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YANKEES HELD SCORELESSLEFTV GROVEFall Further Behindin Race With SenatorsJACK CUDDYUnited Press Staff CorrespondentNEW YORK, (U.R)—Lefty Grovefinally stopped them.This long, lean fire ball throwerfrom the Maryland hills turned back thfc world champion New York Yankees with their first sbut* out In two years and snapped their all-time record of consecutive' scoring games at 308.In one of baseball's most drama tic pitching performances Thurs day. the sullen gouthpa* of the Philadelphia Athletics, who topped American league hurlers for the past four seasons, shackled murderers row” with five scattered hjts and blanked the champions,7 to n.Slightly more than 6.000 fans were fortunate enough to witness the feat at Yankee stadium and to marvel as Grovr bore down with such terrific speed that the mighty I Ruth struck out throe thru s. once with bases loaded, and Larrauping I Lou Gehrig: struck out twice.Twice it seemed that Grove would fail. In the sixth two men were on base, with one out. Ruthand Gehrig were coming up But they both struck out. The climax came In the eighth when Crosetti,Combs and Sewell were on thebags, and only one out. Again Ruth struck out, and Gehrig flied out to end the inning.The Yanks had not been shut out since August 2. 1931, when Wiley Moore, then with the Boston Red Sox. let them down with three hits. Georage Pipgras, now I with the Red Sox. was Moore’s | Yankee monnd opponent that day. Since then the strongest pitchers In the league have been pitted against the Yanks, but, despite several narrow escapes, the McCarthy sluggers never failed to get at least one run.The Yanks’ string of 30*, scoring games betters the former mark of 132 held by Boston and Philadel nhia of the National league, made In 1S94. Th° old American league j mark was 127 games set by the Yanks in 1927.Johnny Allen was fli*' losingpitcher Thursday. He, Herb Pen-1 nock and fharMe Devens allowed the Athletics nine hits, including Jimmy Foxx's 30th homer of the season.This defeat enabled the Uague-leadin* Washington Senators toextend their advantage to threesames over the Yanks. The Senators beat Boston 8 tn 4, after collecting 14 hitR ofT five Rrd Sox pitchers, while Whitehill and Russell allowed ninf. Tn the only other American league game Cleveland beat St. Louts, 7 to 2. [
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Ames Daily Tribune Times
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Fri, Aug 04, 1933
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