Evening star., 1933-08-14
BEATEN AS ADD 10
T0EQUAL ANOTHER
Giants Retain Margin of 3T2,
Though DefeatedHCubs
Trim Buccaneers,
BY HUGH s. FULLERTON, yR.,

TINE Boston Red SOX, who
have been looking more and
i more like first division
ball club, were in position
today to boast of the best scoring
In the major leagues this season.
Recovering from three defeats
by Washington, the Sox went out
yesterday. scored IL runs in the
first inning and walloped their
1aVorlte Sparring partners, the
Philadelphia Athletics, 19 to 10.
This stunt, exceeding by one run
the previous high score for the year,
made twice by the New York Giants,
was the outstanding performance of a
day which saw the Detroit Tigers come
from behind to beat the Chicago White
Sox. 6-5, in Thinning game that fell
Just short Of the seasons record for
length; the Washington Senators in
creased their American League lead to
So games with a 43 triumph over
the New York Yankees, and the New
YORK Giants, although defeated. held
their 3i2 game margin over Pittsburgh
in the National.
Total Run Mark EquaIed.
4 COUPLE of errors by Dib Will
n Hams and Pinky Higgins started
the Red Hose off on their great
inning the biggest any one on hand
could remember for any Red Sox team.
and three Phila delphia pitchers were
belabored soundly before it ended.
sugar" Cain started and Dick Oliver
finished, yielding three more runs in
the third and five in the sixth. The
total OF 20 runs equaled another sea-
son mark, made when the st. Louis
Browns whipped the Athletics, 1914,
on July l.
Vic Sorrell pitched the entire IL
inning route for Detroit and gave only
three hits in the last nine frames. He
was behind until the ninth when Hank
Greenberg knocked in the tying run.
Greenoerg- also made the winning tally,
hiding In on Frank Doljack's triple
The Senators. playing a one-day
stand against their nearest rivals, piled
up II hits against young Rus Van Alta
to earn close decision when Dave
Harris triple led to the deciding pair
Of runs in the fifth.
The Cleveland Indians. who took
fourth place Saturday, consolidated
their position by trimming the st. Louis
Browns twice, to 3 and to 2. as the
two pitchers. Mel Harder and Monte
Pearson, helped produce the winning
runs.
Pirate Margin Shaved
TN the National League the Giants
couldn't match the Phillies' com
bination of Don Hurst and "Fidgety
PHIL Collins and went down by 2-to-l
count. but at the same time Chicago's
Cubs handed the Pittsburgh Pirates a
3-to-2 setback to leave the New York
ers' margin unchanged
Hurst hit pair of homers for both
Philadelphia runs The Cubs reduced
Plttsburgh's second-place margin to a
half game under the leadership Of Man
ager Charley Grimm. who had hand in
all his teams scoring and produced the
winning tally with a homer In the
seventh.
The ST. Louis Cardinals moved into
fourth place by taking two close deci-
sions from the Cincinnati Reds, 80 and
4-3, despite the great work Of Sunny
Jim Bottomlcy. The Boston Braves
meanwhile split pair with Brooklyn.
winning the first 60 with a couple of
late rallies against Ray Benge but going
down in the second, Ito, before Walter
Becks five-hit f1inging and a furious
onslaught that brought the Dodgers
seven runs in the first inning.
Bottomley clouted homer in each
game. one Of them sending the second
clash to three extra innings but Gin
cinnati errors offset his stickWork. five
Of them figuring in the Cards scoring