The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-28
Cardinals ard Athletics Have
Won Most Games in His
tory Of Both Clubs
(By The Associated Press

Finishing the 1881 ma jor league sea-
son with margins OF 13 and l3ls
games respectively over the New York
teams which wound up in second
place, the St. Louis Cardinals and
Philadelphia Athletics have given
promise through their years perform
ances of an exciting struggle in the
worlds series.
Both the American and National
League champions not only wound up
with better records than they did IN
winning the same pennants last year,
but turned in more victories than any
Athletic or Cardinal teams that ever
captured championship.
Although they took a severe trounc-
ing from the New York Yankees In
their closing game Sunday losing IL
to when their pitching aces, Grove
Earnshaw AID Walberg, all were wal
loped freely. the AS wound up with
107 victories and IS defeats for a .7O4
average, this gave them three more
victories than the great Athletics OF
1929 and made them the second
American League club to gain a ZOO
average for the season.
The Cardinals finished strongly
yesterday, winning from Cincinnati
6 to and S to 3 behind the pitching
of Paul Derringer and Sylvester
johnson, and checked in with 10l
victories and So defeats. The best
previous Cardinal mark was IS wor
and SO lost in 1923.
With several places in the standings
| still undecided until all the game:
were over, there was little dullness ir
the closing days program for the biz
! leagues The three -cornered battle II
the American Leagues second divisor
wound up with st. Louis. Boston ane
Detroit in that order. The Browns
took two games from Chicago 10 to
and 4 to / to capture fifth place. Tht
Sox gained virtual tie for the place
when they downed the Washington
Senators, holders of second place W
| to Saturday, 4 to g. Two more games
played gave st. Louis the higher av
erage.
Detroit lost out in the struggl
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5 victory in the last game.
Philadelphia settled the matter o
the one doubtful place in the Nation
al by beating Boston to 3 in tn
first game of a double-header. clinch
ing sixth place. Boston pounded ou
a 1872 victory in the second game.
Brooklyn and New York finished a.
square for the year when the Robin
pounded out IL to victory benin
Clark in the first game of twin bi
and darkness halted the second be
fore four innings were completed
Timely home runs enabled the Chi
cago Cubs to take two games frol
Pittsburgh, to and to 4.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cards Win Twice
st. Louis -. 600 zoe 0oO-- 6 9
Cincinnati :. 10 coo 600 u
Derringor and Wilson; Lucas an
st. Louis -. ooo 1o1 100 Is
Cincinnati 600 40 O1O-- 10
S. Johnson and Mancuso; S. Johi
/ son, I1ilcher and Styles.
Robins WnIlop Giants
New York :. 900 90: 900 I
Brooklyn :. els 100 OOx--1o 16
Fitzsimmons. Parmalee. Pianett;
Clark and Lopez.
Cubs Win Twin Hill
Pittsburgh >. 900 100 900 10
IChicaEo -. l0l OlO COX 3
Meme and Finney; Root, Smith an
Hartnctt.
: Pittsburgh >. 003 600 100 4 IL
. Chicago -. 0lO 100 fox s
Spencer. Brame and Grave; Bus
> Malone and HemS1ey.
c Braves Break Even
:, Philadelphia 600 100 1870 10
i Boston ...... 010 OlO OlO-- 3
S Benge and Davis; Zachary ar
Y Spohrer.
Philadelphia. oil 900 600 2
K Boston ..... 420 ola O2x-12 IS
d Adams, Watt and Connell; Cantwe
i, and Bool.
Il AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yanks Smother As
!, Philadelphia o1o 600 ooo- I
= New York :. O32 232 Olx-l3 20
e Grove, Earnshaw. Walbcrg al
}. Cochrane, Heving: Rhodes and Dicke
Boston Takes Senator's
e Boston 49,. 200 OIL olo- / 10
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