SPORTS.' TTTE EYEXIXG STAtt. WASTTTXGTOX. D. C\, THTTCSDAY, ATTOFST 18. 1028. SPORTS. 31 Rampaging Tigers to Leap at Griffmen: Cardinals Boost Lead to 31-2 Games Griffs, While Awaiting News | CARRY OFF HONORS IN tM. VVCiItOIM) TKINNIS EVENTS | BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS | ONCE-MEEK KITTIES AMERICAN LEAGUE. WIN OVER BRAVES From Boss, Beat Browns Again YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. Washington. I: St. Louis. 3. Detroit. «: Philadelphia. 3. (hiraao. »: New York. I. Cleveland. «. ¦W ? HIIE watting for news of wildly past first base. Melillo th°n beat 7; Boston. FALTER NOW ON | GIANTS WDM d| r AS % \ / purchases of sorely-needed 1 | out a bunt that moved McNeclv to STANDING OF THE CU BS. utility by their boss, . j third, but when i v \/ players the situation was eased 2 a > T T who in company with the j Schang whiffed and entirely relieved ! Club Starting Series Here ¦ a y Ruih’s 45th Homer Fails to ill~ club's scout Is somewhere in i ; when Gray drilled into a double play. a a o e J* Dixie, the Nationals continue to get The Nationals staked themselves to a , 2 t Tomorrow Has Won 15 of along with the meager amount of ma- a second marker in the fourth with Joe ,IJ2i2 e- Save Yanks, but Macks | single, : terial at hand. With all but one of Cronin’s Harris’ erasure and * **s - reservists, ¦>.l it zi their available excepting Muddy Ruel’s double, and after the \ew Y.irk l.i rif i* H 111 i. r. Last 22 Games. another I Browns had Also Are Trimmed. pitchers, in use. they hung wasted two singles coming I’hiladelphia . 7—17 !» 11l 13 II 13 73 II -IW7 yesterday. shiner on the Browns The after two were out in the fifth, the home st. Louis —il 111 lit lit .-»« .77 70‘> away J 7 :t H j Mound City gang's second successive club turked the game. Rice singled Chicago |l h"h «I .MG by wisely pulled up i_7 l xJ»Si i Be (hr- BY JOHN B KH.1.1 K i licking here was 4 to 3 and at third as Goslin I Cleveland . I 51 V Iti— SI KIISt Si . Itil Ar.sociatS-c! Jress. ; any however, club j grounder outfit thinks At time now offi- doubled. Judge’s hot to I.u ' Detroit I .V 61 T ,3IMI—~H7tl « tin small part of the tension which still expecting hear that Presi- Blue let Rice tally Reeves’ single from it has a great chance land cials are to and Washington" I H 7 M.I IS has been removed the Na- to a Clark Griffith and Scout Joe Engel ! sent the Goose sIJ—K7I League race, first-division berth before the dent home. ] Boston 7'3<l fl 7 (111 II VJ .Ittilt tional for the mo- have found something in the Southern Twice thereafter, the Browns began least, by Lon s American League season closes l.osl 17 II 77 til «3 li'J 111 73 ment at a St. Association, the Southeastern League ! innings with doubles, but each time SOMEvictory and New York defeat, ANOTHER a —the Detroit club- will be here or some other minor organization below Biaxton was equal to the occasion, GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. tomorrow to start a three-game set. 1 I but the American League quarrel per- here that may be helpful to the Na- McNeely hit a two-bagger in the sixth St. Louis at Wash'ton. Detroit at Wash’ton. the state it Although the Tigers this morning held i ! s > ts in remaining in just tionals during "'-le remainder of the j and got as far as third base as the Detroit at Phila. St. Louis at Phila. reached 10 days ago, when the Athletics such a slight advantage over the Na- leas'., fhc club is doing its second was made, Cleveland at Boston. Cleveland at N. Work. i tionals that results of day's play season at | out but Gray skied Chicago at New York. Chicago at Boston. | came to the peak of their spurt in the a could best now with the 19 of its 21 players ! to Rice. Schulte walloped eight h- bring about an exchange of their po- an | West. able to get into a game. During the | inning double and Kress sacrificed' Mc- While the Cardinals were increasing sitions. they have been a chipper lot of this month may have Neely’s fly Rice for remainder it to was short and Sam s NATIONAL LEAGUE. ! their lead over the Giants to three and some time and rather confident they as many as 25 on the active payroll good throw home turned Schulte bark Mack- will continue to climb as they have YESTERDAY S RESULTS. j one-half games yesterday, the though, and it might be well have | to the far corner, then Clyde Brooklyn. Pittsburgh. since the latter part of July. to Manion «; 7. i men were refusing for the second time three or four more reservists hanging batted for Melillo and lofted to Chicago, fi: New York. 7. mainly West. 1 in two days to reduce the Yankee mar- Their confidence is the result around. St. Louis. 7. Boston. of the pace have followed since Schulte Cincinnati. It;Philadelphia, t. -1 gin to the same figure. The Champions they was entirely too much for straight to the they concluded their second invasion Garland Braxton was the only one Braxton. The Browns’ center-fielder STANDING OF THE CLUBS. ' dropped their second White Sox. but the Mackmen similarly of the East in Juiy. They went home of the eight pitchers needed for service | stepped to the plate four times for two / circuit, | / ! exposed their chins to the Tigers for then in last place in the but yesterday The slender southpaw, after i doubles and as many singles. He scor- t i »¦**=¦« 1 % many days. proceeded knock the props from un- row’, de 2 £ the second tirAe in as to taking three lickings in a and two ! his club’s first run and drove over I •5 s , 2 2 l s The latest Yankee reverse, decorated a ~ der all their Eastern guests, took good take, its last. _ of them tough to came back in | / """7 /—Wm I i -t s 7 v 1928 home fling at the Indians and have started great fashion to register win over the ! i with Babe Ruth's forty-fifth a fgfl t « swing year through good, Mike Martin. National’s trainer, / Jim jg J v run. was due chiefly to the antics of their final of the He had be too, for cx- * Browns. to Jr. woa. BJ 8 ft. S 7. ; Urban Faber, the ancient spit-halier, the East m good style. Sam Gray did the fltnging for the visi- | fleets to be relieved of his tonsils to- St. Louis : ~«! 7 II »171t70 It «27 I In their home morrow. Any light, wounds sustained by j who for 15 years has been a particular stand George Moriar- tors and Sam made no mean job of it. New York t lit It l»i 713 6343 ,B«MI j ty's games played. the Washington players during . 11, » I S'—l j nuisance to Ruth and the Yankees men took 11 of the 16 the hits the next Actually, Browns got more j days A Chicago HI 10 ti HIO I6HMM 30 .761 few will be dressed bv Francis and that takes in several years of the Then they walloped the Indians in two off Braxton than the Nationals did off j \yk « II —ll 7 Hilt .57ft Cincinnati if «t 111 of three engagements. At Philadelphia ! Reilly Baxtor. major-domo of the club- Babe's servitude in Boston Old Urban Gray, the safety count favoring the ... I 7 H 7 lilt 97H 7(1,7:17 against house. Pittsbureh received gleaming support from Johnny the Athletics they have been visitors. 11 to 10. Gray was much! Brooklyn II 77 * 7 Cl it 77 77. 11l I successful of | Mas til and Chalmer Cissell as he won in two three starts That's wilder than Braxton. though, and while ! Boston :t :t V :t !>33 a , J> 6i>.:ti7 by but he could have slipped by record of IS victories in their last the four passes he issued did not figure Philadelphia t II C, fl 3! 5! 8 to 4. TRACK WILL CONTINUE. U—<39!7U.3H3 ! worse backing. tilts. And the record has raised in the Washington scoring as did the j \ 4 Lost . It 13 7<l lit 30 77 «» I t—— ] with much the to CHICAGO. August (/V).—Uncer- tk-x» djff Tigers from last sixth position ione walk off the local hurler in the St. 16 j. : | Faber Joins Homer Club. in Mr Barnard's bunch of ball clubs. Louis lall.v-making, his inability to tainty over who would control Arling- GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW, j ' satisfied with silencing most of During their splurge the Tigers have locate the plate got him into trouble | ton Park. Chicago’s “society” race Brooklyn at Pittsb'gh.Brooklvn at Chicago. Not been hitting hard and timely, fielding track, has been dispelled • New York at Chicago. New York at St. L. i the weapons in murderers’ row. Faber several times. When he eased up to get j j by aiinounce- ts \ /|J Phila. at Cincinnati. Phila. at Pittsburgh. well and getting much good over, ! ment that the present /' \ j Jo/ned the home run club with a neat pitching the bail the Nationals socked him I stockholders will Boston at St.