The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-23
PIRATES BEAT
;PHILLIE GO IN
FIRST: POSITION
Brooklyn Noses Out Cubs
Sd, Latter Fall to Sec
ond Rung


Pittsburgh replaced the Cubs al
first position in the National
league standing Yesterday after
trouncing the Phillies Is to 4.
The Pirates enjoyed two big
innings, clicking off six runs in
the fourth and six more in the
fifth. Two costly errors by Has
lin, the Pills shortstop, aided the
first squirt, and Freddy Lind
strom's homer with the bases load
ed featured the second. Pitts
burgh made ten hits off barrow
Hansen and Austin Moore, while
Birkofer allowed the QuaEers
nine but kept them scattered. ).
Moore and Todd made Phllly
homers.
Chicago dropped to second
place when nosed out . to by
Brooklyn in II innings. The WIN
ming Dodger run was registered
in the 18th when Frey sprinted
home after Second Baseman Ga
Ian let Taylor's grounder pass be
tween his legs. Hack wilson's
pinch homer in the ninth sent the
game into overtime. Each club
made ten hits. Lucas and Mungo
pitched for Brooklyn against War
neke and Root. =,
The Cardinals strengthened
their hold on third place by down.
ing the Giants z to 4. st. LOUIS
won in the ninth when Joe Med
wick's triple with the bases load
ed sent in three runs. Smith and
Luuue allowed the Cards Is hits,
while Paul Dean held the Giants
to nine. Jackson and O'Doul made
New York homers-
Cincinnati humbled Boston 10
to 4. after a smuggling match IN
which the Reds made II hits and
the Braves IL. Hafey's homer
with two men on base in the first
gave the Reds a flying start. Lom-
bardi made a Cincinnati homer in
the sixth. Paul Derringer pitched
for the Reds against Belts, Smith
and Pickrel.
In the American league, Cleve-
land chopped down the Yankees
lead to one and half games by
making it three straight over the
Yanks 5 to l. 1t was New forEs
fifth defeat in six western starts.
LLOYD Brown limited the 1anEs
to there hits, one of which was
Lou Gehrig's 10th homer OF the
season. Rookie Johnny Murphy
made his major league starting
debut for the YankS. and after
seven innings was followed by
Smythe and Deshorg. Together
they allowed the Indians nine
safeties.
Detroit's hold on third place
weakened when the Tigers lost to
washington 5 to 2. This gave the
Senators the series, two games 10
one. A three-run squirt in the Stn
gave Washington the game. a
double, three singles and an error
resulted in the three tallies. Each
club made II hits. Alvin CroWder
pitched for the Senators against
Tommy Bridges. j
The tail-end White Sox peat
the Red Sox 6 to 5, when Henry
Johnson walked Appling in the
ninth with the bases loaded, fore
ing in the winning run. julius
Soiter's homer with two aboard
had tied the count for Boston IN
the ninth. Sad Sam Jones allowed
the Red Sox 10 hits, two more
than Chicago made off Ostermu-
eller and Johnson -,
The Browns rose from seventh
TO fifth position by edging the
Athletics IL to IL. A six-run ST.
Louis squirt in the ninth overcame
the AS fve-run lead, piled up by
making. nine tallies during the
eighth and ninth. The Browns
winning. rally was climaxed by
CAIRNS pinch double which drove
in Melillo and Bejma with the tie
ing and winning runs. The AS
made Is hits off Andrews, Coff-
man and Knott, including homers
by Foxx and Johnson. st. Louis
collected Is off Cascarella, Kline
and Matuzak. Philadelphia con-
tributed four errors.