Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-02
League-Le Tribe
Latest victimized
By tx-Celarites
TotoI of Five Teams
Exc Out Victories,
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BY JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

The st. Louis Browns better not
expect any more help" from their
fellow American League clubs.
The team that finished a poor
eighth last year and had to be
strengthened during the winter and
spring by series of deals following
a reported plea for assistance is
causing more turmoil than the
Junior circuit has known In years.
They knocked the Boston Red Sox
out Of first place 10 days ago and
last night they undermined the
Cleveland Indians standing with a
81 victory. This shaved the Tribes
flrst-place margin to a single game
over the Detroit Tigers.
CASTOR Auker Delivers.
Eden Auker, the submarine-ball
specialist, who was one of the hand
me-downs sent the Browns in the
off season. held the Cleveland slug
gers to eight hits and might have
had a shutout except for a fit of
wildness in the ninth inning when
he forced in a run by walking Hal
Trosky with the bases loaded.
The Browns, chafing in fifth place,
were held to seven hits by Joe
Dobson, but one was a home run
by Harlond Cliff and the other was
a double by Rip Radcliff, who went
to third on an infield out and scored
on wild pitch.
This was only one of five games
in the major leagues yesterday won
by the team making the fewer hits.
The st. Louis Cardinals crowded
out the Cincinnati Reds, 80. with a
similar maneuver. Lon Warneke
gave seven hits, but was tight In
the pinches. The Cards were rationed
on five. but two were home runs by
Enos Country Slaughter account
ing for all st. Louis runs.
This enabled both the Brooklyn
Dodgers and New York Giants to
advance on the National League
leaders, Brooklyn to within half a
game.
The Dodgers got seven hits and
the Phillies eight, but Brooklyn
triumphed, 4-3, with the help of
three-run assault on Hugh Mulcahy
in the first inning when Dixie Walk
er doubled and Joe Medwick tripled.
Afterward the Dodgers learned
Pitcher Van Mungo had undergone
an arm operation at Baltimore.
He'll be retained as a coach.
The Giants crushed the Boston
Bees, II, although they had only
a rs advantage In hits. Three of
the blows were home runs to help
Cliff Melton get his seventh victory
against one defeat.
The Pittsburgh Pirates edged out
the Chicago Cubs, 4-3, in 10 in
nings, although outhit, 11-8. Vince
Di Maggie hit his ninth homer for
Pittsburgh to tie the score in the
ninth and in the tenth Relief Pitch
er Claude Passeau forced over the
winning run with walk.
Newsome Notches Eleventh.
Big Buck Newsome got his eleventh
straight victory as the Detroit
Tigers took the Chicago White Sox
into camp, 81. Here again the
Tigers were outhit, 6-5, but the
only time Newsom let a runner get
past second was in the fourth when
the SoX scored through an error by
Dick Bartell. A double by Hank
Greenberg and triple by Charlie
Gehringer figured in Detroit's runs.
The days only game decided
strictly on smuggling was 81
triumph by the Philadelphia Ath-
letics over the struggling Boston
Red Sox. The AS made Is hits,
two of them home runs by Catcher
Frank Hayes. He had a perfect
day at the plate, as did AL Rube ling.