Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-05-16 | Page 8 | Braves Move within 1 Game of Top

BRAVES MOVE WITHIN 1 1 GAME OF of TOP BOSTON DOWNS CARDINALS AS CUBS STUMBLE Leading Chicago Beaten by Phils Pirate Rookie Blanks Dodgers NATIONAL LEAGUE of ot the Teams Turns Won Lost Pet Chicago 18 8 9 Boston 16 16 9 tHO 16 15 St St. Louis 14 if 16 Philadelphia 13 13 14 M J New Jew York i 3 12 29 Brooklyn 10 10 25 15 Pittsburgh 8 8 1 15 Sundays Sunday's Results Boston 8 8 St. St Louis 3 3 Philadelphia 8 ChIcago 6 6 New York 9 9 Cincinnati tt 1 Pittsburgh bunh 2 Brooklyn 0 0 O. Mondays Monday Schedule Boston Doston at St. St Louis New York at d Cincinnati Philadelphia At t Chicago Brooklyn at Pittsburgh BY Br Associated Press The Boston moved up to lo within one game of first place by walloping wal- wal loping the St. St Louis Cardinals 8 3 while the league leading Chica Chicago o Cubs were bowing to the Phillies 8 6 The Cardinals jinxed themselves in n advance by raising the world championship championship cham chain flag Neither Bruce Cunningham Cunningham Cun Cun- nor Paul Derringer starting start ing ng pitchers lasted long but the Braves uncovered an effective relief hurler in young Bob Brown who blanked the Cards with two hits in inthe inthe the he last five Innings and arid fanned four PHILLIES ON SPREE The Thc Phillies gave Lon Warneke his first defeat pounding him for 12 hits including home runs by Klein Hurst and nd Virgil Davis ft R triple by Hurst and nd doubles by Hurst Mallon Mallori and Virgil Davis is as Philadelphia humbled the he Cubs 8 86 6 NEW MOUND STAR Steve a home town yn to boy who made good fast is becoming the pitching sensation of the National league eague league The crack right right-hander of the Pittsburgh Pitts burgh Pirates pitched his third shutout shut out ut of the season yesterday halting the he Brooklyn Dodgers with two hits for or a 2 0 victory Previously he had blanked the Cardinals Car Cardinals and the Cubs with three hits apiece piece All told this season he has permitted only 14 1 b hits bits ts in 36 innings and nd won three games and lost one Tony got both of Brooklyn's Brook Brook- lyns lyn's hits but his double In the fifth was vas a gift pure and simple Floyd Vaughan young Pirate shortstop backed up for Tony Tonys s Texas leaguer but jut suddenly decided not to take it and nd it fell fen safely behind him Piet's single ingle steal of second and third and an in infield out gave the Pirates one run un in the fifth nUh of off Joe and the he other came across in m the sixth on Suhr's double and Vaughans Vaughan's single GIANTS SWAMP REDS The New York Giants blasted four Cincinnati Red pitchers for tor 14 hits as the McGraw men won 9 to 1