| Show YANKS NEAR TOP DROWNS BROWNS AGAIN TAKE BEATING FROM CHAMPS Slipping Senators Taste Shutout Loss at Hands of White Sox By fly JACK JACI CUDDY United Press Tress Sports Writer NEW YORK July 15 15 nC forward again arain with seven straight victories the world champion New York Yankees today were almost tied tiec for first place ploce in the American league with Washington's slumping Senators Sena Sena- tors ors who lost four out of their last las five games ames Improved ed around all play play pitch ing ng hitting and fielding fielding accounted accounted for tor or the Yanks Yanks' latest drive toward the top while a letdown in hitting was costly to Washington The Yanks advanced to within four percentage points of or Washington yes yes- by beating St St. Louis 11 to 6 6 completing a game four sweep o of their heir s series ries with the Browns The Senators were blanked by Chicago o. o New York combined nine of 12 hits off oU Blaeholder and Gray for bursts of oC three runs In the first and eight runs uns In the sixth Ben Chapman drove rove In two mat mates s with a homer in inthe in inthe the he first and in the sixth 13 Yankee batsmen paraded to the plate BIll Dicke Dickey made another Yankee homer with one on base Van Atta AHa anc and Brown allowed the Browns eight hits its p sr ST LOUIS I NEW V YORK B 1 HOA A as s. s 4 0 4 3 Walker ct cI 4 0 3 0 West cI ct 5 3 4 OS lb 4 2 0 I 1 Reynolds if S 6 I 1 4 ORuth U. 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Struck out out out-Ferrell Ferrell 4 4 Oliver 4 Detroit Hammers and Welch Detroit trounced Boston 8 to 3 after fter hammering and Welch for or 13 safeties while Tom Bridges limited the Sox to seven Ervin Fox Foxed led ed the Detroit attack driving in four runs uns with a triple and two singles DETROIT BOSTON BOSTO BHO A Davis avis Ib lb 4 o 0 10 0 ss as 3 30 0 4 2 g Owen wen lb 4 3 1 0 Walters s 3 1 5 3 In 1 4 1 A 5 gl 5 Cooke cf 5 l A 0 1 g 0 Stone one rf Ui 5 3 1 0 4 1 3 3 Fox ox cf cI d. d 5 3 2 rf cf rl 4 I 1 I 1 CI I Ii 1 If 3 0 1 c c. c 3 1 4 1 i ocell f u. u 3 1 3 6 gr Seeds If tj 4 0 A 7 A 0 Hayworth C 3 1 4 1 Muller 0 0 0 1 Md p p. p 2 1 1 0 3 ll Johley fi If 3 g 2 g 2 g A 0 p. p 2 2001 0 0 1 Welch p. p 1 1103 I 1 0 03 3 Werber 0 0 0 00 0 Totals 33 13 27 13 1 Totals 3 32 7 27 14 for lor Welch In ninth Detroit 8 8 Boston oston 3 3 Summary Error Jolley Error Jolley Runs Run batted In Fox Fox 4 On Owen Onen en 2 White Walters WAiters 2 Hodapp Hodl I Two base hl hit hits Hodapp Jolle Jolley lolley Three base Stone hits Its Stone F Fox C Stolen base but base Fox Sac- Sac hits hits 2 2 Rosell Double plays plan es to Rozell to Dav Davis Rovell t to ringer nr r to Davis Hodapp to W to toI tod leeds eeds d Walters to Hodapp r to Ferell Per Fer- ell rehl I to Walters Watter to v Bases ro o on balls l ea II n. n 5 Welch 3 2 struck out Bridges I lI 3 2 Velch 1 Hits Hits Flo Floras ras 9 a rl In S 51 1 Welch Velch c 4 i In 3 2 23 Hit t with m pItched Mil White hU by br Welch Losing |