New Britain herald., 1926-09-14
CINCINNATI TIES CARDS
 w NATIONAL SCRAMBLE
Reds Beat Brooklyn For Fourth Consecutive Time 5 While St. Louis Loses 14-Innng Battle to Boston Giants Hand Pittsburgh Setback-Chicago Beats
 ,. Phillies-Tigers Beat Tanks in Twin Bill-White 7 Sox Take Two From Athletics

By the Associated Press.
 < Cincinnati and St. Louis were laundering down the home stretch neck and neck today in the Ma tional championship, the banner at fraction at the big league race track. However, there can be no deadheat in this baseball thriller. Both clubs have F games to go and even though they keep abreast and win II contests, one team must lose in the other for one game remains to be played between the Cards and Reds before the seasons curtain drops.
 Bolstered by their third consecu- tive conquest in Brooklyn by 4 to o. jihe Cincinnati outfit drew up on sfo,Ial terms with St. Louis which igave way by to in II innings at Boston. The Cardinals schedule calls for six games with Philadel- phia. three with New York, two with Brooklyn and one with Cincinnati before the finish while the Reds sbaye three with the Giants, two swith the Robins, three with the Braves, and three with the Phillles in addition to the start against St. Louis.
 Pittsburgh's chances to attain the crest were dismissed by a to set back administered by the Giants leaving the Pirates two and one-halt games in the rear of the leaders and ;two games in front of the Cubs. !. Eppa Rixey hurled the shutout over Brooklyn, limiting the Robins to four safeties. His opponent, Bur leigh Grimes, was nicked for SIX hits.
 j. After weathering clashes with all the ring leaders of the pennant crisis, it was the Cards misfortune to run against the Boston snag, isyielding the final game of a series when Cooney's single in the l4th produced the winning run. St. Lotus lost three of four contests at Boston The Cardinals game with the Braves on schedule for today was played as part of doubleheader September Il.
 While Chicago's chances for the flag were somewhat remote, the < team bettered its mathematical op- portunity by defeating the Phillies 2 to 1. Blake keeping seven hits 1, well distributed.
 George Grantham, Corsair first baseman, pounded out a brace Of home runs against Jimmy Rlng put the Giants were not to be denied in the third game of the series. Mana ger McKechnie's attempt to snatch the game from the fire with 20 play CTS was useless. Four of them were pitchers.
 The Tygers took the Yankees into camp twice by to and 10 while Cleveland was hanging q b to 8 Indian sign on the Senators. The results permitted Cleveland to gain a game and half on the New Workers whose lead in the American now has receded to five and one-halt games.
 Eighteen players got into the Yankees llneup III lIlc htot S"iH| 'i which Dauss came out victor in the box. Gibson silenced the New York bats to three hits in the nightcap.
 At Cleveland, Shaute won his own ball game, doubling with the bases filled in the seventh to decide the contest. Shaute gave out four safe blows. The Indians were preparing 10 take on the Yankees in the six game series starting tomorrow.
 Pinch Hitter McCurdy's triple with the bases loaded in the eighth gave the White Sox to victory in the second part of twin bill with the Athletics. Philadelphia won the opener by to ? when Connally weakened in the 18th permitting a three-run rally.