Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-04-22 | Page 11 | Macks, Robins Prove Miserable Disappointments in Early Season

1 c f c f 4 tM MACKS ROBINS ROBINS PROVE PROVE MISERABLE DIS DISAPPOINTMENTS IN EARLY ARLY SEASON S N YANKS WHIP ATHLETICS BY 12 1 MARGIN Indians Senators and Y yi Yankees Tied for League Lead I NEW YORK April 22 UP UP Thc Th Philadelphia Athletics and th the theS S S Brooklyn Robins the two big S 1931 major leu league leagui of th the ue S season thus far S returned to their theirS S home fields too today a h hop o p c f t u 1 the would be able ablo to strike the winning pace expected of ot them 5 5 5 Handicapped by byS S Injuries and ill illness ill UI- ness Brooklyn had A dropped six of Its W seven sc games and is S In sole possession possessionS of oC the Notional National S f S Foxx OD w- w league cellar The AlJ Athletics h have a v e fared but little better They lost live five of their seven games and arc are tied with Detroit and ana the thc Boston Red fled Sox Sax for tor last place in the American circuit i t The Philadelphia defeats were ad administered administered ad- ad ministered by the two teams considered consid consid- trod ered as the clubs the Athletics would have bave to beat for their third consecutive consecutive e pennant They arc the thc WashIngton Washington Wash Wash- in ington lon Senators and the New York Yankees who are arc now tied for tor first place with the Cleveland Indians The Yankees won two tv out of three from the As A's while Washington took three out of ot four Foxx's absence has been a bi big blow to the Athletics' Athletics attack while George Earnshaw has not yet performed in his winning style The other members members mem mem- bers hers of Connie Macks Mack's Big Five Cochrane Simmons and Grovee Grove Grove- h have e been unable to carry caIn on ODOUL FREDERICK FAIL TO CONNECT Brooklyn has received neither pitching nor hitting Frank ODoul Is 15 nowhere near his usual form willIe while Johnny Frederick was in such stich a slump that he was benched yesterday yesterday yester yester- day by Manager Robinson Injuries and illness robbed BrookIn Brooklyn Brook Brook- lyn In of the services of Glen Wright Adolph Luque Harvey Hendrick Rube bc Bressler and Fresco Thomp Thomp- son lOon Th The Athletics suffered their fifth firth defeat in seven games yesterday when they lost to the New York Yankees Yankees Yan Yan- kees CS 12 to 1 I. Herb Pennock held Philadelphia Phil Phil- adelphia scoreless for the first eight innings and allowed only seven hits Cleveland continued its winning stride against Detroit 5 to 4 Brown held the Tigers safe until the ninth he weakened and was replaced by y We Ferrell Washington avenged yesterdays yesterday's at the hands of Boston Red Sox ox by winning winnins 12 to 3 3 The Sena- Sena ors pounded four Boston hurlers for 16 hits while Marberry held the Red Jox ox x in check RAVES TAKE i To SECOND SPAT Brooklyn 1 became sole saTe occupant of ho lio National league cellar by drop- drop ling In a 7 to 3 contest to the thc Phillies Babe Hermans Herman's third seine loine run of the thc season gave the Rob- Rob ns as a run one lead in the third in- in Jingo jing but the Phillies came back in heir half halt to knock Lefty rom the mound and score four tour runs 0 clinch the game Boston's Braves took second place placeIt I In n It the senior circuit by defeating the I few ew York Giants 5 to 1 Ed Brandt I Mid ld the Giants to five hits The Thc St. St Louis Cardinals retained sole Ole possession of first place in the National league when their scheduled I jame ame with the Chicago Cubs was postponed because of cold weather The game scheduled between the Chicago White Sox and St. St Louis 1 Browns a at St. St Louis also was post- post ned d. d tOn X I If 1 f Cincinnati and Pittsburgh in the National league were not scheduled I to o play I