Show St. St J Joseph seph Certain Of Tie at Least S m By ny Associated Press The St St. Joseph Saints are arc assured of at least a tic tie for the first half championship championship cham cham- in the Western league They made certain of this Friday night as they opened the Topeka series series series se se- se- se ries with a 6 to 5 victory gained with wit witha a hit 15 attack on Cash and the work worl of Cy Blanton their strikeout artist He lie whiffed 14 batters and gave ave up only nine hits in sending the Senators Sena Senne tors tons down to their ninth consecutive defeat League standing sanding to date Won Lost Pet Pel St St. Joseph 3 35 20 Des MoInes 32 23 58 Joplin JOllin 31 a 31 24 50 Omaha Omaha 29 25 53 Sprin Springfield 23 3 26 51 Topeka 22 22 32 40 Bartle 22 32 40 Muskogee 18 35 34 34 |