| Show I PIRATES PIRA TES NEED SINGLE BATTLE TO CINCH FLAG FLAIl Babe Ruth Ties Home Rain Hun Record Anxious to Shatter Mark 1 MarkBy By The Associated Press interest was divided to today to- to today today BASEBALL B day between Babe Ruths Ruth's effort to establish a 1 new home run record and the closing maneuvers ers In the Na Na- National National league race where the Pittsburg Pirates need only o one more victory to clinch the flag flair al although al- al although a though St St. Louis a and New York arc are not altogether out Y of ot the running s Rut Ruth h yesterday 5 tied his 1921 record of 59 M home runs I when he belted the t ball out of the sta sta- stadium stag ta- ta g V in the tho fifth mth V inning of ot the Washington Wa game bulls which New York won 15 The bases were ere loaded at the moment and Paul Hopkins a a. recruit was wag pitching Ruths Ruth's fifty eighth circuit smash sm sh came camen In n the first inning with the bases ba empty and Horace Lizenbee on the mound More than fans jumped to their heir feet and acclaimed the Babe as his lis ninth fifty soared red over the right field wall In the thc seventh Ruth caromed the ball off of the right field wall vail for tor a triple t tr plc and in the ninth he hedroe drove e a 0 towering fly to right which came down a few tew feet inside the play play- playing ing ng field and Into a fielders fielder's hands NEEDS rEDS ONE O E MORE l The captain of the home run In Industry In- In Industry industry has two more games to play against Washington and is confident he e will wIH get his sixtieth homer before tl 1 curtain h I- I rung down on the Amer- Amer AmerIcan Amerlean lean Ican can league season Much of the In the National league eague race passed assed out yesterday esterday when Cincinnati clapped on a 3 2 3 beating to o the St St. Louis Cardinals With burG players In the stands the Reds got ot to Frankhouse Texas league re- re recruit cruit for tor nil all their thel runs in the fourth Aside A from irom that Inning Frankhouse who ho had won his first five starts In fat fast company was well-nigh well ble le He pave cave only five lve hits but while the he Cardinals touched Jakie Jakle May for they did not bunch them th m with effect i i I New York or St. St Louis Is isto Isto to 0 get pet into the running the the- Pirates must drop all three games at Cincin- Cincin nati Should that highly improbable upset oset occur and the Giants win their three games ams and the Cardinals win the two wo they have left to play all three trams teams would be in a n. final tie Nation Natio National al 1 league rules that in such suc in an event a rips s-rips of ot nine lAmeS flames mu must f t. t j i bl be jp played clayed to determine the winner I That would hold un UD the worlds world's series series' s for or 10 days d v or longer I Two other games gam were played ye ve in ip fi VP majors In the Amerl- Amerl AmerlIA can n. IA n. n Philadelphia la ran up against a t I tarter artir t in IT Bradley Eastern Ic le lu gu- gure su TC- TC who th Boston BC ton Red Six S Sixto S SIXto x xo to o a 6 1 victory vict ory ry The ob- ob obtained only fie f il e l K Cantrell C a a. new neV addition to the Philadelphia hurling corps vas was r pi i ad 14 time times nn JOSE fOSE The Nationals roamed oer n er the Boston Braves 7 Kent Ket Greenfield was the Oua- Oua en cr rs him hm for 13 hits and sv- sv s v- v vi rw i runs TUns in the first seven innings 3 Ray Riy Miller young pitcher Ditcher from Syracuse II kept ept his hits r I |
