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Further BehindSenatorsJACK CUDDYUnited Press Staff CorrespondentNEW YORK, M’.P'- Lefty Grove I finally stopped them.This long lean fire ball throwerfrom (he Maryland hills turned back the world champion NewYork Yankees with thPir first shut* out in two years and snapped tfnir all timlt; record of consecutive scoring games at Ht8.In on* of baseball's most drama tic pitching performances Thursday. the sullen southpaw of thePhiladelphia Athletics, who topped American league hurlers for the past four seasons, shackled mur-, derers row” with five scattered hits and blanked the champions,7 to o.Slightly more than 6.000 fans were fortunate enough to witness i the feat at Yankee stadium and to marvel as Grove bore down with such terrific 8pced that the mighty Ruth struck out three times, once with bases loader!, and Larrauping Il/ou rjfhrie stru»k out twice.Twice it seemed that Grove would fail. In the sixth two men were on base, with one out. Ruth and CJphrig were coming up But | they both struck out. The climax | came in the eighth when Crosetti. Combs and Sewell were on thebaes. and only out. AgainRuth struck out and Clt; nrig filedout to end the innirgThe Yanks had rwf b«en shut out since August ? IWl. when Wile\ Mnnre. then w ifh the Boston Rpd Sox. let them down with 'thre. hits. Georagt Pipsrras. now with the Red Sox, was Moore’s Yankee mmind opponent that day. Since then the strongest pitchers In the lea^up have been pitted against the Yanks, but, despiteSeveral narrow escapes, the McCarthy sluggers never failed to get at least one run.The Yanks’ string of 30v scoring games betters the former mark of 132 held by Boston and Philadelphia of the National league, madeIn 1S94 The old American league mark was 127 games set bv the Yanks In 1927.Johnny Allen was Aie losingpitcher Thursday. He. Herb Pen-nock and Charlie Devens allowedthe Athletics nine hits, includingJimmy Foxx s SOfh homer of the season.
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Ames Daily Tribune Times
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Fri, Aug 04, 1933
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