Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-09-23 | Page 11 | Solons, Yanks Launch Fight for Second Place

tic p jc-p 4 t SOLONS YANKS LAUNCH FIGHT FOR SECOND PL PLACE ACE VICTORY OVER PUTS IN V VAN VANAs VANA's A AAs AA's As A's Hang Up No a at t Expense of Tiger Nine By Br L. L S. S Cameron United Press Pe Sports Editor NW NEW YORK Sept Sept 23 3 Second 23 Second place and second money in i the 1931 American league leage race will wl be b decided In a game four-game se series series series se- se ries between the the Washington Senators Sena Sena- j tons tors tor and d New York Yorki which i began here r toa today The Te S Sena Senators e n a. a tors 7 u went into the 1 opening enJoying en- en M game a one half one g game lead lea over It them their rivals They Tey gained gaine this advantage advant t jt tage yesterday by 1 whipping the Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- y Ct- Ct cago White Sox 7 i to 2 while the T i 7 I Yankees were Idle Carl F Fischer 15 c her Mark Koenig Washington's star rookie allowed the Sox but 7 hi hits in ins s scoring oring his thirteenth victory of the season eason Athletics established The Te Philadelphia record for a new high winning Connie Mack Mac teams by winning their one hundred and fifth game gae of the te season Son Detroit's toothless Tigers were ere the As A's victims and the score was wa 8 to 6 The Te Athletics scored alt all al their runs In the first fo four innings Infielder Mark went to the mound for the Tigers In the filth fifth and held the wor world d champions champion scoreless for the rest st rest of or the game In the only other American league leage game the St. St Louis Luis Browns scored sred five gme runs rus in i the ninth inning to whip the Boston Red Sox 5 to 2 In the National league leage where whee but bt two games were played the Brooklyn Brooky Robins defeated the te St St. St Louis Luis Card Cardi Cardinals Card Card- nals as If i the Cards cared 6 to 3 3 and the Pittsburgh Pirates nosed out the Phillies 3 to 2 2 after 13 innings Van Mungo and Quinn pitched for forthe forthe forthe the Robins while Paul Derringer Derger rookie rooke ace did the hurling for the thelo lo losers ers Heine Meine Melne pitched the Pirates to toI I their victory c