Show Tigers T Hold TT U First Place I In Hot Race I I Husky Kansan Drops Indians With But But- Four Safeties Yanks Win Again I IDy By Dy HUGH hUG S. S FULLERTON JR Associated Press Tress Sports Writer A glance at the major league mound records record for the current season reveals one good reason why the Detroit Detroit De De- troit Tigers are arc up tip on t top fop p of the American league standing despite the undoubted strength of their rivals the Yankees The reason Is found in Eldon Au Au- ker keiva kera a big stron strong young right right right-hander hander who came up from Beaumont last year Husky Kansan The eaI 23 year ld Kansan who has been taking his place with Fred Marberry Marberry Mar Mar- berry Tommy Bridges and Schoolboy Rowe recorded his ninth vi victory tory of the season against four defeats Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day when he shut out the third place Indians with wilh four hits to gain a O to triumph This rave pave the Timers Tigers big biff four foura a a. total of oC 47 victories out of 62 scored by the team In contrast to these performances the Yankees Yankees Yankees Yan Yan- kees have been able to show only three consistent winners Lefty Gomez Charley Chancy Buffing Ruffing and Johnny Murphy Murph The Yankees gave Ruffing a chance to take it easy and still win his twelfth victory when they hammered Henry Johnson and two successors all over the lot to defeat the Red Sox Sax 12 to 4 Just to make it certain Rufus the Red turned in a hit five game Parmelee and the rest of the Giants were no match at all for Ed Brandt Bandt veteran Boston southpaw and the Braves Breves won 8 to 0 O. O Cubs Gain The second-place second Cubs who appear to have about the best t elbowing equipment in the senior circuit even though Charley Root isn't doing well gained a full game on the Giants by catching the Cardinals when neither eith r of the Deans nor Tex Carleton was ready to work and whipping th them m 6 to 2 The Dodgers and Phillies stirred up a lot of excitement in their struggle for sixth place when Brooklyn took an 7 to decision on Al AI Lopez ninth in ning homer The victory gave Brooklyn the desired place by a game ame Both pitchers and the fielders of or orthe the Cincinnati Reds were of off form lorm lormand and Pittsburgh had an easy time taking a 3 13 decision The St. St L Louis uis Browns c came me from behind with eight runs in the last three innings to defeat the White While Sox 9 to 8 but they fan failed d by two points to recapture fifth place from the Senators who were rained out at nt Philadelphia |