Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-09-03 | Page 8 | Yankees Equal Major Record

1 YANKEES EQUAL MAJOR RECORD Play Consecutive Games Game Without Going Scoreless Gehrig Saves Day By GAYLE TALBOT Associated Press Sports Writer The New York Yankees today ha had the opportunity to prove themselves the most consistent scoring machine machin In fri all the history of basebalL basebalL baseball base base- balL It Joe McCarthys McCarthy's sluggers pu put across a single run In today's fInal fina tussle with Washington at Yankee Yanke stadium they will eclipse the existing existing record of consecutive games game without a shutout set by the Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia Phila Phila- delphia and Boston clubs of the National National National Na Na- league i in 1894 They equaled the old mark yester- yester day even cven while they were losing t to the Senators 7 to 1 For eight Innings Innings innings in In- In- In big Firpo Marberry turned turne them back monotonously yielding only four hl hits but iut In the ninth Babe Bab Ruth drew a pass and ad Lou GehrIg crashed a triple NARROW ESCAPE It I was the second straight h day th the league leaders preserved their record record record rec rec- ord by the narrowest of margins AlvIn Al Al- vIn viii Crowder having blanked them until after one was out in the ninth The defeat reduced the Yanks' Yanks lead leac over Dver the Athletics to nine and one one- half hal games Jimmie Foxx continued his pursuit pursuit pursuit pur pur- suit of the Babes Babe's home run record knocking No 40 49 out of park parkas as the Athletics enjoyed a field day daj at the expense of Boston 7 to 3 and 15 to 0 0 O. In the only other American league leage game ame the St. St St Louis Browns took a tight ight one from Chicago 3 to 1 I George Blaeholder getting the better beter of Ted Lyons in a pitching duel CUBS WIN IVIN Continuing their burning buring pace a ahe at atthe atthe the he head of 01 the National league leage the Chicago Cubs chalked up their thirteenth thirteenth thir- thir straight victory over the St. St louls Louis Cardinals 8 to 5 Hazen Cuyer Cuyler Cuy Cuy- ler er and Mark Marl Koenig hit ht home runo runs run to Lo o lead a hit 14 hi 14 attack atack on three Cardinal Car Car- dinal Unal pitchers The Pittsburgh Pirates made it I six victories In a row by beating CincinatI Cincinnati Cincin Cincin- nati rat atI 2 to 1 1 Larry French allowed he the reds nine nie hi hits as s against six the tle tle winners could manage off of hard luck Red Lucas but timely blows by and made the dif dif- dif dif- ference