The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-06
SPLIT SERIES
WITH BRAVES;
BUGS BEATEN
Rixcy, D0n0hue Pitch Cincies
to Twin Triumphs Over
Pittsburgh
LOU GETS nth HOMER
Brewers Tied With Kansas
City Blues For American
Association Lead
LOU GETS nth HOMER
BY The Associated Press

Inc dash Of the Giants toward the
top Of the standing today had
brought John McGraw's club from a
poor fourth to within one game of
the pace making Pittsburgh Pirates.
Holiday double headers yesterday
resulted in three Of the first division
teams breaking even, while Pitts
burfh was being set back twice by
Cincinnati.
The Giants bowed before the Bos-
ton Braves, G-l before they came back
for victory in the second, 8 to 3.
Boston stopped il New York winning
streak that had extended TO 10 games.
jacques Fourier, Braves veteran
first baseman, raped out a homer
with one man on base to clinch the
opener, while lIarper's two home runs
in the second game turned the tables.
Rixey and Donohue pitched Gin
cinnati to its twin triumphs over
Pittsburgh by scores of . to & and 4
to respectively. Everett Purdy, u
Pacific coast league product just
acquired by the Reds, clicked off q
home run in the first inning Of the
second game, with one man on. Long
George Kelly started both Of Gin
cinnati's winning rallies.
Weinert Helps Cubs Win
Manager Joe Mccarthy OF the Chi
cago Cubs sent Lefty Weinert, Just
acquired from the San Francisco Mis-
sion-nine to the mound for the open
ing game against ST. Louis, and Vein
ert responded by holding the worlds
champions to five hits and turned in
6 to l victory. Chicago previously
had lost seven straight games. St.
Louis took the next game, 2 to o.
Jess Haines held the Cubs to four
/ hits.
Brooklyn dropped both games to
the tailend Phillies, 6 to and to l.
Cy Williams smashed out his 25th
and 26th homers Of the year.
The American leagues star holiday
attraction was staged at Boston,
where the Red Sox carried the Yam
KEGS 10 innings in the first game and
I. then trimmed the leaders, by score
! of II to II. Gehrig hit his 44th hon.
| err in the third inning and tied Babe
Ruth in their smuggling duel. The
Yankees won handily in the second
game. to 0, but darkness called .
halt ut the end Of five innings.
l M8Ckmeu lrlm OeuatOIS
Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athlet
les strengthened their hold on Sec
ond place by trimming Washington
9 to /, and to 0.
Chicago and Detroit split, Thoma:
banking the Tigers in the opener.
to O. and Detroit winning the next, q
|; smuggling match. 10 to 6. Thoma.
permitted only four hits, none Of
them for extra bases.
Cleveland and st. Louis broke
even. The Indians squeezed out
| to 6 win in tke first game. Ballou
bestcd Buckeye in the second game
st. Louis gaining to 2 decision.
| Milwaukee's Brewers found them.
selves in tie for the league leader
| ship in the American association pen.
nant race today on level with the
Kansas City Blues.
| Brewers Set Back Blues
| The Brewers set back the Blues in
a double header holiday bill yester.
| day. wiping away the two game lead
of the Kansas City entry. The scores
were 3 to ! and IL to l.
| Toledo remained in third place
| dividing n double header with C0lum-
bus, losing the first 2 and and
winning the second, 10 to 6.
st. Paul and Minneapolis were in
tie for fourth place after splitting
a double bill. st. Paul won the OPP
ener to 2, and dropped the epilOgue
2 to 6.
Louisville and indianapolis also
divided the holiday program. The
| Colonies took the first half IL to G.
and fell in the other half, to !.