Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-22
.SOX MAKING GAME
|. BID FOR 9TH PLACE
Durham Hurts Second Shut
out In Ten Days, Giving One
Run in Last Three Tits.

By the Associated Press.
TIME Boston Red Sox and their
new manager, Shane Col
i Inns, fast are proving them
selves the surprise package
Of the American League. 1t now
looks as If they will finish in fifth
place, which is exactly three
places higher than their most
optimistic supporters would have
predicted a month ago.
If they do. Collins may regard his
first season In the majors as howiins
success. He took over team that con-
sisted of high class pitching staf and
one very fine outfielder, Earl Webb. and
In the closing month of the campaign
he has o club that Is playing some OF
the best ball in either league. A fort
night ago the Red Sox began giving
their pitchers some runs, and the re-
suit has been little short Of astounding.
In vaulting from eighth place to nth,
the Sox have won ii OF their last 10
games A double victory over st. Louis
yesterday, to 0 and to 2, gave them
I'VE in row, their longest winning
streak of the year. Bill Durham,
frail right-hander. pitched his third
victory and second shutout In 10 days
as he let the Browns down with three
hits in the first tilt. Ed Morris allowed
only four blows in the nightcap and
won when his mates jumped on Sam
Gray for all their runs In the sixth and
seventh innings.
One Run in Three Games.
To give an idea of the kind of pitch
ing the Sox have been getting, Durham
has allowed only one run In his last
three games, including one 13-inning
struggle, while Danny MacFayden has
yielded but three runs In as many
contests.
The yankees fell back into tie with
washington for second place in the
American when they dropped . TO I
decision to Cleveland. Yves Ferrell
turned In his twenty-irst triumph as
he held the Yankees to nine widely
scattered hits while his support bunched
eight OF Charlie Hufing. It broke
10-game winning streak Tor Eutn,
Gehrig and company.
Tapering OF In preparation for the
world series, the Athletics divided WITH
Detroit, winning one game, to 2, ana
losing another, to 5. Jimmy Foxx
hit q home run In each game, his sec
Ond coming with the bases ulieu IN tne
seventh inning Of the nightcap and ty-
ing the score.
Tony kaufman, st. Louis Cardinal
relief pitcher, supplied the high lights
in the days National League program
when he held Brooklyn hitless for 4z5
innings while the league champions
came from behind to Min In 10 innings.
III to 10. Jimmy Collins triple after
Jim Bottomley had walked gave the
Cards the verdict In the tenth.
Three in Row for Reds.
The Cincinnati Reds took their third
straight from the floundsring Boston
Braves, to 2, when they fell upon
Seibold for four hits and two runs in
the eighth inning. Red Lucas scat
tered nine hits to chalk up his four
teenth victory.
The Phillies pecked away at four
Pittsburgh pitchers to take their series
opener, 6 to 4. Bill Harris, the Pirates
rookie sensation, lasted only four IN
nings Jim Elicit held the Pirates
well until the eighth. when Ray Benge
had to go in and smooth things over.
Rogers Hornsby's pitching staff re-
ceived fine drubbing as the New York
Giants made 81 hits good for 15-to-7
win over the Cubs. Hal Schumacher
went the route for the winners, while
I'VE Chicago fingers had little success.