Evening star., 1940-05-21
Three 4-basers
By Higgins Trip
Leading Bosox
Foxx Hits One With
Bases Full; Bees
Swarm on Reds
BY JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Associated Press Sports Writer.
Home run hitting being what 1t is
today, fellow just about has to
collect them in clusters to get any
notice.
There were 20 round-trip tickets
punched in the major leagues yes
terday and the same number the
day before, so you can see why most
OF them get lost in the shuttle of
other affairs.
But you can't overlook three in
one game, which is the little stunt
Pinky Higgins Of the Detroit Tigers
showed the Boston Red Sox in beat
ing the American League leaders,
10-7.
The trio Of homers came on con-
secut1ve times at bat and brought
in four other runners for a total Of
seven tallies as the veteran third
baseman personally matched the
scoring efforts of the entire Boston
team. Is
Rowe Gets Victory.
The victory was credited to School
boy Rowe, who went to the mound
IN the fifth after Jimmy Foxx had
hit his 10th home run of the season
with the bases loaded off Tommy
Bridges. That. incidentally, is one
kind of homer that isn't easily
passed over even If the batter gets
only one in a game. Another Tex
ception that proves the rule" is the
fellow who hits only one home run
year. Lefty Grove got his for 1910
IN this game, but later was knocked
out.
JEFF Heath of the Cleveland In
dians, who hit'two home runs in one
game last Friday, hit two again
yesterday as the Tribe trimmed the
New York Yankees for the second
straight time, 1912. The world
champions yielded to their old
weakness against left-handed pitch
ing and were held to one hit for
eight innings and barely escaped a
shutout by getting to AL Smith for
two more in the ninth.
Another home run bombardment
originated from an unsupported
quarter, the Philadelphia Athletics,
as they stopped the st. Louis
Browns, 8-4. Frank Hayes put to-
gether two of the games five
homers In the course Of helping
Chubby Dean to his fourth VIC
tory against one defeat. itlfEs.tt
Reds Stung by Bees.
The Cincinnati Reds were
crushed, 1874, by the Boston Bees,
six Of the runs coming on homers
by AL Lopez and Carven Rowen.
Five Cincinnati pitchers gave up
seven bases on balls, and the Bees
made five runs in one inning and
six in another.
The Brooklyn Dodgers lost an
other chance to take advantage of
Cincinnati's plight by dropping
Ga decision to the Chicago Cubs.
All the Dodger runs were crowded
into the sixth inning, when they
batted Bill Lee of the mound, but
this failed to equalize the persistent
13-hit tattoo the Cubs beat against
four Brooklyn hurlers.
The Pittsburgh Pirates lost an
other heart-breaker, 81, to the
Philadelphia PhilHes. The Pirates
were leading, I'll, going into the
ninth, the only run against Mace
Brown being homer by Chuck
Klein. Then Brown developed
sore arm, and three other Pitts
burgh pitchers squandered the lead.
Dick Lanahan finally forced the
winning run across with a walk.
Cliff Melton, the New York
Giants seasoned southpaw, shut
out the st. Louis Cardinals, 60,
on six hits, but the most interest,"
ing phase Of the game was New
York's scoring. Harry Danning ac-
counted for five of the runs on q
two run homer and a triple with
the bases loaded, while Mel Otis
solo homer scored the other.