The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-05

The pace setting Cardinals are. two games and a half ahead of the Giants while the Cubs in third place are three and one half contests from the top. The other five teams, headed by Boston and Brooklyn, are seven games or more. from first place and it isu nlikely that any of them will challenge the present leaders.
 Pushing Ahead
 Both the Cardinals and Cubs have demonstrated their superiority over the other western teams in their circuit and have been able to hold their own against the class of the eastern clubs. So far in the second intersectional competition. St Louis has taken two out of three from New York while Manager Rogers Hornsby and his men have whipped Brooklyn twice while losing once.
 Pepper Martins single after Adams had doubled enabled the Cardinals to increase their lead yes- terday by defeating New York, to 5. The Giants had come from be- hind to tie the score in the eighth inning but Bill Hallahan, hurling his first complete game of the sea- son, held the New Workers at bay in the ninth. Hogan, Giant catcher, had a perfect day at bat with two doubles and a home run in three trips to the plate.
 Homer Did It
 Chicago kept pace by turning back Brooklyn, to 4. Cuylers home run with Grimm on base in the ninth inning provided the Cubs the winning margin. Wright, who returned to the Brooklyn lineup fol- lowing an attack of influenza, and Lombardi, rookie catcher, rapped out homers for the Robins, while Hack Wilson made his third.
 The Pittsburg Pirates defeated Boston in 13 innings, to 1, al- though hey were outhit by the Braves, II to 7. The Pirates tied the count in the ninth and won out in the tenth when Began singled to score P. Waner. Waner had been hit by pitched ball and had gone to second on Traynor's sacrifice. Moss held Pittsburg to four hits un- til he retired in the ninth.
 A four run rally in the eighth inning gave the Cincinnati Reds a is to 2 victory over Philadelphia. Benge held the Reds safe until the uprising in the eighth. Ogden, who started for the Reds, was forced to retire in the fifth when he collided with Brickell as the latter was att tempting to beat out a bunt.
 Another for As
 George Earnshaw allowed but three hits as he pitched Philadel- phia to its third consecutive victory over Chicago, 4 to 1. The Athletics collected nine hits off Tommy Thomas. One of them was home run by Jimmy Foxx with mate on base. Washington continued to trample the crippled Detroit Tigers, 5 to l. It marked the first time this season Alvin Crowder, Senator hurler, was | in his usual form. It was Detroits eighth consecutive defeat. Yves Terrell pitched the Cleveland Indians to their tenth consecutive victory, a 10 to 3 decision over the Red Sox. Terrell gave the Red Sox eight hits while Cleveland sewed up the contest in the opening inning by scoring fourr uns. In the nlnth the Indians scored six more, with | a home run by ferreli pidyiH6 !" o'e part in the attack.
 | Tanks Stopped
 The lowly St Louis Browns made it two straight over New York, to 6. Blaeholder yielded 12 hits but was effective in the pinches. His mates combed the offerings Of Ruf- fng, Wells and Johnson for 1s blows. including a home run inside the park by Levey, rookie shortstor of the Browns.