hurting
mace through the entire game, winning
| his eleventh victory.
The New York Giants and Boston
Braves did the heaviest hitting OF the
day. and due to Freddy Lindstrom, the
Giants made their blows count tor
IO-to-4 triumph, their fifth straignt;
Indy hit two home runs, double ana
a single and accounted for six OF the
runs. The winners made II hits, Wnlie
Pete Donohue gave the Braves Is.