Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-05-23 | Page 13 | Yanks Still Having Road Tip Trouble

tV AN ANKS S STILL HAVING ROAD TRIP TROUBLE fLose Lose Ag Again in inAs I As Indians Show Class I I General Crowder Pitches a as Senators Triumph White Sox Win By JACK CUDDY United Press PreM Sports Writer NEW YORK May 23 23 The The Amerlean Amer lean league pennant race which a week ago ao looked like a walkaway for he Yankees has developed suddenly into nto an old-fashioned old pier 8 brawl Only three games cames separate th the first firs and nd fourth place clubs Nc New York Cleveland Detroit and Washington Washinton are arc fighting at close two two eastern and arid two western clubs The Yanks' Yanks amazing loss of five ou out of six w western stern games was was was' the thc chief chic factor actor but strength displayed by the Senators and Indians also was Important tant tanto Each won four out of six Detroit De Dc trait troit broke even with three wins That's Thal's the situation at the halfway mark in the first western invasion b by eastern clubs Anything can happen now Cleveland chopped the Yanks' Yanks lead to one and a half hat games Tuesday b by making it three strai straight ht over the New Yorkers 5 51 Lloyd Brown handcuffed handcuffed hand cuffed the visitors with three hits one of or which was Lou Gehrig's tenth homer Washington beat Detroit 5 to 2 when hen a double three singles and an error gave the Senators three runs in the eighth Calvin Crowder won an hit 11 pitch Ing duel over Tommy Bridges Thc The Browns rose from seventh to fifth filth position by shading Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadel Philadel- phia 12 to 11 11 with a six run spurt in inthe inthe inthe the ninth This spurt was climaxed b by G Garms' Garms pinch double which drove in the tying and winning runs Foxx and Johnson made Philadelphia homers The As A's made four errors Tail-end Tail Chicago edged the Red Bed Sox Sax 6 to 5 when Henr Henry Johnson walked Appling in the ninth with the bases loaded forcing in the winning run Julius Sellers Sellers' homer w with th two aboard had tied the count for Boston in the ninth NEW YORK I CLEVELAND ELAUD I BH OA Combs ambs cf d. 4 0 2 1 0 Porter rf 4 1 3 0 RoUe M. M 8 4 0 3 2 u 3 4 1 1 4 Ruth r if rL t a o 0 2 0 Aver ct cf cf 4 42 2 1 0 t EmiK lb iu 4 2 9 0 If 3 1 1 0 If If 4 0 02 2 0 Male Hale 2 2134 1 3 4 Lazur 4 40 0 1 lb 4 2 13 1 Dickey c. c 3 1 1 4 c c. c 4 0 3 0 Keffner Heffner 3 0 1 3 1 1 3 Murphy p. p 2 0 0 p p. p 3 a 0 1 2 0 oooo 0 Smythe p P. P 0 0 0 0 p. p 0 0 0 00 0 Totals 31 3 24 91 Totals 3 31 0 27 14 for lor Murphy Murph In New Kew ew York Yort 1 I Cleveland 10 00 20 5 lOz