Evening star., 1930-06-24
70 HOMERS AMONG
256 HITS RECORDED
Lively Ball Much in Evidence
as Aggregate of 159
Runs Is Scored.
BY ORLO ROBERTSON,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

a n ODERN-DAY base ball, with It's
M lively ball, home runs and
N two-fgured scores, was ex-
hibited to Mr.. John Public In
large quantities by the major league
ball teams yesterday.
A total of 256 hits, in which were
interspersed 20 home runs, rang of the
bats of the players, scoring 159 runs
to furnish an example of the great
American sport as played in 1880. The
American Leaguers outscored their Ma
tional League rivals 81 to 78 and outhit
them, 1877 to 49, but seven games we're
played in the junior circuit as COM
pared to four in the Heydler circuit.
The American League also led in home
runs ii to 8 as Babe Ruth connected
with his twenty-fourth OF the season.
Cubs Lead Parade.
The Chicago Cubs led the parade in
both leagues, defeating the Phillies 81
to s, as they found the Philadelphia
pitchers for "a hits, including Hack
wilson's twenty home run.
Davis, Phillie catcher, drove the ball
over the fence twice.
Not far behind the Cubs trailed the
Brooklyn Robins as they downed the
Pirates l9 to in the greatest array
of hitting in either circuit. The Robins
hit safely % times and in doing SO
tied two league records. Their 10 con-
secutive hits in the sixth equaled tne
one-innlng successive hit record held
by the Cubs and Cardinals while the
two added at the start of the seventh
ran the consecutive string to IL and
tied the mark made by the Cardinals
against the Phillies on September IL,
1920. The out that retired the Robins
in the sixth was made by catching
Lopez at the plate, thus allowing the
unbroken string Of hits to extend into
the next inning.
Even the Boston Braves cut loose,
winning a slugging match from the st.
Louis Cardinals, IL to 8. Wally Berger
hit his twenty-first home run to retain
runner-up honors in the circuit.
Bill Walker and the Giants managed
to put on an old-fashioned ball game,
the former holding the Reds to six hits
and the latter winning. to 0, Ray
Kolp held New York to eight safeties.
Variety at Philadelphia.
As If to give Mr.. Public variety, the
Athletics and White Sox hooked up in
a 2-to-l game in the opener Oh
double header in the American League
and then closed with a 17-to-9 affair.
The world champions we're on the long
end of the score in both games. Nose
Grove outpitched old Red Faber in the
first encounter, but home runs came
thick and fast in the nightcap. Five
were divided between the Athletics Al
Simmons getting two and Foxx, Haas
and Cochrane one each, while Jolley
connected twice for the Sox.
The Yankees lost ground as they
blanked the Browns IN the first game OF
a double bill, is to 0, and then dropped
the second, 10 to 8. Henry johnson
pitched four-hit ball in the first, while
Ruth got No. "a in his home run cam
paign. The defeat dropped the Yanks
to third place.
A double killing over the Indians by
the Nationals sent Washington into sec
ond place. The scores were 9 to and
3 to 2. Alvin Crowder, Heinie Manush
and Art Shires we're the stars OF the
opener, while Fred Marberry outpitched
Hudlin in the closing contest.
Behind Danny MacFayden's three-hit
pitching the Red Sox defeated the
Tigers, 2 to 0. Sullivan pitched almost
as well, holding the Sox to four hits.
1t was MacFayden's second three-hit
performance in a week.