In the American League, the once-commanding lead of the New York Yankees, was again reduced as the Jeague leaders bowed to the Chicago White Sox. It took the Sox ten inf ings to perform the feat and hang up a 6-5 victory, but they effectively sewed up the game with one run án the tenth inning and brought themselves within five games of the Yankees.
The Detroit Tigers were idle today, their game with the Philadelphia Athletics having been rained out, but they held their third-place position in- the loop, while the fourth-place. Boston Red Sox took a 6-5 beating' from the Cleveland Indians en the latter's diamond.
In moking his first three-figure score in Tests, Hutton displayed a wide variety of strokes in a sound, albeit slow, innings lasting 200 minutes. He hit eight boundaries, and his first wicket partnership with Barnett, who made 62 before putting up a tame catch to Kerr at mid-on off Cowie, produced an even 100 runs in 105 minutes, Hutton was caught by Dunning at mid-off off Vivian.
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