Show Major Leaguers A At t Half Way Mark Now Senators Win First From Yankees Babe Ties With Gehrig By The Associated As Press MAJOR league teams today reached the way halt mark in their pen pen- pennant pennant nant campaigns ns with the Interest of pitched I high Tho Washing Washing- Washington ton Senators run run- running 4 ning their winning I spurt to 10 games l a yesterday yes t e r day are hurling a new and more defiant chal chal- challenge chalI lenge to o the t ma marauding I 11 n Yankees I In the American I league while In I the National the persistent Chicago Cubs are threat threat- threatening threatening 1 j ening to overhaul Pittsburg from the a o tut crest Charlie C h r 11 e Root turned in his victory of the sea sea- season season season son yesterday esterday for the Cubs holding the world champion St. St Louis Car- Car Cardinals Cardinals to six hits and beating them 7 7 This performance not only strengthened the Chicago hold on second place but coupled with Cin Cm- Cincinnati's 5 4 victory over brought Joe McCarthys McCarthy's club within a half game of the top Today's de developments de- de developments developments should help the Chicago cause couse for while St. St Louis Invades Pittsburg for fr a I holiday header double r the Cubs play host to the tall end Cincinnati Reds R ds CLOUTS HOMER Babe Ruth went back into a tie with Lou Gehrig In their run home-run duel by clouting his lit of the sea sea- season seaOn season son On in the first inning but the Sen Sen- Senators Senators won 6 Horace LIsenbee Washington's sensational recruit was credited with wih another r Yankee scalp although he was hammered from the mound The Yankee defeat stopped a seven game winning streak and reduced the lead head of the to nine and one half games Detroit's seven game spurt was halted halt d when Cleveland pounded out outa a 9 10 victory at Navin Na field The Tiger setback marked the first time Detroit had been forced to change pitchers in eight games Rip Collins being replaced by Carroll in irs the sixth inning The Chicago White Sox took th the last of their game four-game series with St. St Louis by a 2 batting orgy 14 10 Ray Schalks Schalk's team scored eight runs In the seventh se Blankenship went the route rout on the mound for forthe forthe forthe the Sox Box SoKen Ken Williams smashed out two homers and Bib Falk Talk one WIN VIN TWIN TWI- BILL New Yorks York's National league representatives representatives both came through with double victories The Giants nosed n ed out the Boston Braves 6 5 and 8 7 although Larry Benton was pounded out of the box bos in the first inning of the second game when Boston scored five ive runs Norman started stared his first game in the tho box for Brooklyn and allowed only three hits to Phila Phila- delphia winning inning 3 Cy Williams hit a I run home in the first inning The flatbush flock traveled 11 in innings In- In Innings Innings to win in the second game 6 Williams hammered out his second run home-run of the day in this game bringing his season total to 15 |