Show ROOT TURNS I IN ANOTHER I CU CUR VICTORY Former Coaster Blanks Blank Phillies Ph ll cs Cobb Stars frith V th the Willow WillowBy By The Associated Press THE Chicago Cubs today had a bet bet- better better ter grip on first firs t place in th the National league as a result of Charlie Roots Root's twenty third of the sea sea- on He blanked blanke r He tail tall end end Phil s s. s 8 0 and pu put ifs ils team three ames ahead o one ot of F ne Pirates x A St. St Louis was wasile t ile Ue yesterday esterday but bu s 5 only a whisper Jt ut of second place n y j virtue of th the BI Pirates even In a double header heade e. e I. I against Boston B 05 ton u Kent Greenfield G I Charlie Root Koot who would come In handy in the Giant Glan lineup these days pitched the Braves Brave to a 5 1 verdict over the Pirates in the first game He lIe allowed only three thre hits and had a D. shut out until 1 th the ninth inning Ray Kremer assumed the pitching burden in the second and the Bucs Bues spotted him a lead in to the first Inning that was enough to win The final score was wa 8 81 the Waner brothers getting in their deadly work with seven hits be be- be between between tween them Vance finally received something some some- something thing approaching good support and he pitched Brooklyn to a 2 1 win over ove Cincinnati The Robins were out- out hit Jakie Jakle May pitched well but the Reds failed to o hit behind him Once again the mauling Yankees set back the Detroit Tigers 8 82 Lou Gehrig cracked his fortieth home run of the year and went Into a tie with Babe Ruth for the lead Herb Pennock had the Tigers rich right where he wanted them with the ex exception ex- ex exception exception of the fifth Inning when McManus belted a 11 home run with one on base b e. e MacFayden pitched and batted the Boston Red Sox to a 6 4 win over Chicago He stepped into the box In n the eighth and cut down an ambi ambi- ambitious ambitious White Sox rally and then sin sin- singled singled home the winning runs in the ninth Cleveland ran its winning streak to five ive games by handing Washington a i 7 5 trimming Tom Zachary lasted five Ive Innings s on the mound and was followed by Marberry and Burke Durke Hud- Hud HudIn HudlIn tin lIn In was bitted batted out in the third but Buckeye did effective relief work TyCobb Ty Ty Cobb collected five singles In as many times at bat and led uhla to a 6 1 6 1 victory over the St St. Louis Browns The pound- pound pounded rd ed Ballou hird h rd and he was relieved by Elam In the sixth |