The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-02
CLEVELAND, CARDS
 SET PACE IN THE l MAJOR. CIRCUITS
By LEO HI. PETERSEN

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 New York, May 1.-(UP)-The Philadelphia Athletics, after a dis astrous start, are beginning to show the form that brought them the worlds baseball championship in 1929 and 193o. ss fSsif
 With Jimmy Foxx back in the lineup and George Earnshaw in form, the Athletics Big Five" has started to click. And when the Big Five'-Grove, Cochrane, Simmons, Foxx and Earnshaw-is in form, the men of Connie Mack loom as, about the best assemblage of baseball play CTS in the major leagues. tI
 Beautiful!
 Earnshaw turned in a 3-hit per- formance as the Athletics shut out the New York Yankees, 4 to 0, yes- terday. For eight and two-thirds innings the big right handler allowed but one hit. In the ninth he eased up and was touched for two safe blows. George Pipgras,p, who has been inactive because of an opera tion, started his first game of the season and was touched for hits, including home runs by Cochrane and Haas. The victory gave Phil adelphia 1900 rating, with six vic- tories and six defeats. 4t
 The Cleveland Indians, although defeated 4 to 2 by Detroit, continued to set the pace in the American League. Cleveland has won nine of IA contests to hold a full game, ad- vantage over the second place Wash ington Senators.
 Sullivan allowed the Indians but seven hits while his mates were punching the same number of blows off Mel Harder for four runs. Stone led the Tiger attack with three hits.
 Vic Frasier pitched the Chicago White Sox to- an 8 to 2 verdict over S, Louis, showing the Browns deep in the sixth proved St Louis down. fall. Frasier kept the nine hits he allowed well scattered.
 The Boston Red Sox pounded three Washington hurlers for IA hits in winning, 10 to 4. Russell went " "nute for the Sox, yielding ten blows.
 Right On Top
 Behind the six hit pitching of Syl- vester Johnson, the St Louis Card inals defeated Chicago, 6 to 2 to go into the National League lead, few percentage points ahead of the New York Giants. The Cardinals reached Smith and Teachout for nine hits and punched them in the third. fifth and eighth inning for their tallies. Orsatti led the St Louis attack with three safe blows.
 Bill Walker held Boston to seven hits as the Giants made it two in a row, to 0. Critz got five of the Il hits the Giants made off Sherdel and McAfee. Home runs by Critz, Yer gez and Terry accounted for most Of the New York scoring.
 Look! Look!
 Brooklyn's Robins turned in their second straight victory over the Philadelphia Phillies,. to 4. It marked the first time this season Brooklyn has won two in a row. Joe Shaute held Philadelphia to nine scattered hits in turning in his sec ond victory of the year. A home run by Del Bissonette with two men on the bases in the fifth allowed the Robins to tie the Phillies' early lead. In the sixth Brooklyn knocked Phil Collins from the box in scoring five runs on the same number of hits.
 Four successive bases on balls after two men were out in the eleventh inning gave the Pittsburgh Pirates to victory over Cin- cinnati. owen Carroll, who went into the game in the ninth inning, held the Pirates safe until he developed the streak of swildness in the elev- enth. ..1