Show YANKS HOLD TOP SPOT DESPITE 2 62 BEATING Washington Climbs to Fourth Place as Athletics Nose Out Boston 1211 12 in iii Slugging Match latch my By United Press The Yanks retained first place In the American league Wednesday despite their 6 to 2 beating by Washington Joe Cronin's outfit staged a six run spurt ill the first and breezed through behind Monte Weavers Weaver's discreet nine hit pitching Van Atta w was blasted from the New York mound In the first He was followed by Murphy and Smythe Together they allowed 11 safeties NEW YORK Crossett IS as S 1 3 6 Kuhel lb 5 1 14 4 0 Combi Cf 5 2 1 0 Myrr lb 4 2 0 5 Ruth rl 5 1 A 0 g It ii U. U 3 2 3 0 ib 3 1 12 0 IS as 4 0 0 4 Chapman ii I. I 4 1 1 0 Schulte ct cC 3 2 3 0 lb 4 1 a 20 o rt rl 3 1 3 0 R 4 13 rf 1010 lb 4 1 I 3 4 l' l TravIs ib 1 4 Y 1 0 2 g 9 0 0 0 0 Berg c. c 3 1 1 3 Murphy ht p. p 3 g 0 g 0 g Y 1 lve p p. p 4 1 I A AW 0 1 0 0 0 0 p. p W r 1 0 g 0 g 0 g Totals 12 Totals x for Murphy I In the eighth ht c New N- N York 2 OO 6 Summary rr Runs bat ed In Manush Cronin Cro- Cro nm nin Schulte Harris Berg Berr Wea er Dickey Dicker Harris Two base hl Travis bits combs t Three base hit Stolen base base- Schulte te LetI It on New base York I I. I Wash Wash- l 7 Bases e on Murphy balls 2 Smiths 1 r r 1 Struck t lb out t l hh 2 2 1 Weaver Wea- Wea ver Iver 3 3 VAn Hits Atta Alts 6 In I-f. I I. i-I. Lun Murphy hr 5 In 6 24 23 Smythe 0 tn in 1 Winning pitcher pitcher- Weaver Van pitcher Mis Atta Boston bowed to the Athletics 12 to 11 after alter an an old fashIoned slugging match The As A's battered four pitchers pitch pitch- ers for 16 hits including Bob John Jolin saris sari's homer in the seventh One ot of Boston's 13 safeties was Ducky Walters Walter's Wal- Wal ter's homer In the ninth with two on Boston contributed five errors I PHILADELPHIA I BOSTON 1 I 4 2 1 3 1 1 3 3 5 1 0 1 as 4 2 2 Ii 5 Coleman mn rt 4 2 5 lb 4 2 13 1 g lb r S I 8 g iu li if 5 3 IJ 0 1 I 36 3 6 2 1 1 d. d 4 3 1 0 Finney If t. t S 3 1 0 0 rf d. d 5 1 0 0 11 f 1 2 0 0 c. c 3 0 8 1 McNair M. M 4 2 t 3 3 Walters 4 1 1 3 Beng c. c I 0 3 0 P. P 2 2002 U hayes c 4 0 4 u p. p 0 0 0 0 g 3 g r Benton p C-p p. p 0 0 0 Y 1 g 0 0 g 8 0 h. h P. P 3 1 1 1 P. P 0 0 I 1 0 Kline KUne P. P 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 p. p 0 0 0 0 rJ Y 1000 g g g z t d 4 43 for 16 27 Totals In a the aith 37 13 27 2116 16 Betted Batted for tor Wa berc In the se nailed ear-nailed for tor Pennock In the ninth Philadelphia 12 Boston 13 11 Summary Runs batted bAited In hIggins 2 Rob Johnson 2 Cramer Coleman McNair Ha Hayes 3 no Roy Johnson 4 2 2 2 I Werber t 2 R Reynolds f Walters 1 2 Two base hUs hita 2 Cramer R. R John John- SOil McNair Dietrich Roi y Johnns John John- son ns n rn Waiters t rs en Home Osue runs Roy Weber Double plays plays- ra rJ rr to tro Werber r Wa War to r to to Foxx Oases on lails tJ 1 Dietrich 8 6 Kline I 1 Rhodes 3 Struck out Dietrich 8 6 Rhodes Rhodea 5 5 I 1 Pennock Pen Pen- nock noele 2 Benton lIlts 3 In 0 none out In tho firsti 3 In 5 23 KlIne 7 In 3 13 Rhodes d 9 in 5 53 2 3 2 I in 1113 3 1 WAlber 2 In 1 4 In 2 Wild pitch I ir Winning r Los Los- Inc r r Idle CI Cleveland veland replaced DetroIt nt at second position when the Tigers lost to the Browns 5 to 2 giving the Browns the series s. s two games sames to one Two home runs ort off Vie Sorrell scored aU all the St St. Louis runs Burns hit for tor the circuit In the tHird with CUlt aboard and Pepper Martin did likewise In the fifth with West and Burns on base ST. ST LOUIS I 4 1 2 1 I Ro e 1 ss IS 4 1 3 6 Wen vest ct cf B 0 3 1 Ge r 4 2 1 3 Burn Buma lb Ib 4 3 10 0 c. c 3 0 5 0 Pepper It 4 2 3 lb Ib 4 0 20 10 1 Cn noell yr rl S 3 0 3 0 Talker Jl If 4 I 1 1 0 4 0 2 I hite r 2 4 0 HemS c. c 4 3 r 3 I 2 Fox ct a 3 o 0 I 1 0 as 4 0 1 3 0 2 1 n fa g p p 4 0 0 p. p 1 g 0 0 0 p 0 0 0 1 da ll p. p y I g 0 g 0 8 0 l 1 I 1 0 0 Totals 16 6 21 27 2 Totals 32 s 7 2712 Batted a-Batted d for tor Sorn Sonell I In the fifth I Batted za for lor Auker ker In the 1 S t. t 5 D Detroit lOG lOG- 1003 3 2 |