The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-27
Big Leagues
BY LEO H. PETERSEN
United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, June 27-Not that
Philadelphia or Washington need
have any fears, but the St. Louis
Browns are threatening to 20
somewhere in the 1881 American
League pennant race.
The Browns were at the top of
the second division today, thanks to
winning squirt of five games, four
OF them over the world champion
Athletics. While their margain
over the Boston Red Sox is only a
few percentage points, the Browns
have shown enough promise of late
to indicate that the experts who
could see them as no better than
a seventh place club when the sea-
son started are probably wrong
again.
First division may be a little be-
You'd the reach of the St. Louis ag-
gregation this wear, but it has a
good chance Of keeping ahead of
the Red SoX, Detroit and Chicago.
The Browns have great outfelder
In Goose Goslin; pair of nifty in
11elders in Oscar Melillo and Ralph
Kress; a good catcher in Rich Fer
reIl, a brother Of Wesley Terrell.
Cleveland's mound ace, and fair
pitching staff featuring Stewart.
Collins, Blaeholder and a rookie by
the name of Wally Hebert.
Collins did his bit toward bring
ing the supporters of the Browns
better days by pitching a 3 to z
victory over the Red Sox Friday.
Collins held Boston to ten scat
tered hits and had only one bad
inning, the seventh, when Rothrock
hit a home run with a mate on
base to account for both of Bos-
tons TALES. The Browns scored
two runs in the first on two dou-
bleS and single while Betten-
courts single and Burns double
manufactured what proved to be
the winning run in the seventh,
Pat Caravans pitching and hitting feat
ured Chicaxo's 4 to victory over Wash
ington In the other American League con-
test played. Caraway allowed the Senators
only five hits. two Of them home runs by
Kuhel. while he raped out a triple and
two singles in three times at bat. He
tripled in the fifth and came home on
Blues single to score the winning run.
The defeat dropped washington 2 game
ana half behind the pace setting Ath-
was postponed because of wet grounds,
The New York-CleYeland contest also was
called OF on account Of rain.
The National League leadership of the
St. Louis Cardinals was cut to three and
one-half games when they dropped a I6
to decision to Brooklyn while New York
was defeating Cincinnati. The Robins
knocked Burleigh Grimes from the mound
In the first inning and continued their
assault on Lindsey and Kaufman to col
runs by O'DouI, Frederick. Herman and
Pitcher ThurstOn. who held the Cardinals
to nine blows.
Bill Walker allowed only four hits IN
shutting out Cincinnati. to o. Fullis'
home run following OFarreuS triple gave
the Giants their two runs in the third
inning
The Boston Braves made it two straight
over Chicago, to 8. The Braves scored
enough runs in to win IN the first inning
when they assaulted Pat Malone for four
runs before he retired in favor of Sweet
land. Socks Seibold held the Cubs to
two hits until he was removed in the
sixth inning after developing a streak of
wildness.
Pittsburgh continued its listless playing
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delphia. Watt allowed the Pirates IL
hits but kept them well scattered