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Show Robins Take National Loop Lead As As Cut Washington's Margin Cubs, Yanks, Braves Win Memorial Day Double Headers (By United Tress) Interval of tha nation's baseball fans today centered on lha meeting meet-ing of tha rhllajrlphla Athletics and tha W'aehlngton fenatoro, current cur-rent American lesgus lesdera, at Hhlhe park, Philadelphia. rrvvloua lo yeeterda) a douhlr vlctory..tha Aihletlca hed won only two of nlna starta against Washington Wash-ington this season. Al Pltnmone and Rookie fhorl-stop fhorl-stop trie MrNair gaia tha Alacka a I lo 4 victory In I us thlrleea-in-nlng aeries upeiter. Tha second gwma waa a free hitting ronttst. In which ihs Athlriirs iun4ed (our pitchers for a It lo 11 win. lirooklyn'o Itnhine broke a tie with tha tit. luls Cardinals for first plsca In tha National league, taking both ends of a rtnuhls header from I'hlladelphla. whiff Ilia Cards wera dropping a pair a( gsmea lo riil'-ago. scouts IASY WIN Cllae liudley scored an easy victory vic-tory In lha opener, piling up an II to I score. Tha IWulna won the eecund. II lo t. Tha Chicago Tubs dropped the ft. Iritis Cardinals la eecond place hy Isking both games of a duubls header. 3 to a and la I. A. double victory over the bniton Red bog, 4 lo 4 avnd T to 1, gavs tha New York Vankcea third plsca in tha American league. The de-frsls de-frsls nlended Hustons losing streak to thirteen games. New York's slipping (ilanls rs. tlnqulehed fifth place In the National Na-tional league to Ihe Boston Braves, losing two lough games by ta I scores. Detroit won from Cleveland twice, ( lo t and lo 4. dropping tha Indiana ta fourth place In the Amerli-en league. flfATSS, REDS OIVIOC I'lltahurg and Cincinnati divided a double beader. tha Iteda winning lha first game, t to I. behind Ited l.ucaa' effective pitching, and the rirstea piling up an early lead tu win tha second, T to 4. A three-run attack In the tenth ggvs tha Chicago Whits fog I f ll I victory over Kt. I.ouis. but III errors by big mates prevented Ted |