| Show Staggering Yanks Lose Third Straight Battle Drop rop Three Games Behind Leading Senators as Tigers Rout New York Pitchers White Sox Crush Erratic Athletics By JACK CUDDY I United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK July As 8 the major league eague season swings into its second half the biggest question in m baseball baseballs is s Will the world champion New NewYork NewYork York Yankees weather this summer of f dethronements or will they take it t on the chin like so many other recent reent re re- cent ent champions such as Sharkey and Vines ines Right now the Yanks are stagger stagger- jag ing ng Their condition is disturbing not only to New York fans but to the he Yankee front office If Manager Joe oe McCarthy cant can't revive them and andl boost oost them into a pennant stride before be be- fore ore July 23 23 the end of their home stand tand they'll have little chance of or catchIng the fast stepping Washington Washing Washing- ton on Senators on the road With his club cracked at the half halfway halfway way vay mark McCarthy is confronted with one of the most difficult rebuilding rebuild rebuild- ing ng tasks in his career The Yanks have let down in morale Their pitchers pitch pitch- ers ens are arc out of form and their fielding has las sprung a few leaks The Yanks slipped another half hall game game yesterday b by losing to 9 to 4 This left them threes three full full games behind the leading Senators It was their heir third straight defeat and Dc De- troit's second consecutive win enabling enabling en en- abling the Tigers to replace idle Cleveland at fifth position Babe Ruth drove out his nineteenth home run in the first with a mate aboard but the but the Tigers soon came from behind hammering Ruffing fluffing Brennan Pennock and Brown for twelve t hits Frasier and Hogsett held the Yanks to Ive five DETROIT NEW l YORK BIt OA B HO HOA white d cO 3 0 1 0 d. d 3 1 2 0 I Owen S 5 4 1 3 SewEll 4 0 1 C 0 Gehringer 3 00 10 Ruth rf mf 4 2 I 1 0 Stone If 4 2 0 1 Ib Ib 4 1 2 3 rf rO 4 0 2 0 Chapman It If 4 1 ti oJ 1 Greenberg Greenberr Ib lb 4 2 15 0 4 0 3 4 Roell Rozell ss is s 3 0 02 2 3 Dickey c 2 2 0 c 4 6 0 Farrell is u ss 2 2024 0 2 Frasier P 3 2 0 0 1 Ruff inc p I 0 0 0 p 1 0 0 P 0 0 0 1 p 0 0 0 1 H 1 0 0 0 Brown p 0 00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 I II Totals 34 12 27 Totals 30 5 21 16 aButted d for Pennock in seventh for in ninth Detroit 9 9 Ne New York O 4 t tErrors Errors r ii p Pennock R Runs OS OSO batted dc in Ruth 3 O. O Walker Valker 2 1 2 2 Hayworth Hayworth Hayworth Hay- Hay worth 3 Stone 3 3 F. F Walker Two-base Two hits hits hits- P P. P Walker Greenberg 2 2 Three base e hit hit hit- Scone Slone to Home e run run Ruth rh st Stolen I base Chap base Chap Ip man Sacrifices Frasier 2 Rostell Rogen Double pi plays plays Bys Farrell and Lazzeri Farrell Parrel and Gehrig Rose Rosell I I I I and nd Greenberg Greenberr Bases on ort balls fluffing balls Ruffing 4 4 Easier Frasier 5 Brennan 2 lIo sett 3 Brown 1 I 1 Struck out out 2 2 Fraster 3 Brennan 3 Brown 4 t. HOis tt 1 Hit Hits 3 in innone 3 none out in Uh Brennan B 8 in 3 1 3 PEnnock 0 in 2 Brown 1 In 2 Frasier 4 in 6 none out in Honett 1 In 3 Losin pitcher pitcher V pitcher pitcher White Sox Gain GainOn GainOn GainOn On Third-Place Third As A's As AsI I Chicago gained on third place Philadelphia Phila Phila- delphia b by crushing the Athletics 9 D to o 1 with three former Athletics leading leading lead lead- ing the attack Al Simmons and Jimmy Dykes made home runs and Mule Haas collected four our hits in five tri tries They were the only American league eague games played St. St Louis at Boston Bos Bos- ton bein being rescheduled for a doubleheader double double- header leader tomorrow and Cleveland at Washington for part of a twin bill today oday CHICAGO I PHILADELPHIA B HOA HO A BHO-A BHO Swanson rO rf 42 2 4 b 3 1 3 5 S. d 5 4 1 0 Cramer cl 4 1 4 0 Sullivan lb Ib 3 06 0 Johnson If 3 0 1 0 Simmons If 5 2 1 a 0 Coleman rO rf 4 0 1 0 Appling as S I I 6 Foxx lb 4 2 A Dykes s 4 3 4 l 3 Madjeski 51 c 4 0 4 0 Hayes Hoyes H 3 0 6 2 4 1 1 3 Grube 0 4 43 3 4 0 Williams ss n. n 4 1 1 4 Durham p 2 1 0 1 Mahaffey P. P 1 0 1 12 2 Peterson Pet p. p 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 f P 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 3 35 25 27 1 Totals 32 G 6 2 27 18 for lor Peterson In seventh se for Freitas In ninth lOT g 9 Philadelphia gil i 1 Runs batted in Simmons in-Simmons ln non j 3 s Swanson h 2 Grubo Grube 2 2 Haas I- I Foxx Two base hits hits- Dykes Swanson Foxx Home runs runs- Dykes Simmons Sullivan Sacrifices-Sullivan 2 2 R Durham 2 l Hayes Double plays plays Df Dykes Hayes to Williams Bishop to Foxx Bases Boses on balls Durham balls Durham 4 2 2 Pe Peterson Pe- Pe terson tenon 1 i Struck out out Durham Durham 4 ley fei 2 2 Hits Hits Mahaffey Mahaffey 10 in 6 Peterson 2 in l 1 Freitas 3 In Ia 2 pitcher pitcher fey |
