Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-28
FINE STREAK
NETS LITTLE
Washington Four Games To
Good; st. Louis Is
Beaten
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, Jr,
Associated Press Sports Writer

III HUGH y. Jr1
Associated Press Sports Writer
Two major league baseball teams.
the St. Louis Cardinals and the
Washington Senators. are doing
their best to break away from the
pack OF ~contenders II the close
major league races. But SO far their
efforts have resulted only IN a pair
Of fine winning streaks and rather
~precarious holds on first place.
Washington Is quite safe for y
present. holding a margin OF our
games over the Philadelphia Ath-
let.cs. However, the Senator's can
not take many changes. To get to
its present position, Washington a
had to win seven games IN a row
and continuc ar almost unbroken
streak through 20 contests. The
Senators have Won eleven out OF
their last II games and IS U OF
80.
Sens Hold On
The Senators held their place
YESTERDAY by beating the New YORK
Yankees. z TO 2. Sad Sam Jones was
The whole show. He held the Yanks
10 four hits. three of them COINS
70 Babe Ruth, pitched IS iutn
connulete game Of the year and
won his sixth successive victory
The Cardinal string OF victories
was broken for the second time IN
10 games yesterday. and s.. Louis
lost a fine chance to get safer lead
over Brooklyn. But the st. Louis
hitters were not much more effec-
tive against Larry French than
the Robins we're against Bill Walker
and the two leaders Of the Ma
tional league went down in defeat.
remaining only a half game apart
St. Louis lost 70 Pittsburgh. 8 %
s, and Brooklyn TO New York. 3
10 /.
Lcng Streak
The Cards started winning May
Y and ran nine games before their
first setback. Then they added
eight more victories before running
irto French yesterday. The Pirate
hurler. working after only two days
rest, gave st. Louis 10 hits. but
wa effective in the tight spots. He
also started Pittsburgh off TO a
good lead by hitting a triple with
the bases full in the second inning
then scoring the fourth run.
Brooklyn did not get started
against Walkers pitching until the
eighth innin.. and BY that time
the Giants had gained a three run
lead. The Robins put the tying runs
on base in the ninth inning only
20 have Walker end the game BY
striking out the great Babe Herman.
IL was New York's first victory over
Brooklyn since their opening clash
a month ago and ended a five
game losing streak. The two other
National league games scheduled
for yesterday were halted by rain.
AS Again
The Philadelphia Athletics. who
hac the makings OF a nice winning
streak Of ttfsir own until they
played two double headers at the
Yankee stadium. continued to pick
up steam az the expense Of the
Boston Red Sox. They won their
third game in a row and gave
Boston its tenth successive defeat
by a Z TO 5 score.
The third place Cleveland IN
dams did even better against Chi
cago. sending the White Sox down
70 sixth place by sweeping their
second double header in ito DAYS.
3 TO 2 and 9 % s.
Detroit, supplanting Chicago in
Kth place. vent 70 the limits ~
slugging for : rs 70 II victory over
the st. Louis Browns. AS nine
pitchers worked for the two teams
Detroit made q hits, three OF them
homers. and the Browns IS.