Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-07-22 | Page 17 | Seattle Tops Oaks by Only One Game

Seattle Tops Oaks By Only One Game By United Press The season-long season battle between Seattle and Oakland narrowed Wednesday after they won s series openers and their closest opponents dropped contests leaving Seattle eattle one game ahead Seattle downed downe the luckless Sacramento Sacramento Sacra Sacra- acra- acra mento Senators by a 7 3 score All the scoring was confined to two in in- in The Solons forged ahead in inthe inthe the fourth by pushing over three runs but the Indians wiped out the lead in their half halt of the frame by counting five lve times The northerners scored two more in the eighth to give Dick Kewpie Kewpie Kewpie Kew pie Barrett another triumph The Acorns were forced to go 12 innings against Portland before I they put over three tallies to win 7 to 4 Jack La Roc Rocca a the Oaks' Oaks young right hander handel was knocked all aU over the park in the ninth inning while holding a 4 4 1 lead d and the Beavers tied the score The Billy M Meyers Meyers' crew finally clinched the the issue by touching Hobo Carson for three runs The Oaks drew li H hits and the Beavers BeaverS' got 12 A three run rally in the twelfth I Inning gave the Los Angeles Angels a 6 4 win over the San Francisco Seals The spurt ended a a. pitchers' pitchers duel between Sam Gibson veteran of ot the ODoul nine and Jack major league castoff Gibson and allowed only two runs each eachin in nine innings with Los Angeles scoring its second run in the first half of the ninth to send the encounter encounter en- en en counter into extra innings Each team scored once in the tenth Carlyle and Messner scored on singles by Hurst and S in inthe inthe inthe the Angels Angels' half halt of the twelfth Ditmar Ditmar Dit- Dit mar sacrificed and Reese produced a long fly which brought Hurst home with the third and winning I run I San Diego squeezed past the tho Missions Missions Missions Mis Mis- I I with a 5 4 win after the Padres nearly early l let t a run four lead meet with disaster The Reds scored three times in the seventh and tied the score at at 4 4 in hi their half haIt of the ninth But the Padres came back in the final period to push over the winning tally and produce the win winon winon winon on the strength of ot their total of 14 hits garnered from Stewart vart and The Missions touched Salvo and Ward for or eight