New Britain herald., 1927-06-30
PIRATES AND CARDINALS
CRAPPLE FOR FOOTHOLD
Honors Divided In Gruellng Series Between the Two
Cubs Down Cincinnati = Phillies Beat Robins
Yanks Down Red Sox-Senators Bump Athletics
Out Of Second Place Chicago Blanks Indians
Detroit Again Defeats Browns.

By the Associated Press
Pittsburgh and St. Louis. ring
leaders in the National league PEN
nant scramble. we're still graphing.
tor a Arm footing on the peak today
following one Of the most gruelling
series Of the current season. As
honors were divided in the four
game melee. the Corsairs left the
home town Of the world champions
with q threadbare hold OF half
game on first place.
In q desperate uphill battle. the
Cards clustered five runs in sensa-
tional eighth inning comeback yes
terday to shade the Pirates out In the
series final by 10 to 9. Manager Bob
O'Farrell injected himself for duty
behind the plate to figure in the tri-
umph after having been on the hos
pital list since May is.
Pitchers have been at premium
in st. Louis during the past four
days. During the series. the Buc-
cancers were obliged to call upon
four pitchers in each Of the last
three games while four were used
by the Cardinals yesterday and the
day previous. -...
All told. the Pirates utilized Is
pitchers. the Cardinals II. For the
four games, the Pittsburgh club
rolled up 43 hits for 80 runs while
st. Louis gathered the same num-
Der Of hits for % runs.
The Cubs closed a four-session
series in Cincinnati with an even
break by annexing the final from the
Reds by 2 to / in 10 innings. To add
to the troubles Of the last place Gin
cinnatI team. Carl Mays, star hurler.
underwent an operation for hernia
Yesterday that will force him out
Of the lineup for the remainder of
the season.
The Phillies emerged in front by
5 to I In all opening engagement
with the Robins, Farmer Jack Scott
coming to the relief Of Pitcher Fer
guson when Brooklyn rally threat
ened in the ninth. Wilbert Robin
son observed his Gard birthday.
Rain kept the Giants and Braves
idle on a scheduled double program.
The American league struggle be-
gan to look more and more like a
runaway affair with the New York
Yankees coasting In front on an IL
game margin. The laundering and
down-trodden Red Sox fell victims to
the Rupert rifles to the extent of
to 2. It was the eleventh cOnsecu-
tive reversal for Boston. Lou Gehrig.
who was Columbia's leading batsman
in his college days, embellished the
day by hosting out his cath four
bagSer to tie Babe Ruth's total for
the present season.
The Bambino was back in the fray
however, and helped make lot OF
noise with a double and three singles
In five trips to the plate.
Washington cuffed the Athletics
out OF second place by triumphing
by 5 to 8, Judge and Ruel coming
through with q triple and double
respectively in the eighth for a run
to put the game on ice after Coch-
rane had banged homer with one
on in Philadelphia's half Of the in
ming. incidentally. the Mackmen
were shuffled back to four place, the
White Sox nosing into third place on
a half game leeway.
AT Chicago. Ted Blankenship
blanked the Indians by to in the
first section OF double header but
Cleveland came from behind in the
closing innings of the night cap to
win out by s to 6.
Detroit made n clean sweep Of
series with the Browns by taking the
fourth and final contest by 9 to 3.
Stoner went the route for the Tigers
yielding only six hits. Fothergill
drove for the circuit