Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-29
Win Over bosox
9Th Game Rock
Saves for As
Tigers Make 1t Three
In Row Over Tribe;
Cards Still Hot
BY JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer,

The real sensation of the spring
in the major leagues now is being
provided by the Philadelphia Ath-
letics, who have won nine of their
last IL games.
From a haphazard crew that
f1oundered helplessly for five weeks,
once losing seven straight games
and another time five in a row, the
AS suddenly have sprung up to
challenge the first division in the
American League.
They squeezed into fifth place
ahead of Boston yesterday by cap
turing a GA, 16-inning marathon
from the Red Sox and now not only
are threatening Detroit in fourth
place, but are just three games out
of second!
No one will dissent in giving the
greatest credit to that 78-year-old
genius of the scorecard, Cornelius
McGillicuddy himself.
Tests Hundreds Of Players.
For years frail old Connie Mack
has been planning and building for
days like these. With no farm sys-
tenn worthy of the name and vir-
tually without assistance Mr.. Mack
has sorted over literally hundreds
of would-be ball players like farm
er would grade apples. As they
passed before his clear blue eyes Mr..
Mack would keep this one, discard
that one, bank another in the
minors for a later day-weaving a
pattern patiently in defiance of time.
Now he has young, vital team,
full Of potentialities, but short on
pitching. This latter difficulty has
been alleviated through great relief
work by Luman Harris and Tom
Ferrick, who was picked out of the
semipro ranks last winter.
Ferrick pitched the last 10 innings
against the Red Sox yesterday, kept
eight hits spaced and allowed only
one run. 1t was the 10th time in u
relief calls that he has finished the
game and on eight of these occa-
slonS the AS have won.
Tribe Having Troubles.
While the Athletics have been
raiding in the East, the Detroit
Tigers have conquered the first
place Cleveland Indians three in a
row, yesterday by and 8-5 margin.
Bruce Campbell, a former Tribes
man, again led the Detroit assault
with a home run, his fifth IN six
days. The score wouldn't ever, have
been close except for a three-run
homer by Ray Mack in the seventh.
The second-place Chicago White
Sox dropped their second stfaight
to the st. Louis Browns, 8-4. Har-
land Cliff hit two home runs and
Roy Cullenbine one to lead the
Brownies attack.
The st. Louis Cardinals centin-
ued their burning pace in the Ma
tlonal League with another rsinth-
inning rally to clip the Chicago
Cubs, 6-5, for their ninth corsecu-
tive victory. The Cubs fought hard,
with Bill Nicholson hitting his 10th
homer of the year with one on in
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Ing another in the ninth, but the
RedbirdS tailed three times in their
half of the ninth on a double, a
triple and two singles.
Vince Di Maggio's Homer Tells.
A three-run homer by Vince Di
Maggie gave the Pittsburgh Pirates
the margin they needed to cage the
Cincinnati Reds, IA, Big Max
Butcher kept the Reds hitting so
we'll spread that the champions
didn't score until the eighth.
Brooklyn's Dodgers preserved
their hex over the Phillies by TAX
ing a 6-5, 12-inning. decision in a
night game. Dolph Camilli and
Dixie Walker smacked their 10th
and 7th homers of the year to help
the Dodgers to a SO lead in the
first five innings, but Kirby Higbe
and Curt Davis couldn't hold the
lead. A double by Pete Reiser finally
knocked in the winning run.