Show EW YORK YANKEES MOVE 1 INTO FIRST PLACE I Enjoy Lead r First Time 1 i Since July Eight Double Plays Ena Enable le Wobbly Pitchers to Win Five Out of Seven 1 By JACK CUDDY United Press Sports Writer r NEW YORK April 26 For UP-For the first time since last July 19 Joe McCarthys Yankees are arc in sole command com mand of the American league lead havIng replaced the thc fast Tigers Wednesday Brilliant infield play and timely hitting hit hit- ting have been responsible for five victories in seven starts against the Athletics and Red Sox Their pitch ing has been only fair allowing 59 hits RUffing's fluffing's hit four game game was an exception Rookies Red RoUe Rolfe at short and Don Heitner at second displayed class al 11 though RoUe Rolfe hit for only And when RoUe's Rolfe's leg injury kept him out of the last three games Frankie Crosetti Cro Cro- setH setti substituted so grandly that lie he may hord his old post for a while Eight Double Plays Dickey Chapman Ruth and Gehrig led the batting attack while the infield helped out the with eight double plays and round all excellent support Wednesday for example three dou ble plays plas featured the Yanks Yanks' 3 to 2 victory over the Athletics who the 8 to G. G Rookie Al Ai ton Benton of the As A's suffered a base base- balLs on-balLs complex in the fourth walk ink three men in a row Ton Tony Drives Run home These combined with a force and Lazzeri's sIngle resulted in two runs The winning tally came in the thc eighth when Babe Ruth walked and came home on singles by Gehring and Chapman ChIpman Danny MacFayden pitched Against Benton and Kline PHILADELPHIA NEW YORK BH 0 A. A rs tier 4 2 2 5 s. s 3 0 1 5 Cramer et cf 4 0 2 0 Combs ct 3 0 1 0 ri 3 1 3 0 Ruth rt 2 0 0 0 P Yi Ib t 4 1 4 g ft i rt fC 5 g g g Johnson Jr It 4 1 4 1 lb 3 2 12 0 3 1 1 0 Chapman It 4 1 3 0 is S 4 0 4 0 4 1 0 3 hayes c c. c 3 1 4 2 c. c 3 1 6 0 Benton Bt P. P 2 0 0 0 HeUner 3 1 4 6 1 1 0 0 Macfaden p. p 3 0 0 1 Kline p P. P 0 0 0 0 t l Totals Total 32 8 24 8 Totals Total a G 6 2115 i 15 x Batted for Benton in 10 the oo OO- OO 2 York 3 tS i IL Summary 1 ii Runs ns batted 1 In W r Chapman 2 HIIr Two base hit Errors Error Cros Crosetti olen bas base L Double Crosetti plays-Crosetti to Heither Heffner to ris to Heffner to Heffner tl to Johnson to layes ayes to Bases Buu on balls 1 1 Benton 4 Klint 1 Struck out out-Macfayden S. S Benton 4 Benton HIls-Benton 4 In 7 7 Kline 2 in 1 1 LoS LoS- lag nc pitcher Benton Tigers Lose to Sox Because of Bobbles Detroit dropped to second place when shaded 3 to 2 by the White Sox Sex who came from behind with three runs in the eighth and ninth Goslins Goslin's wide throw to the plate and Frasier's wild pitch let in Hayes and amI Swanson with tallies in the eighth to tie the count Then Hayes Hayes' single scored Appling With ith the winning run in the ninth Jones and W Wyatt att held the Tigers to SIX hits hils while the made eight oJ off Auker Frasier and Marberry CHICAGO I D DETROIT OIT r if 4 3 1 1 noell u IS 4 2 2 4 cl 4 0 1 er 4 1 1 3 Bo ura lb Ib 3 1 Cochrane c 3 1 6 0 If 4 0 2 0 It 3 0 3 1 as SS 4 1 2 23 3 Walker rl 4 0 1 0 Dikes 3 0 1 3 Greenberg lb Ib 4 1 1100 Hares Fox cf 6 ea c 2042 Oi en 4 0 1 1 Jones p 2 2021 0 2 1 Auke p 3 0 1 1 Frasier p 0 0 0 2 I J lain 0 g 0 0 g 0 g Marberry p 0 0 0 0 1000 Watt p 1 1000 0 0 0 1 1000 0 0 0 1 1100 1 0 0 I Totals 3 34 3 27 2117 1 TotaLs Total 32 II 6 27 12 I for Shea In eighth I for lor Jones In eighth for Dykes Dyke In ninth 3 Detroit 2 batted in-Auker in R Roceil tro li base ao seba hits Error os o's f D uble plaS pla'S to Hayes Hares to Appling to Donuts Bonura Bases Bues on Off balls Auker 1 Fusler I 1 Jones 3 Struck out Auker 4 Jones 4 4 Auker lilts S 5 In 7 13 1 In 7 le Watt 2 In I 1 In 2 rd 1 pitches in 23 Jones 5 Winning pitcher W att Losing pitcher pitcher- t I Pearson Pitches I to Victory I Cleveland strengthened tren ils hold on third place b by walloping the Browns 5 5 to 1 1 behind Monte Pearsons Pearson's effective effective tive pitching He allowed seven hits but kept them discreetly scattered t The Indians nicked Blaeholder and Andrews for tor nine safeties some of which were clustered for three tallies In n the bIg eighth inning st. st Louis three errors I Boston at Washington was post toned by cold weather t I CLEVELAND ST. ST LOUIS A k cC 0 0 0 I CUR Clift 4 1 0 Ai 1 t c. c C. C 2 8 g West ct 4 1 2 0 c cf f. f 5 1 3 0 Hurns Ib lb 3 0 8 2 Jr if 4 2 2 0 Ir if 4 2 3 0 lb 5 51 1 0 1 rf if 0 i 3 30 0 1 3 4 0 0 1 4 1 2 c. c i g gf A as 3 2 1 5 Strange e is es 3 0 3 3 p. p 3 0 1 2 P. P 2 0 1 2 Andrews P. P 0 0 0 0 1100 t. t 17 i 9 27 ii 11 Totals 33 7 27 2112 12 Batted X-Batted for Blaeholder In Iii the eighth r Runs Run batted ln In vos- vos os 2 j E. E Moore Two Two-baz hits hits- A Error Yut Blaeholder Stolen bl 5 base Vos- Vos b 1 tik It Double play play- earson to Knickerbocker to TroskY nas f. f Ca b l I Blaeholder 2 2 Andrews I li m Struck uCk out 6 1 I 9 In fl 8 Andrews Andrew 0 In L 1 L |