Evening star., 1932-08-24
MI. LEADERS OPEN
| KEY SERIES TODAY
Yankees Win on Fly Lost in
Sun-Cochrane's Homers
Big Help to AS.
BY GAYLE TALBOT,


r TAVING been given a vote of
II confidence in the form Of
Il i contract to pilot the Chi
cago Cubs next season,
Charley Grimm is afforded an
opportunity the next three after
moons to thank his employers in
the big, expansive manner.
All Grimm needs do to repay
all past favors from the front
Office Is to drive his Cubs to VIC
tory over the second-place Brook
lyn Dodgers in their three-game
"key series" starting today.
Three straight from the Dodgers and
they can just about start measuring
Wrigley Field for a world series that
should break all attendance figures.
Three and one-half games in front
today, a clean sweep would place the
Cubs virtually out of reach of the
Dodgers and in fine position to with
stand any closing drive Pittsburgh
might summon. Brooklyn goes into
the vital series fortified by a two-day
rest, determined to crack the Cubs and
start drive that will carry them to the
pennant.
THE Cubs beat the Phillies for the
l. fourth straight time yesterday, 5 to
l, as Pat Malone gave warm but
weird demonstration Of pitching skill.
So successful was the veteran at making
the PhilS pop up that his side made
only one assist, tying the major league
record. He struck out eight and would
have scored a shutout but for Hal
Lees home run.
Pittsburgh beat the Giants, 4 to 8,
to climb within a game of the idle
Dodgers. Larry French pitched his
second victory of the series, while Gus
Suhr supplied the winning runs with a
double that came with the bases filled.
The Boston Braves climbed into
fourth place by defeating st. Louis,
TO g. Wally Berger banged home
run and two singles.
TONY LAZzERIS triple, a towering
i drive that Garms lost in the sun
in the last of the ninth inning,
drove across two runs and gave the
Yankees an 8-to-7 decision over the st.
Louis Browns
Mickey Cochrane Smote two home
runs and two singles and drove In five
runs as the Philadelphia Athletics
buffeted the White Sox, IS to Z. Sim
mons. McNair and Miller also hit for
the circuit for the winners.
Although Uhle and Bridges held Bos-
ton to five hits, the Detroit Tigers had
to stage a two-run rally in the eighth
to nose out the Red Sox, to 4.
Vanee's Shoulder Ailing.
CHICAGO, August 24-Facing their
~ most important series thus far in
their uphill battle for the PEN
nant, Max Carey's Dodgers arrived
here last night full Of fight for the set
of three games with the league-leading
Chicago Cubs.
They reached here without their erst-
while ace of the mound, Dazzy Vance.
who. on the eve of this crucial series,
came up with a lame right shoulder
that demanded special treatment In
New York
Vance will arrive today, however and,
if his ailing shoulder appears able to
stand the strain, he may pitch the
final game Friday, according to Carey's
tentative plans.
Van Mungo, william Watson Clark
and Hollis Thurston are the pitchers
who are scheduled to oppose the Grimm
clan. Their Chicago rivals are likely
to be Charley Root, Guy Bush and Lon
Warneke.
Every man on the club Is conscious
of the necessity of increasing the num-
Der of games in the Cubs lost column
if the Dodgers are to remain in the
rare Their confidence is great