Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-20
ATHLETICS CLOUT
To DOWN BRAVES
Yanks Are Beaten by Reds.
Dodgers Trim PhiIIies in
Overtime Tilt.

By the Associated Press
CT. PETERSBURG, Fla, March
19.-The Philadelphia Athletics
- today scalped the Boston
Braves, II to 7, to even up their
Spring training series.
The American Leaguers clinched the
game in their big inning, the fifth. by
scoring seven runs on four hits and
four passes. Bruce Cunningham, who
held the Mackmen scoreless during the
first four innings, weakened In the
fifth and passed the first two men. He
was relieved by Walter Belts, drafted
from st. Paul, who was hit eight times
in two innings.
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Batteries Bowman, Rommel and Heving.
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TAMPA, Fla, March 19-With 81
Johnson and Owen Carroll pitching
eight-hit ball, the New York Yankees
lost their second straight exhibition
game today, falling before the Cincin-
natl Reds, to 3.
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| two runs in the ninth, but Carroll
struck out Gehrig with the tying and
winning run on base. The Reds did
their damage off Ed Wells in the last
three innings, after Paul Andrews had
held them to one run in the first five
frames.
Ernest lombard, recently traded to
the Reds by Brooklyn, played his first
game for Cincinnati and drove in one
run.
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UINTERHAVEN, Fla, March ia
w five-run rally in the eighth inning
gave the Brooklyn Dodgers 5-to-5
tie with the Phillies today. The game
was called at the end of the tenth in
aing with the consent of both managers.
Roy Hansen held the Dodgers to one
single in the first five innings, while
his teammates were piling up five runs
off Fred Heimach and Arthur Jones.
The Dodgers let loose in the eighth,
however, and with Strip, Sukeforth
and Wilson coming through with time
ly hits, tied the score.
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NEW ORLEANS, La, March 19.-
Earl Averill hit home run over the
left field fence today and clinched a
Stool victory over the Baltimore ORR
oles for the Cleveland Indians.
The hit, Averill's first homer in ex-
hlbition games this year, came in the
seventh with Harder and Porter on
base, and broke up the highest game of
the Indian training season. The Tribe
infield contributed four rapid-fire dou-
BILE plays to furnish the defensive fea-
ture.
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Batteriss-dumbert, Melton and Kenna;
VLTEsT PALM BEACH, Fla, March 10.
w Playing their first exhibition
game of the season. the st. Louis
Browns defeated Buffalo of the Inter-
national League here this afternoon,
4 to /.
Sam Gray and Wallace Hebert held
the Bisons to six hits. The Browns won
the game in the eighth with a three
run rally, in which a triple by Jimmy
Mclaughlin figured prominently.
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Batteries-Schoof, Bergeron and Grouse,
Quinland: Gray. Hebert and Bengough.
OAKLAND, Calf, March 19.-The
~ Chicago Cubs made their first ap-
pearance of the season here in
exhibition games today with smash
ing 1874 win over Oakland Of the
Coast League
The Oaks took the lead with runs
In the first inning and Ed Walsh, jr..
son OF the old-time spitball ace of the
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