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NEW YORK, May 5.-(UP)-'
Two brilliant pitching perform
ances featured play in the major
leagues yesterday as ST Johnson
of Cincinnati turned in a one-hit
game and Vernon Lefty" Gomez
of the New York Yankees allowed
only two safeties.. -
Gomez performance was the
most thrilling. At the end of the
eighth inning against Detroit, it
seemed that he would register the
first no-hit game Of the season,
but the first Tiger batsman to OPP
rose him in. the ninth. Charley
Gehringer, blasted Lrftv's hopes
of entering basebalrs ball of fame
nv driving out a home run. The
Tigers then combined a double. n
wild pitch, n walk and an infield
out for another run, as New York
won. 5 to 2. Tom Bridges yielded
eight hits to the Yanks, one Of
which was p home run by Tony
Lazzeri in the eighth, . ...
A single by Wally Berger in
the second inning prevented 81
Johnson from registering a no-hit
victory over the Boston Braves, as
Cincinnati won 4 to 0. Johnson
Welded no bases on balls, and not
Boston player was left on base,
Berger having been caught steal
ing at second. The Reds pounded
Leo Mangum for II safetics, in
Guiding Chick Hafey's four-bag-
ger in the eighth. 49,.
The Chicago Cubs dropped from
fifth to seventh place in the Ma
tional league when they lost both
ends of a double-header to New
York. 2 to /. and 5 to a. Freddie
FitzSimmons registered his fourth
straight mound victory in the
opener, when Sam Leslie, substi-
tuting at first base for the in
iured Bill Terry, tripled in the
sixth and came home on George
Davis single.
In the nightcap Davis made a
home run in the fourth, tying the
count at BALL. Then Woody Eng
lish drove out homer for the
Cubs in the sixth for one-run
lead, hut the Giants came back in
their half and combined a walk, a
double and a wild throw for two
runs. -.
g. Louis advanced to a third
place tie with Boston when Jim
Mooney pitched the Cards to a .
TO 2 victory over the Phillies,
Welding six scattered hits. The
Cards clicked off five runs in the
fifth. ...
Brooklyn dropped to fourth po-
sition by losing a 1O-inning game
to Pittsburgh, to /. Tony PETS
single scored, Floyd Vaughn IN
the eighth to tie the score, and
Harold Finney doubled in the
10th driving in Pet with the win
ming run. Heinie Meme held the
Dodgers to six hits, while Bill
Clark allowed eight.
The Chicago White SoX and
Cleveland Indians advanced to a
second-place tie in the American
league, while Washington dropped
to third position. The ChisoX
nosed out Philadelphia, 2 to |,
when Sad Sam Jones held the AS
to five hits. AL Simmons, former
" with the Athletics. helped Chi
cago win. He tripled in the first
inning with a mate aboard, ana
was driven home by a single a
moment later for the winning
run. -, = ~
ninth. drove home Dick Porter
with the winning run as Cleveland
downed Washington a to 5. The
Senators, in their first western
game, made four runs in the open
ing inning. but a three-run rally
in the sixth enabled the Indians
to catch them. Mel Harder al
lowed the Senator'S nine hits, two
less than yielded by Crowder and
Thomas.
Boston at st. Louis was frozen
out. DE-