The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-23
lker Wins Draw With Jack Sharkey in 15-Round Battle
kremer Is Hard Luck Pitcher Of Year
Pirates Do Not Back Him Up;
Cubs Replace Giants In
Third Place Position
BY HUGH s. FULLERTON, JR.
fascinated Press SnOrfs Writef1

ASSOCIATED Press Sports Writef)
When the nominations open for the
champion hard luck player OF the
1881 baseball season, Remy Kremer
of the Pirates Is In line for a good
many votes.
He has been pitching q fairly good
brand OF ball, but the Pirates seldom
have backed him up and as a result
he is far down the National League
list with only six victories against "a
defeats. Wednesday he suffered an
other setback to make 1t four defeats
in his last five starts, three OF them
by one-run margins. He lost to
Brooklyn Wednesday 3 to q.
Pittsburgh won the first game 1915.
The Cubs furnished the real fea-
ture for the National League as they
edged out Boston 5 to 4 in IL innings
and climbed back into third place.
John McCraw came back to the
Giants bench and promptly saw his
team drop to fourth through a 4-3 de-
feat at the hands Of the Reds.
With the American League a C
looking more and more like a cut and
dried affair. the Yankees stepped out
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Yanks got only an ever break with
Detroit, losing the first game 80 as
George Uhle held them to six hits.
and winning the second 9-5. But
Babe Ruth clouted two homers and
Lou Gehrig and Ben Chapman
stole his 37th base. all in the second
game.
Philadelphia's Athletics increased
their margin to nine full games with
their ninth straight triumph. The
AS beat Cleveland 7-3 as Rube Wal
berg turned in his 14th victory. Wash
ington took a beating from the
Browns, 8 to 4.
The White Sox and Red Sox di-
vided a double bill. Boston took the
first game 3 to 2 while Chicago
pounded out a 9 to 3 triumph In the
second. Scores by innings:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Mel Harder Cracks
Cleveland ........200 Dol 00o-3 s 2
Philadelphia Hsrsar. ioi;lIe olo a aoa- seven 10 .
Walberg and Cochrane.
Gray Beats Senators
st. Louis ........001 23o 020-s IS 0
Washington 400 900 O0o-4 s 0
Gray and B~engough; d r.
YnnkS Get Three Homers
! First Game
Detroit ..........10 101 0oo-3 s Q
: New York-......100 010 Oo0-2 0
: Uhle and Grabowski; Rhodes, Pip
I gras and Dickey.
= Second Game
Detroit ..........10 600 1905 8 !
New York ...:...2OS 112 oox-9 IL 0
!, Bridges, Sullivan n Hayworth;
e Ruffing and Jorgens.
BOsOx and Chisox Split
. First Game
= B Rns { ! .ooooSo zoo zoo oooSyI u J
: Faber and Tate; MacFayden and
Second Game
Chicago ........ 200 100 004-9 IS !
Boston .......... 900 000o Ills 6 0
Thomas and CRUDE: Morris. Kline.
Durham, CASTOR and Ruel, Connolly.
. NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cubs Win i'm 11th
, Boston ........2o0 o02 600 00-4 9 Q
iChicago .......O0 OO2 002 O1-5 IL 1
Zachary, Seibold n Cronin, Spoh-
v rer; Malone, Bush and Hemsley.
, Reds Nose Out Giants
New York ...... 900 oil O10-S s 2
Mitchell, Morreii. Chaplin and Ho-
gan; Lucas and Ashby, Sukeforth.
Robins. Pirates Divide
First Game
Brooklyn .......2o0 040 O00-6 8
l Pittsburgh .....00o zoe 11x-10 10 8
Shaute, Day. Quinn and Picinich;
French and Phillips.
Brooklyn ........03O 900 o00-s 10 I
Pittsburgh $50. 900 101 OOO-2 3 2
) Heimach and Lopez; Kremer and
Phillips.