The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-07-24
GIANTS LEAD
CUT BY CARDS
Tigers Still Setting the
Pace for American
Leaguers

NEW YORK, July 24.-lorl'
The st. Louis Cards. only CLUB /"
the National league which nous
IN advantage over the Giants
moved into the Polo Grounas Eea res,
tkrday and moved the le"ut q :
Giants down a notch with a % .
heating, which reduced tneir lea : !,
over Chicago to two games anu
over St. Louis to three,
Jimmy Collins led the Carul-
nal attack and Jerome Dean pro-
I,;Jed the defense. Collins slugged
homer and four singles Tor !
perfect day while Dean struck ous
eight, holding the Giants to ten
fairly we'll divided hits. Two Glan5
errors in the first by Crltz anu
OFT let in two runs, providing tn"
margin of victory. Hughle CriIz
bomered in the fourth.
The Chicago Cubs protited oy
the Giants lapse, swapping the
Brooklyn Dodgers four game
streak across the banks OF tne
East river. by trouncing the FIAT
bush Fusileers, 8-3. kih Cuyier
smacked one of his two doubles
in the first, herding English ana
Babe Herman home, starting the
fireworks. The Dodgers organized
a belated rally in the ninth, out
scored only once. Gabby Hart
nett's homer in the fifth with two
aboard sewed up the game.
Paul Derringer, the losinges,,
pitcher in the National loop, haa
q reversal, winning over the
Braves, AZ. 1t was the sixth
straight defeat for Boston. Yves
Schulmerich's homer in the INA
with two on scored enough 70
win. Slade homered in the 9Th.
Philadelphia piled up three dou-
bles in rapid order in the 9Th ~
ming against Pittsburgh, and wne9
the smoke clear the Pirates had
dropped their fifth game, 3-2. Ca
MILL, G. Davis and Andy High MT
the doubles, bringing the Phli55
from behind. Paul Waner scored
the first Pirate run in the tlrst
after Todd's wild throw, but the
pills evened it. Paul drove Broth
er LLOYD home in the third. Fuel
Moore gave up ten scattered NUS.
The Detroit Tigers continued 70
set the pace in the American,
holding their one-game Lead over
the New York Yankees when
Tommy Bridges set down the Bos-
ton Red Sox, 7-2, limiting them
TO seven hits. Carl Reynolds hit a
homer for the Sox in the fourth,
tying the score, but the Tigers
scored two in their half, giving
them a winning margin.
Lou Gehrig's 9th home run IN
the fifth inning gave the Yankees
their winning run over st. Louis.
Although the Browns outhlt the
Yanks, Red Ruffing kept the blows
scattered and won, 80. Bumps
Hadley and Ivy Andrews allowed
only six blows between them, and
struck out nine. The Browns
started a rally in the ninth when
Cliff walked and scored on West
single, but it died three.
Hal Trosky was the hero anu
goat of Cleveland's affair with
Philadelphia. He smacked home
run, two doubles and single to
drive in five runs and send Cleve-
land into the ninth inning. With
two out, he fumbled a bounder off
Ed Coleman's bat and the Mack
men scored three unearned runs
to win, 11-9. Jimmy Foxx blasted
two homers, making his total for
the season 50. Pinky Higgins ana
Coleman also hit homers, Joe Yos-
mix was forced out with sinus
infection
The Washington Senators SIAM
med CASTOR and Heving for 10
hits to beat the Chicago White
Sox, 11-5. Joe Cronin started the
Mats on their way, hitting a home
run with Myer aboard in the LIST.
1t was the Sox's fourth straight
loss, and their eighth in ten
games. Earl Whitehill allowed 10
hits but kept things under con-
troll. Washington regained fifth
place as the Browns slid to sixth.