Show As A's Keeping Things Warm F For or Leaders By Br the Associated Press It appears unlikely that the Athletics Athletics Ath- Ath will cut much of a figure In the tho 10 American league pennant race but jut if they can l keep going at anything anything any- any thing hing like their current pace it will willbe be e hard to hold them down in tho the I second division I When Connie Mack took Jimmie Foxx from behind the plate to get the star sluggers slugger's steadying in- in back baek into the infield on May 25 25 the As A's had a average Since then they've theve marked up 12 victorIes a seven defeats defeats defeats-a. a clip They raised their average average aver aver- age ge to after aCter Wednesdays Wednesday's third straight triumph over the Indians and cut Washington's sixth-place sixth margin to a half game The As A's had to overcome a bad start tart Al Benton giving the Indians Indiana three runs in the first Inning when Hal Ha Trosky belted hia his ninth homer of the season but they chased Mel Harder to the showers in the tho seventh and won 7 to 5 G. Earl Averill and ODell Hale of th the Indians and Wally Vally Moses of the As A's also hit hit homers lomers PHILADELPHIA CLEVELAND CLEVELA D ABU O A. A A. A Moses rf rr S 2 1 1 0 I Knickerbock- Knickerbock Cramer cf ef S 2 1 I 1 cr ere ss sa S II 2 2 3 Johnson 1 it If 3 0 02 a 0 o cf cC 4 3 31 3 1 Foxx Ib lb 5 3 7 0 Campbell rf S I 2 0 t Higgins ins bib lb 4 1 1 1 jf Ib lb 4 11 1 i 8 g 0 McNair u. u 5 1 3 If lr 4 D 0 2 0 lb 5 2 e II 3 3 2 1 3 I Richards RIchard a c. c C.- C. 3 0 5 0 Brenzel c. c 2 0 6 1 Benton p P. P p. p 0 0 0 0 c. c 0 0 0 0 Caster p 1 p. p 4 1 1 1 Better Derrer lb 4 2 3 4 Dietrich p. p 0 0 0 0 Harder p p. p 2 0 0 0 OI lY I i rI j p 2 0 g g 0 1 39 12 17 2791 9 Totals 35 il II 27 13 12 Philadelphia 7 7 Cleveland COt S 5 Summary Error Errors Trosky Trosky H Hale Ie Runs batt batted i In In 3 3 MO Moses Foxx Trosky 3 Averill Hale Two base nils Foxx Var I h ese A Thre base hits hits Den Ber- Ber err eer er Home runs runs Trosky Aver Aver- iii Hale Hille Moses Moes Sacrifice Sacrifice Brenzel Doubis Dou- Dou bl bis ble pl plays to FoXX A to Brenzel Bases on balls OU Off Harder 5 3 Caster Cuter 2 Dietrich 2 Strikeouts Strikeouts strikeouts-ny By Harder Harder Har liar der 3 2 Castor 2 Dietrich 3 Hits Off Hits Off Benton Denton 4 In la 1 Inning Arner Ar- Ar ner ncr 2 In 2 I 2 l 1 7 Caster 5 In 5 1 Wine Wine- earner 2 In 2 1 Dietrich 2 In 2 2 Win Win- nine fling pitcher pitcher Gaiter Losing pitcher pitcher- Harder |