Show Dodgers Wi Win n But Fall to Seco Second d Plate AMERICAN LEAGUE Won Non lost Loat Pct Iet Cleveland Ie 11 4 Chicago O 9 I 4 New York York 10 6 G 5 Boston Ho lon 7 Ii 6 1518 Detroit t 6 7 4 2 Philadelphia 4 9 1 IH Washington 4 1 10 I 26 M. M Louis 3 8 s Results Result Philadelphia II 5 fi Cleveland Cle 6 8 Detroit 12 Washington 1 Chicago B. B New lew York fork 7 7 st. st Louis louls 1 1 NATIONAL LEAGUE Won Lost Pet Pct St. St Louis fouls 10 3 Brooklyn 13 11 4 76 J sew fW York lork 8 II 6 1171 Cincinnati 7 8 80 RoMon Roston ton 6 9 Chicago 5 1 7 4 t 7 Philadelphia II 5 t 10 I Pittsburgh oo 3 10 Results Cincinnati 3 3 Brooklyn 4 M. M Louis 6 G. New ew ew lork 4 Chicago 9 0 Roston 4 Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia 8 By GEORGE KIRKSEY NEW YORK May 1 UP UP- UP Every blooming fan in Flatbush was berling mad today In between between between be be- tween wild gestures they were asking Who is dis John B. B Foster You see John B. B Fosters Foster's ready of baseball club percentages percentages percentages per per- says the National league standing is Won Lost Pet Pct St. St Louis 10 3 Brooklyn 13 4 It aint right the Brooklyn fans yelled at the top of their I lungs when they heard the Dodgers ers had dropped to second place after winning their ninth straight game What do our bums have hav to do Get Einstein to straighten this thing out We are in first place Monday and we cops our eighth strait Tuesday and we has to share first with the Cards Then we wee e y Ury t r. r r 4 rr r r rr 44 r rr r JOE MEDWICK l wins our strait Wednesday and we drops into second place There aint no sense to Fosters Foster's figgers Even a school kid knows if il the Dodgers has won three moren St. St Looey and lost one moren St St. Looey then our bums is leadin the loop Strangely enough the Dodgers have played themselves right out of the league lead the past two I II days despite two hotshot triumphs I over the world champion Reds I I A mathematical quirk played a joke on Flatbush's beloved bums The The Dodgers have to be content contenti i on riding a nine-game nine winning streak from first place into second I Theres There's nothing phoney about the Dodgers' Dodgers rampage They are playing championship ball and I playing right up to the hilt every second Johnny Vander Meer had them shut out with four hits and andone andone andone one down in the eighth Boom Dixie Walker Vander Meer walked Lavagetto Boom Joe Medwick and the I Iscore score was tied 3 Then in the ninth Owen doubled off Vander I Meer and Reese doubled off Beggs giving the Dodgers a 4 3 triumph Hugh Casey pitching to two men received credit for his fourth victory The Cards made it two straight over the Giants 6 4 with Ir Ira Hutchinson coming In as a relief pitcher in the ninth for the second straight day to halt a New York YorkI I threat by tossing a double play ball to Johnny Rucker Slaughter ter and Mize for the Cards and Babe Young hit one with two on for the Giants In the other two National league I i W a. a 4 aBUCK a it iX s. s N BUCK nUCI NEWSOM S l I games the Cubs hammered out a 9 4 victory over the Boston Braves and the Phillies sank the tha frantic Pirates again 8 Four Boston errors aided the Cubs Cy Blanton Pirate castoff tamed his teammates ex-teammates for his second triumph Cleveland put on a Frank Merriwell Merriwell Merriwell Mer- Mer finish to trim the Athletics 6 5 for the Indians' Indians sixth straight victory Heath and Weatherly in the eighth and Ken Keltner Kellner blasted a round tripper in the ninth with a mate on base to clinch it Les McCrabb held the Tribe to four singles for six innings but blew a 5 1 lead The White Sox ran off their fifth filth straight defeating the Senators Senators Senators Sena Sena- tors 5 They were aided by 10 walks and three wild pitches by Ken Chase Edgar Smith al allowed allowed allowed al- al lowed eight hits and became the eleventh Chicago pitcher in 13 games to go the route Buck Newsom came out of his slump and won his first game as the Tigers slugged 18 hits to beat the Red Sox 12 At that Newsom Newsom Newsom New New- som had to get relief in the ninth to protect a six-run six lead Dudy York with two on The New York Yankees coasted to a 7 1 victory over the St. St Louis Browns behind Marius Russos Russo's hit eight-hit pitching Selkirk Selkirk Selkirk Sel Sel- kirk and Gordon hit for the Cir Cir- ir- ir cult pacing the Yanks' Yanks hit 14 at at- at tack |