Show Cincinnati Reds Slump V Pirates Hit Fast Clip B By BH H Henry L L. Farrell V United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK May l 24 Heinie Heinle Groh the wee captain of or the Cincinnati Reds was reported to have said In an Interview interview interview Inter inter- view recently Were We're lucky to be getting by He Inferred the team was hitting on only one cj cylinder Under 1 he iti of f th the worlds world's champions a changed last we week eek k Instead of getting b. b by they started getting down The The- Reds Reds' abdication of the National league throne before before- the insurrection of the Pirates of Pittsburg and a de- de of slugging in the American league j the th features of the fifth firth lap of oZ the major league race Hitting second in the league playing a tight defensive behind good steady pitching Gibsons Gibson's Pirates Won non five out of their six starts and jumped lumped from fifth firth to first rl e. ce The Cardinals by winning winning- four out of five games went vent into fifth place leaving the cellar vacant vacant vacant va va- va- va cant for fr tho the floundering Phils Behind the drop of the Phils is a bit bitof bitof bitor of or backyard gossip Those in in the know say the house of Carvath is divided against Itself caused the first murmur when he benched the veteran Luderus when he had within his gr grasp sp new worlds world's s record for consecutive playing play play- ing He put the weak hitting Paulette in his place Then he replaced Le Bor- Bor veau the sensation of the league with with whom he had been said sald to tobe tobe tobe be on the outs On Saturday he jerked Bancroft In favor of a busher and an open rebellion almost resulted Outside of or conducting a campaign against the pitchers the American league clubs went along at a consistent pace and remained in the same position with the smooth working Indians in the lead The American league stickmen pounded out hits during the week They rapped out sixty-one sixty doubles twentynIne twentynine twentynine twenty- twenty nine triples and sixteen home runs and Babe Ruth was laid up all week with the flu V |