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Sox Point for As First, Then Bosox Richards Says His Club Is Playing Game at a Time; Stretch Win Streak to 14 By TIM CANTY United Press Sports Writer Pilot Paul Richards of the American League-leading White Sox said today he wont worry about the rising Boston Red Sox until Sunday. Richards pointed out that the White Sox must get past the Philadelphia Athletics Friday and Saturday, and said his hustling ball club is playing out its win. streak — now at 14 in a row — one game at a time. "Well worry about the Red Sox Sunday when we go out to meet em at Comiskey Park," he said. But local fans, 34,856 of whom attended yesterdays double-header with the St. Louis Browns, were expected to come out in large numbers to worry over the battle 1 of the Soxes. They felt they owed something to the Boston club. The morning of Memorial-Day, the White Sox were in first place s * by only .024 percentage points over the NewYork Yankees. By evening, the Bosox had dumped the Yankees twice, the White , Sox had won twice, and had a two-game.* margin over the second-place Yankees. The Boston Red Sox were in third place, threes, games behind. Just Playing Ball "Were just playing ball," Richards saicLi after his club won its fourteenth straight "Were playing good ball." He said hej| didnt "see any reason why we cant keep it up." j "The boys," he said, "havent tightened up yet, although naturally they all knotig theyre on a win streak." 5 After the second game, few of the Soxi could be heard talking about anything butj| the game just played, in which they woqj 8-1. They were arguing that they migljfl have had another run. "I like this ball club," said pitcher RaniH Gumbert, the ex-Yankee who now has wH three in a row for the South SiderjH "Theyre all trying. There are no primal donnas on the club. Everybody tries real hard. "You know," he continued, "Speaking for myself, I dont want to win just -%f myself — but for Richards, too. Theres™B| great guy."
