The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-07-19
TOP TEAMS ADD
ANOTHER GAME
TO THEIR LEAD
GIANTS DEFEAT CUBS AND
DETROIT WINS WHILE NEW
YORK YANKs LOSE TO IN
DIANs, IS TO II
Especial 70 The catizenl

NEW 1Onh, July dJ.--bUtH
teams on top in the American and
National Leagues advanced an
other game over their nearest
rival yesterday to narrow down a
little more the chances Of the rum
ners up to overtake them. The race
in the National League at
present is between the Cubs and
Giants. with the latter showing
their superiority over Chicago by
4downing them yesterday to take
three of the five-game crucial"
series. The Tigers. fast-stepping
nine Of the American loop, have
the Yanks to watch. but seem to
be showing that that isn't such a
hard job BY going up the ladder
another notch when they downed
the Senator's with the Yanks los
ing. The Giants are now three
games in front and the Tigers are
two and half games away from
New York.
The World Champion Giants in
one big inning yesterday closed the
crucial" series by s to 6 victory
and one game to the good. New
York scored six runs in the third
frame and added one each in the
sixth and eighth The Cubs made
IA brave comeback, after trailing
II to 4, with four-run rally in
the seventh inning and tackled on
one more in the ninth but to no
avail. The Cubs we're full of
trouble and dangeroussall the way,
being as they were fighting for
the odd game that would have cut
the Giants lead down to a single
game. English hit a home run in
the sixth. the first score for the
Cubs.
Although allowing seven bases
on balls, Tommy Bridges gave up
only seven hits to go to victory
over the Washington Senators, A
to 2. The win advanced the Tig-
ers' lead in the younger circuit.
Earl Whitehill. former Detroit
player, pitched for Washington
and yielded IL hits. The Tigers
scored two runs in the fourth aft
er being blanked for three innings.
The Botson Red Sox lambasted
the Chicago White Sox yesterday
when they batted the offerings
of the Sox hurlers all over the lot
to score 16 russ off of Is hits.
Chicago was able to score only
three times off of Is hits. The
Red Sox broke loose in the first
inning, showing over nine men in
that frame, one in the third, three
in the fourth. two in the seventh
and enc in the ninth. johnson and
Cissel hit homers for Boston, the
formers with two on and the lat
ter's with the bases loaded. Rick
Terrell and Dusty Cooke also con-
nected for four-baggers. Boston
took the series three to one.
The Athletics lost their third
game in row to the Browns yes
| terday. 8 to 2. Foxx hit his 2Sth
home run to tie johnson for the
leadership. The four-base hit came
in the ninth with Johnson on base
The Yankees lost the services
of Babe Ruth and the game with
the Indians yesterday, when the
] Bambino was struck in the leg
with batted ball and Cleveland
pounded out a 15 to Ia victory
Ruth will be out of the game fol
tive weeks. Gomez, who went in
as relief hurler, suffered his
third defeat Of the season, as he
was charged with losing the con.
test. The Indians used six huIders
and the Yanks sent in five. Lou
Gehrig smashed ball between
first and second as Ruth started
for the middle bag, the ball hit.
ting him with such force as tC
knock him down. He suffered 8
severe confusion of the left shin.
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The Boston Braves downed the
Pittsburgh Pirates twice in a twin
bill played in Boston. Both teams
went scoreless in the first game
until the eighth when single by
Spohrer, Jordan's double and &
pass to Berger filled the base:
with two ont. Lee doubled tC
score the whole three men. with
the game ending 3 to l.. The bat
ting of Jordan and Whitney wa:
1.-THE big factor in the Braves sec
ond win.
The Reds won their first game
in Philadelphia this season BY
romping over the Phillies, 8 to 8
A ninth inning rally by the Reds
Infringing victory, ended a five.