Show J FOUR TEA S 'S SIN IN RAGE RACE FOR LOOP BUNTING Cubs Have Slight Lead ill in National Tigers Show New Form Bj Ry B The Associated Press NSW NEW tension has been injected Into a. a an interesting baseball race in Inthe Inthe the he National league The Chicago Cubs were in first place today by a margin marcin of only three games over the buri Pirates St. St Lows Louis In third place was only four and one half games away from the lenders leaders and the New York Giants standing fourth spotted potted the Bruins a five and end one- one game half margin mar n. n Despite the fact that hat the schedule favors the Inspired Cubs there are lIoe many possibilities ahead In the final stretch The Giants and Pirates both gained on the Cubs yesterday New York took both ends of a header double-header from Cincinnati 9 8 and Leslie 0 I. 0 Leslie Manns Mann's ninth cinch hit In the ninth Inning of the First game genie decided the issue and his home run In the second game with a I. I runner on base was enough for the victory The double d uble killing brought the he record of McGraws McGraw's club to nine wins out of 11 starts since It came home hone off oU the road WIN IVIN WI IN IS NINTH pulled a game out of the tM fire lire from the Brooklyn n Dodgers Wrights Wright's timely clout In the ninth sent Kiki Cuyler across the plate with the winning run rust Hill and Beak Doak hooked up In a I. I tight pitching duel and Hill would have scored a shutout had not Grantham let a throw from fron Coach Gooch go through him to center field The brothers did not figure in the scoring for the first tint time In many days The defeat lowered lovered the Robins In seventh place The Braves Bra climbed up by being Idle Cleveland made It two straight from S the th Yankees Willis Hudlin rescuing Buckeye In the fourth Inning l and arid coming through for a 7 4 victory It was the third straight defeat for the Yankees Yank s Babe Ruth played only one inning and after he had singled he retired saying he had hurt his back S STRENGTHEN l HOLD The Detroit Tigers strengthened their hold on second place in Sri the American league standing by beating Washington 11 4 Haskell Billings recruit collegian held the Senators well in hand after af r the second Inning while Horace Lizenbee the Washing Washing- Washington ton ace ac acas was as batted hl hard hand It was the Tigers' Tigers eleventh victory In succession Hellmann made three hits in four times Umes at bat Philadelphia batted three e White Sox Sax pitchers hard to gain an 8 6 decision The Th used three pitchers but Sammy Gray Gra the last to be called up upon up- up upon on 01 stemmed the th Chicago threat St. St Louis and the Boston Red Sox Sax mst met m t. t in the mound city In an angel angel- argument argument ment over last place The Brownies got into the class by winning both ends of a header double 5 0 and 4 3 and chilled the Boston hopes of ever getting setting out of the tM cellar |