Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-14
BATTLE 46 ROUNDS
7. FOR TWO VICTORIES
Play Three Overtime Tits
in Two Days-YankS Men,
ace Their Record.
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR.,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

TIME American League has
| teams that are better than
! i the Chicago White Sox, and
at least one that Is even
less successful, but there is none
to dispute the Sox claim of work
ing harder than any other team
for victories.
Chicago played four games on Satur-
day and Sunday, struggling through as
innings, and the best they could get out
| Of 1t was two victories. The second
| game of each double-header ended in
a tie
| After beating the New York Yankees
in l3 innings Saturday, they played
l0-inning, l3-to-l3 tie before darkness
stopped them.
Yesterday Chicago downed the Bos-
ton Red SoX. 6 to 5. in the opener be-
| hind Red Faber's effective relief pitch
ing. then went IA frames to a 2-to-2
draw. The Massachusetts, Sunday law
finally halted the struggle.
Pat Caraway, who took over the
mound job in the ninth, had a narrow
escape when he filled the bases In the
final inning, but contrived to retire the
side.
The New York Yankees come closer
than any other team TO threatening
Chicagos long distance record. After
the two overtime battles with the White
Sox, the Yanks played a third extra
inning game in the first half of yester-
days double header. going IL frames to
defeat the Detroit Tigers. to !. HON.
erS by Combs and Alexander produced
the only runs of George Uhle and YER
non Gomez in the regular time With
Elon Hogsett pitching for Detroit in the
twelfth, Tony Lazzeri reached third on
walk, steal and an infleld out. then
made clean steal Of home for the win
ming run.
Lou Gehrig's forty third homer OF the
season made it possible for the Yanks
to win the second game in nine innings,
to 3. The homer one Of four hits off
Earl Whitehill. came with one on in the
sixth. and provided the winning runs
Philadelphia and st. Louis were idle.
Cards Closer to Flag.
Chicagos Cubs provided the big thrill
! Of the National League program, al
/ though the st. Louis Cardinals took
another long step toward clipching the
/ pennant. The Cubs won the FIRST game
I from the Boston Braves, IL to 7. when
/ Manager Rogers Hornsby went in as a
| pinch hitter in the eleventh inning and
! clouteo nome run. Guy Bush COM
/ pleted the string OF five straight VIC
tories that established the Cubs firmly
! in third place when he pitched his sec
| ond one-hit game of the year to win
| the second clash. 8 to l.
The Cards gained full game on the
second place New York Giants. max
ing their margin nine games as they
defeated the Phillies. to and to
2. behind the brilliant pitching Of Paul
Derringer and Bill Hallahan. Each
pitcher recorded his seventeenth vic
tory Of the season. Derringer allowing
six hits and Hallahan nine Pep Mar
tins two homers featured the second
game.
The Giants ran into a severe setback
at Cincinnati when Larry Benton bested
Bill Walker in a mound duel that
marked the first game of double-head-
er. The Reds scored the only run of
the game in the ninth inning as thev
made seven hits to five for New York
The Giants hammered out an early lead
against Benny Frey in the second game
and won. 9 to 4. as Fred FitzSimmons
pitched a f1ve-hit game
Fred Heimach of Brooklyn threatened
the National League fielding record for
pitchers as he handled 10 chances in
game with Pittsburgh. The league
record is II. He also came out with
6-to-5 victory as the Robins rallied for
three runs of Glenn Spencer IN the
I ninth.