Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-13
BACK ON OLD lob,
CARD IS SENSATION
Makes II Hits in 9 Games,
6 in a RoW-YankS, Tribe
Maui Each Other.
BY HUGH s. FULLERTON, JR.,
Associated Press sports writer.

A SEASON or two ago Sunny
~ Jim Bottomley was the
4 i smuggling idol OF st. Louis
fandom. A brilliant first
baseman and an effective hitter,
he had things almost his own way
with the crowds. Then he went
into an almost total eclipse, as q
slip in his batting was followed
this season with the rise of the
Rochester recruit, Jim Collins, and
Sunny Jim" became q bench
warmer.
But Bottomley is back on the lob
now, and he apparently means to hold
1t. He didn't get into action until a
week ago. when Collins was hurt but
since then he has been playing with all
ms old-time dash and hitting harder
than ever. In nine games since his re-
turn TO action Bottomley had made II
hits, clnaxing his swatting spree last
wednesday. when he raped out six
straight in the second half Of double-
header
Sunny Jim" was right in there back
OF Jess Haines and Flint Rhem yester-
day 10 help the Cardinals take a dou-
bic victory over the Brooklyn Robins.
In the first clash he hit a home run
and two singles and he added a triple
in the second. Aided by this cloutine.
the Cardinals won the opener, S to D,
as Haines turned in an Il-hit shutout;
then pounded cut an s-to-5 triumph in
the second game, although Johnny
Frederick hit two homers and Lefty
o'Doul one
Cubs In Second Place.
The double victory enabled the Cards
to remain " games ahead Of the Chi
cago Cubs, which went into second
place by winning two from the Phil
he:. the Cubs had to go 10 innings
before they hammered Sheriff Blake
from the mound with five runs to win
the first game. 7 to 3, but the second
was easy, as they piled up 10 hits to
win, IL to /.
The New York Giants slid back II
third when they could get no better
than an even break with PittShurpils
Pirates. Remy Kremer checked all the
Giants except Mel OFT In the first clash,
and Pittsburgh won, to T. OFT drove
In three OF the Giants runs with two
homers. He hit another four-sacker in
the second game, while Bill Walker held
the Pirates to three hits for q 0-to-0
triumph The double-header between
Cincinnati md Boston was rained out.
Yanlxs, Tribe Run wild.
The New York Yankees and CIeye.
land Indians supplied the American
League program with some comedy, but
they each managed 70 gain half game
on Philadelphia and washington BY
splitting q twin bill. The Yanks
scored rs runs to Cleveland's 10 In the
two games. New York piled I'D IB hits
behind Lefty Gomez's effective pitch
ing TO win the first Suggest, Is to /.
but the Indians made IS hits, good for
IL runs, in the second and won out.
II to z. as Sarge Connally checked an
early New York assault.
Keeping pace, as usual, PhiIadeI.
phia's Athletics and WaShington'S Sem
ators each lost q game. George Earn-
shaw failed to hold an early Philadel-
phia lead, and Detroit finally won by a
7-to-6 count In the twelfth inning.
Doubles by Recruit Billy Rogell and
Ptnch-hitter Mark Koenig brought the
deciding run.
Boston's Red sox made IL two
straight over the st. Louis Browns,
to S, when Sammy Gray made a
costly error in the ninth inning after
giving five runs in the NTH. Gray
made Q wild heave to first on webb's
hit and allowed Rhyme to score the
winning run.