The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-05-24
MACKhEN rise
TO lST DIVISION
Yankees Ltengfhen Lead as
Ruth Snaps Out Of
Home Run Slump

For Il team that was supposed to
have been wrecked by the sale
OF important players. Connie
MackS Athletics are bowling
along smoothly.
Clicking off five victories in a
row, the As yesterday rose out
Of second division, replacing
Cleveland at fourth position in
the American league standing by
beating St. Louis s to 8.
Bob JOhnSOn'S single IN the
sixth inning drove in Lou Finney
and Roger Cramer. sapping a Go
tie Tor victory. Johnson and
Jimmy Foxx each made home
run with u mate aboard in the
fifth frame for 4 four-run rally.
II was FoxX's seventh homer of
the season. Mahaffey, Mcdonald
and Grove allowed the Browns
II hits, while Coffm&n and Gray
Welded ~ to the AS.
New York heightened its league
lead by downing Cleveland, s to
Is. tagging young Oral Hildebrand
with his first defeat of the sea-
son after six consecutive mould
triumphs. He was blasted from
the box in the third inning and
replaced by Willis Hudlin. Babe
Ruth emerged from long home
run slump and drove out four
Dagger in the first frame, his
sixth of the season. Earle Combs
and Lou Gehrig each smashed
out homer in the third inning
with one man on base, featuring
q six-run uprising. 1t was &c
hrig'S eighth home run OF the
season. Ben Chapman added an
other four-bagger in the eighth.
Johnny Allen and Don Brennan
held the Indians to seven hits.
lhe second place Washington
Senators lost ground by bowling
10 Detroit. 7 to l, enabling the
Tigers to replace st. Louis at
sixth position. The Tigers pound
ed Stewart Russell and Burke
for nine hits, some Of which
were punched for four runs IN
the third inning. while Firpo
Marberry held his former Sena-
tor mates to three. |
Chicago strengthened its hold
on third place by banking BoS-
ton 7 TO o, swapping the Red SOx
three-game winning streak. Mil
ton CASTOR turned in the shut
out. holding the BoStonians to
six scattered hits, while An
drews. Welch and Kline allowed
eight. Al Simmons led the Chi
cago attack. He made a single,
a triple and a home run in four
tries. His homer came IN the
fifth with Evar Swanson on base. !
Pittsburgh, leading the Nation
al league, eyened it's series with
ProokIyn at Onc-all by defeating
the Dodgers > to 0, the same
score by which Brooklyn won
Monday. Steve Swetonic held
the flatbusherS 10 four singles,
and he gave the CorSairS their |
first run by making a three-bag-
ger in the fifth driving in Floyd
Vaughan. Swetonic was driven
in by Lloyd Waner's single. Pie
Traynor'S third single drove IN
Lloyd Waner in the eighth. Owen
Carroll and Rosy Ryan yielded
six hits to the Pirates.
Cincinnati dropped TO sixth
place when they lost to New
York. 6 to 4, after pitcher Roy
Parmelee's home run with two
aboard featured a fOur-run rally
in the second inning. Parmetee
and Adolph Luque gave the Reds
nine hits. the same number al
lowed by Red Lucas.
The Philhes hammered four
Chicago pitchers for 10 hits as
they beat the Cubs 9 to >, assist
ed by a five-run outburst in the
second inning. Bush, Timing,
Grimes and Richmond were the
victims. The Cubs also went in
for heavy hitting, Garnering II
safeties off Flint Rhem. Art
Whitney made a homer for the
pills in the third frame, and
Woody English contributed one
for the Cubs with two aboard in
the first inning.
Boston replaced Cincinnati at
fifth place by nosing out st,
Louis 8 to /. when Randy MOOre's
single in the 10th inning with
the bases loaded drove in two
runs. This defeat snapped the
Cards winning streak at five
games. The Braves found Tex
Carleton for 10 hits. while Frank
house and Cantwell held the
Cardinals to five.