Show I t CARDS CARrs ARDS TAKE TAKE FIRST FIRST n w n GAME GAME OF CRUC CRUCIAL v VW V SERIES FROM CUBS TO TU ASSUME ASSUME ASSUME- LEi SOUTHWORTH OUTFIT HALF HALFf f GAME IN LEAD P Pittsburg Remains Third by y Drubbing Cincinnati R Reds d 6 to 3 t I 1 NATIONAL ATIO AI OVY j 1 Tram Team Standing Standing- t Jf Won Lost Lat pet Lou I. I SO 13 r I i i Po 10 16 1 12 71 Boston 14 II IS 15 5 Philadelphia 13 15 13 O f 3 r Ne v e W. W York 4 11 ii 16 If eo 07 Cincinnati 11 ii 11 19 12 67 Brooklyn 10 13 ID 3 Thursday Result I. I Chicago 3 St. St Louis Louts 6 I Boston 4 New Joew York Tork 11 ii Cincinnati 3 S. S Friday Forecast r Boston Doton at t New York Tork clear i Philadelphia at Brooklyn clear t Cincinnati at t rain Chicago at St. St Louis Loul partly cloudy s1 ST ST. LOUIS May 24 AP The AP-The The St St. Louis Cardinals National league champions of 1928 1921 played baseball of ot c championshiP Thursday and went first place in 1929 pennant race rac by defeating the Chicago Cubs 61 to 3 in the opener j jo o a three three game series The Car Cardinals are now a half game ahead I Bruins T h e veteran Clarence Mitchell Hornsby allowed the visitors eleven hits but i. as was effective in the tho pinches Andy High ligh was the Cardinal batting star or of the day getting three hits in including in In- eluding a homer in the first inning one man on Roger Rogers Hornsby Cardinal manager went hitless hit hit- l less s on his first appearance here this season CHICAGO it ST. ST L LOUIS 4 0 1 5 A l f i Ar i 5 4 1 3 I 4 0 3 0 6 5 1 2 0 4 3 0 4 3 0 1 4 4 1 2 6 5 I 2021 0 2 1 3 1 13 12 1 4 1 0 0 4 fl 0 0 0 4 2 5 16 15 0 4 1 2 0 4 4 3 2 2 0 3 0 4 3 2 3 0 0 1 2 2131 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 a 00 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 Beck 1 1000 0 0 0 I J Totals 25 11 24 4 11 Ii Totals 31 it S II 27 16 Deck Beck batted for Blake BUke In eighth n SCORE BY DY I INNINGS S Chicago 0 0 0 oo Ii 0 1 3 00 0 3 0 3 St. St Louis Loula 6 2 0 11 0 2 x 6 8 SUMMARY Runs English 2 Stephenson Douthit 2 J. J Wilson 2 I. Mitchell Error Error- Error Error- 1 L. Wilson Runs batted tn High tn-High High 4 4 Mitchell Bottomley 1 1 Hornsby Horneby 2 2 Grimm 1 Two base hits bits English Grimm Three base Jilt Mitchell t Home run run High J. Sacrifices J. J Wilson Horns Horns- by Double plays plays plays-Hornsby Hornsby to Grimm G felbert lbert eibert to Frisch to Bottomley Lefton Left Lefton Lefton on bases Chicago bases Chicago t 9 9 St St. Louis 9 Bases Base on cn balls Off balls Off Blake 6 6 off Bush 1 off Mitchell 3 Struck c out ct out out-By By Mitchell 1 m i ol Hits Hits Ott Off DI Blake 7 tr In T I Innings off Nehf 1 In 3 1 Inning oft off Bush 1 1 In 33 4 3 Inning Losing pitcher pitcher Blake Um- Um t RI RIsler ler McLaughlin and Start Hart Time i o |