The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-08-23
BRAVES DRUB
CHICAGO Nine;
SCORE, 5 TO 8
Cards Pull Up TO Within One
Game Of Sccond> Place;
Beat Phillies
RUTH LEADING GEHRIG
Slugs 10th Homer of Year;
Bucks Beat Saints as Mud.
hens Triumph
lBy The Associated Prcss)


Day by day the pennant race in
the National League is getting tight
or and tighter.
The Boston Braves yesterday
drubbed the Chicago Cubs for the
third successive time, and while the
New York Giants and the Pittsburgh
Cardinals were pulling up to within
one game of second place.
The Cubs had lead of only two
and a half games today. Yesterday
the usually reliable Cub defense
cracked at the crucial moment. Three
errors were committed in rapid sue
ccssion and were followed by trio
Of clean hits. Boston came out on
top of S to 3 score. Ed Brown,
Boston outficlder, set a National
League record when he played in his
534th successive game.
Hafey's Homer Brings Lone Score 1
Chick Hafey's home run in the
second inning was the only score
made in the St. Louis Philadelphia
contest. Ulrich and Haincs hooked
up in pitchers battle. 1t was
Haincs' Goth victory of the season.
He has been defeated only seven
times.
The Giants and Brooklyn were en-
joying a baseball vacation that is to
last four days. The Cincinnati Reds
likewise were idle.
Miller Higgins Yankees now have
"A four-game losing streak behind
them. The Cleveland Indians made
it three in a row by trimming New
York yesterday, 8 to 4. Babe Ruth
| slugged his 40th home run of the
lyear and became one up on Gchrig,
who went hitlcss.
1t was the first time this year any
team had made clean sweep Of a
series against the Yanks.
i Tigers Add to Win List
! The Detroit Tigers, meanwhile,
were running their winning streak to
Ii games. They won both ends of
a doubleheadcr from Washington and
took strong grip on second place.
Scores were AZ and 7-3. Gibson
held the Senators to five hits in the
first contest. Home runs by He'll
mann and McManus put the Junglcrs
out in front in the second game and
Walter johnson was the pitching vic
tim.
Ted Lyons pitched masterful ball
against Philadelphia and the Chicago
White sox trimmed the Mackmen, 6
to 3. Ty Cobb was the hitting star
with two doubles, a single and walk
in four trips to the plate.
The Boston Red Sox and the St.
Louis Browns were idle.
Several of the best pitching per-
formanccs of the year occurred in
the American ASS0c iati0n
Saints Lose to Bucks
y Meeker of Columbus held st. Paul
batters to two hits while his mates
collected 10 hits off Shealy and
played errorless ball to beat the
', Saints, Z to l.. Shealy pitched mas
terful ball until he blew up in the
: seventh inning and the Senators
! scored seven times.
, J0nnard of Milwaukee and Koupal
!. of Indianapolis held their opponents
to six hits, but the Brewers punched
theirs. took advantage of a costly
error and defeated the Indians, 3 ia
, 2. It was the seventh straight wiz
for Milwaukee.
Tom Sheehan was called to thu
, mound for Kansas City in the seventh
: inning to stop the batting rampag,
! Of the Louisville Colonies, and tn,
,, Blues, with three runs in the eighth
took the first game Of the series
Frank Emmer Of Minneapolis co,
lectcd his 22nd homer Of the scaso,
| while his mates chalked up cigh
| more hits but Toledo took the deci
| sion from the Millers, Q to s. Tn,
: Millers made II hits.