The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-08-27
GIANTSBEHIND
BY HALF GAME
Chicago Cubs, Idle En-
Route To Boston, Gain
Ground

NEW YORK, Aug. 27. (UP)-
The Chicago Cubs gained ground
| in the National League pennant
race yesterday without going to
the ball park. While the Cubs
were riding a train to Boston,
the league-leading st. Louis Card
inals had their eight-game win
ming streak snapped by til e
Philadelphia Phillies and the sec
ond place New York Giants were
knocked off by the Pirates.
The standing of the three lead
ers after yesterdays games was
w. L. Pet. G.B.
St. Louis IA Al .627 -
New York ia As 1922 "
Chicago -75 40 sos 2
Orviile Jorgens outpitched Bill
Walker and Jess Haines to give
the Phillies a 4-3 victory over
the Cards. With the Cards lead
ing, 3-2, Philadelphia put on the
winning rally in the sixth. Man,
ager Jimmy Wilson doubled, and
scored on Gomez single. Jorgens
walked and Chiozza doubled to
score Fomez with the winning
tally. Joe Medwick led the
Cards attack with three hits in
four times up.
Manager Pie Traynor was the
hero of Pittsburgh's 1912 tri-
umph over the Giants. He drove
in six runs, hitting a homer with
the bases loaded in the first in
ming, and getting four singles,
Padden and Jensen also hit hon.
ers for the Pirates. Ralph Birk-
ofer kept the Giants II hits scat
tered after the first two innings.
Babe Herman's homer in the
ninth enabled the Cincinnati Reds
to win from the Brooklyn bod
gers, 80. The other two Gin
cinnati runs resulted from Lom-
bardi's double with the bases
loaded in the third. Tony Frei-
tas gave up II hits, one less than
Tom achary, allowed the Reds.
In the American League De-
troit divided doubleheader
with Philadelphia, the Tigers
winning the opener, 1877, and the
Athletics taking the second game,
3-2. The Tigers battered Bill
Dietrich for II hits, in the OPEN
er. Marvin Owen batted in four
Detroit runs, and Hank Green
berg drove in three. George
Blaeholder bested Tommy Bridg-
es in pitchers battle in the
nighcap, blanking the Tigers I'M
til the ninth. Bridges allowed
four hits and Blaeholder six.
Jimmy Foxx hit two homers, one
in each game, to bring his total
to %.
Hal Trosky's 22nd homer in
the eighth gave Cleveland a 4-3
victory over the Boston Red SoX.
The defeat dropped the Red Sox
from third to fifth place. Monte
Pearson yielded nine hits, one
more than RUDE Walberg, the los
ing pitcher.
The Chicago White Sox won
the first game of doubledeader
from the New York Yankees, 9-8,
in Is innings. Zeke Bonura, who
didn't steal a base all last sea-
son and who has pilfered only
three previous to yesterday, stole
home in the 18th with the win
ming run. Lou Gehrig hit his
25th and 26th homers, the lat
ter coming in the fifteenth. Trail
ing by one run in the 18th, the
White Sox started their winning
rally when Appling walked. Bon
ura singled, and a sacrifice ad-
vanced both runners. Conlan
walked, filling the bases. Appl-
ing scored on a force out. As
Wyatt walked, Bonura stole home
with the winning run. The Yanks
made 10 hits off Phelps, Fischer
and Wyatt and the White Sox
collected II off Gomez, Brown
and Desong. Wyatt was the win
ming pitcher and Desong the
loser.
The White Sox lost an oppor-
tunity to regain third place by
dropping the nighcao to the Yam
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