Evening star., 1938-07-02
THREATENS MARK
MADE BY WILSON
Present Rate Would Give
Him 215 for Campaign.
Yankees Climbing.
BY SID FEEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Unless the American Leagues pitch
ing talent can do something soon about
Jimmy (the Hammer) Foxx, the
priced uns-batted-in record the Ma
tional League has been guarding 80
jealousy since Hack Wilson's heyday
Is going to be wiped out.
Wilson's mark has been in the books
since 1880. That year he drove 100
tallies across the plate, and it takes
some pretty fair country clouting to
come anywhere close to that figure.
Consider. for instance, that Babe Ruth
never made 1t, and Lou Gehrig. who
holds the American League standard,
never got over 1874.
But along comes Jimmy the Hammer
to travel at a clip so far this season
that indicates he'll pass the 200 mark
If he can keep 1t up. The Wilson
record has been precious especially to
the senior circuit, because in the last
is years or so most of the slugging
standards have been taken over by
the American League swat set, like
Ruth, Gehrig, Lazzeri and the like.
Jimmy Shakes Slump.
Foxx was slowed up for q while in
the last couple of weeks, and it looked
as II he might not keep up the pace.
But since the Red Sox have returned
East. he's back in there fence-busting
and well on the way to the record
Yesterday he added five more to his
total for the year, hitting q homer and
double to help Lefty Grove down the
Athletics, 1877.
Those five gave him total Of SO for
the So games the Red Sox have played
this season. That's an average Of about
IA per game, which If carried out to
the end Of the campaign would come
to around 2l5 for the year. Wilson's
average per game was about IL.
Despite Jimmy's help, the Red Sox
victory didn't pull them any nearer
the New York Yankees, in second place
in the American League The Yanks
called on their No runs -batted in
producer. betting Bill Dickey, and
Sweet William obliged with two hom-
ers. one with two on and the other with
the bases loaded. to lead the way to
an 80 victory over the Washington
Senators, the sixth Yankee triumph In
row. Spud Chandler took care of
the pitching, with q six hitter, for his
seventh victory against one defeat for
the year.
Yanks Gain on Tribe.
Since the league-leading Cleveland
Indians were idle. the Yanks thus
climbed to 2Ha games from the pace.
The Indians and White Sox were
rained out. Detroit and the st. Louis
Browns wern't scheduled.
Over in the National League, the
Giants newest member. Bob Seeds,
late of Newark. clouted a homer with
two mates on base to give the Ma
tional League leaders 81 win over
the Brooklyn Dodgers This victory
increased the Giants lead to "a
games.
Clay Bryant pitched a six-hitter
and the Chicago Cubs trampled the
Cincinnati Reds, 1l-4, in . night
game
The Phillies' pitchers, Claude Pas
seau and Lefty Lamaster, celebrating
their declaration Of independence" at
being released from the telephone booth
proportions Of Baker Bowl, tossed a
pair Of flve-hitters and trounced the
Boston Bees twice, Al and SO. The
Phils announced that henceforth. BE-
ginning Monday. they would play their
home games in the Athletics Shibe
Park, and would give up Baker Bowl.
whose short outfield barriers long have
been famous as the boundaries for .
pitchers graveyard"