The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-09
CHICAGO ACE
HURLS team
TO TRIUMPH
yGooch Accounts for Lone
Pittsburgh BingIe In
Eighth Frame.
CUB RUN is UNEARNED
Ninth Consecutive Victory
for BruinS-Strengthen
Hold on Lead.

BIZ United Press
PITTSBURGH, July 9.-The Chi
cago Cubs assured themselves of 60
ing East at the head of the Nationa
League Friday when Charley Roo
pitched them to a 1-to-G victory
over the Pittsburgh Pirates. 1t was
the Bruins second straight win ovel
the Pirates and their ninth consecu.
tive victory. The final game of the
series will be played today.
Root pitched masterful ball, hold
ing the Pirates without a hit unit
two were out in the eighth wher
Gooch singled to left. 1t was the
only hit the Bushmen could get of
the Cub ace. ~
Play in detail
r. First Inning
CHICAGO = Adams popped tc
Traynor. Pick famed. Webb
singled to left. Wilson was out
Meadows to Harris. NO RUNS
ONE HIT. NO ERRORS.
PITTSBURGH-L. Waner walked
and was thrown out, Hartnett to
Adams, in trying to steal second
Groh popped to Adams. P. Waner
flied to Wilson. NO RUNS. NC
HITS. NO ERRORS.
Second Inning
CHICAGO-Stephenson was out
Harris to Meadows, who covered
first. Grimm doubled to left. Hart
nett fouled to Gooch. Beck was
safe on Traynor's wild throw to first
Grimm scoring. Root flied to P
Waner ONE RUN. ONE HIT. ONE
ERROR.
Observation-Disclosures fouled to
Pick. Adams threw out Grantham
ADAMS threw out Barnhart. NC
RUNS. NO HITS. NO ERRORS.
Third Inning
CHICAGO-AdamS beat out an
infield hit to third. Pick sacrificed
Groh to Harris. Webb flied to
Barnhart. Grantham threw out
Wilson. NO RUNS. ONE HIT. NO
ERRORS.
PITTSBURGH-Harris flied to
WEson. Gooch famed. Adams
threw out Meadows. NO RUNS,
NO HITS. NO ERRORS.
Fourth Inning
CHICAGO-Traynor threw out
stephenson. Grimm singled over
second. Hartnett beat out an infleld
hit to short, Traynor threw out
Beck. Groh threw out Root. NO
RUNS. TWO HITS. NO ERRORS
PITTSBURGH-L. Waner flied
to Stephenson. Beck threw out
Groh. P. Waner flied to Webb. NO
RUNS. NO HITS. NO ERRORS.
Fifth Inning
CHICAGO-Adams struck out.
Pick popped to Traynor. Weta,
tripled to right. Wilson struck out
NO RUNS. ONE HIT. NO Err
RORS.
PIITSBURGH-Pick threw out
Traynor. Grantham flied to Will
son. Beck threw out Barnhart. NO
RUNS. NO HITS. NO ERRORS.
Sixth Inning
CHICAGO = Stephenson .out,
Grantham to Harris. Grimm flied
to Barnhart. Traynor threw out
Hartnett. NO RUNS. NO HITS.
NO ERRORS.
PITTSBuRGH-Harris popped to
Grimm. Gooch lined to Beck.
Meadows popped to Pick. NO
RUNS. NO HITS. NO ERRORS.
Seventh Inning
CHICAGO-Traynor threw out
Beck. Grantham threw out Root
Traynor threw out Adams. NO
RUNS. NO HITS. NO ERRORS.
PITTSBURGH-L. Waner walked
Grimm took Groh's bunt and. threw
wild to second, both runners being
safe. Hartnett took P. Waner's por
in front of the plate. Traynor flied
to Wilson. Grantham out to Grimm
unassisted. NO RUNS. NO HITS
ONE ERROR.
Eighth Inning
( CHICAGO-Pick flied to Groh
Webb famed. Wilson tripled to
right. Groh threw out Stephenson
NO RUNS. NO HITS. NO Err
RORS.
MISUNDERSTANDING flied tc
Webb. Harris flied to Wilson. Gooch
singled to left for the first hit of
Root. Meadows walked. BrickelI
ran for Gooch. Beck threw out l.
Waner. NO RUNS. ONE HIT
NO ERRORS.
Ninth Inning
+ CHICAGOESpencer went in tc
catch for Pittsburgh. Grimm singled
to right. Groh threw out Hartnett
Grantham threw out Beck. Grof,
threw out Root. NO RUNS. ONE
HIT. NO ERRORS.
PITTSBURGH-Groh famed. P
Waner popped to Adams. Traynol
flied to Webb. NO RUNS. NO HITS
NO ERRORS.