Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17
Two in Nat FRAY
Send Jimmy's
Total 10 495
Bosox Star EcIipses
Gehrie's Fine Mark;
Reds Add to Lead
By SID FEEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Associated Press Sports Writer.
For the sake of balancing up the
hall Of fame, it's a good thing Jimmy
1.-THE BEAST Foxx is handy guy
out there on the ball field.
Jimmy seems dead-eyed cinch
to make the Cooperstown institu-
ton when he finally winds up his
grand career. However, since there
already are two first Sackers in the
hall Of fame-Lou Gehrig and
George Sisler-and since Jimmy
generally has been regarded as
first baseman, that particular niche
is going to be somewhat overcrowded
But Jimmy has filled in ably at
third base in his time, has pitched
some and done outfield patrol when
needed. Right now he's catching
for the Boston Red Sox, simply be-
cause there's no other able-bodied
citizen around who can handle the
assignment.
Passes Gehrig's Mark.
Foxx's latest contribution to his rec
ord as one of the games f1ever-to-
be-forgotten fellows is in boosting
his lifetime total of home runs to
1876 with a pair Of four baggers in
yesterdays 10-inning. rs decision
over Washington. This puts him
in second place among the homer
hammerers of all time. ahead of
old Iron Hoss Gehrig, who wound
up with 494, and leaves only Babe
Ruth out in front. The Babe hit
TIA.
The beasts" second wallop yes
terday broke up the ball game, and
enabled the Sox to pick up a game
in their chase after the Detroit
Tigers for second place in the Amer
lean League race. Jimmy Dykes
Chicago White Sox exploded a nine
run flrecracker on Detroit's Tommy
Bridges in the eighth inning to
breeze in with 1874 win.
This loss, coupled with Cleveland's
83 decision over the St. Louis
Browns, in which rapid Robert
Teller tipped his 21st victory. boosted
the Tribes American League lead
TO three games.
Bobby was tagged for half a dozen
hits in the first two frames. He
hitched up his trousers then. how
ever, and allowed only six safeties
the rest of the way home. The
Yankees and Athletics took the day
of.
Reds Sweep Twin Bill.
Cincinnati's Reds also did little
lead-boosting in the National League.
They climbed over the Chicago Cubs
for rs hits and a sweep of a double
header, 9-4 and SO, to skyrocket
So games out in front Whitley
Moore tossed nine-hitter in the
opener and his mates put the game
on ice with five-run splurge in the
eighth. Junior Thompson had to
call on Chubby Johnny Hutchings for
five scoreless relief innings in the
afterpiece.
The double defeat dropped the
Cubs to sixth place in the flag chase
and boosted the St. Louis Cardinals
to fifth. The Cards broke even with
the Pittsburgh Pirates, losing the
first game, SIS, and taking the
afterpiece, 9-5 Elbie Fletcher's sin
gle produced the BUGS winning run
in the ninth inning of the first
game. The Pirate twirlers couldn't
find the plate in the finale and
walked nine men.
Bees Sting Dodgers.
A total of 1890 customers damned
Ebbets Field for Freddy FitzSim-
mons might" and after fat Freddy
received a variety of gifts, the Bos-
ton Bees nipped the second-place
Dodgers. 81. on Buddy Hassett's
12th-inning single. Nick Strincevich
allowed five hits and Vito Tamulis
gave up only six in going all the
way for their respective clubs.
Hal Schumacher settled down
after giving up two runs in the
first inning and hurled an eight
hitter for a So victory for the New
York Giants over the futile Phillies.