Show PIRATES L LICK JCK CUBS 4 TO 0 Gooch Clouts Home Run with Two Men Ien on oil Bases By n The Associated J Press Splitting even on their two two- game ame series eries the league leading Pirates and Cubs turned their batting barrages es upon slightly less formidable ble foes toes today When the tho Pirates downed the challengers the tho Cubs 4 to 0 yesterday they not only retained 1 their narrow margin of ot leader leader- leadership leadership ship in the tho league but also held the tho lead lea In the private duel be between be be- between tween teen the two clubs Of Ot 12 games they have ha played tho the Pirates have ha haewon won seven and the Cubs five After being and in the first game ame the Pirates came camo back strong for their victory Ictor To win they needed need cd the best efforts of their league leading stars stars Lee Lee Meadows who has won a better percentage of games than any other National league hurler Paul Waner who ho hoIs Is setting the tho pace in runs hits hiU doubles and triples and Harris who has the best batting average The decisive hit bit of the game Same however was as a homer from the bat of Johnny Gooch Pirate catcher in the sixth with two to tomen men on Hack Wilson cf the tho Cubs who leads the league In homers homer fanned with three on base In the third and Stephenson another of the hard hitting Chicago outfield outfield- outfielders ers missed ed a similar chance In Inthe inthe the ninth Murderers' Murderers row was meek before the slants of Mead Mead- Meadows ead- ead and Grimm with two ho blows in three chances was the only Chicago batsman who could hit him with any consistency The Cubs made only four hits hi to 12 1 for the Pirates off oft Carlson As though purposely giving the whole stage to the Pirate-Cub Pirate battle rain drowned out the only other two games scheduled both bothin in the American league Road trip ending the Giants looked forward to a a. few fat weeks with the eastern teams after meet meet- meeting meetIng meeting ing many hard knocks in the west Meanwhile their three rivals in the first division Pirates Cubs and Cardinals will be fight fight- fighting fighting ing It out largely between them them- selves The Cubs prepared to open a series with the Cardinals with a a. double header while the tho I Buccaneers meet easier casler opposition in the Reds The name of or Chief Bender fa famous fa- fa famous a- a Athletics p chor of or 10 years ago was back in the box scores and the baseball limelight for a a. Defying his 44 H years the Chief pitched a one hit shut-out shut for tho the Johnstown club of the Middle Atlantic 11 league of which he tie Is manager against the Jean- Jean Jeanette Jeanette Jeanette ette Pa team |