New Britain herald., 1927-06-01
YANKEES TAKE DOUBLE ...
 BILL FROM ATHLETICS
Remarkable Feats At Bat and In Field Performed In Liveliest Games of Year - Pirates Take Tighter Hold On First Place By Beating Cubs-Tigers Nose Out Indians - Cards Beat Reds to 0 - Robins Down Boston-White Sox Defeat Browns.

By the Associated Press
 Remarkable performances at bat and atleld are down in the big league record book today because Of the liveliest games the season has produced thus far.
 A single day saw ten homats, two of them by Babe Ruth: a 100 per cent batting average; and an unas- sisted triple play, the second in two days.
 Seven of ten homers were made in Philadelphia where Ruth poked out his contributions in games against the Athletics.
 The first helped the Yankees to a 10 to 3 triumph over the As in the opener of a double bill and the sec ond aided in an IS to walloplng administered to the same team Ruth's brace of round trippers gave him Is for the season and carried him ahead of his mark at the same stage in 1921, his record year. while tying his number made at this time last year.
 In the same two games Gehrig, Lazzeri, Pat Collins and koenig came through with circuit blows while Fox tallied one for the home team. Terry made one for the Giants, Douthit hit one for the Cardinals and Tolson one for the Cubs.
 The man with the 100 per cent hitting was Joe Harris of the Ma tional league leading Pirates in a game with the Cubs. He had hit four times in four chances when he came LID in the ninth with the score tied and another hit seemed almost too much to expect but Harris came through with the triple that won the game, 10 to g.
 Like the Yankees the Pirates took a tighter hold on the lead of their league owing to the days play. The defeat cost the Cubs second place in the league.
 Even more remarkable than any batting performance was the one man triple killing made by Johnny Neun, Detroit shortstop. Coming in the ninth it took the Indians breath away and enabled the Tigers to win a tight game. to 0. The play was the second of its kind in two days. Jimmy Cooney of the Cubs having turned in the other Monday against the Pirates. Up to that time only six men in baseball's history had achieved the rare feat.
 In pitching one of the stars of the day was Bob McGraw, a Brooklyn castoff now with the Cardinals who pitched the champions in second place to the Pirates by holding the Reds to five hits and beating them to 0. Collins of the Tigers went him one better in holding the h. dians to four hits, while Petty of Brooklyn granted but 6 in beating Boston, to ?. The fielding star of the Robins was Darcy Flowers. 8 Cardinal castoff. who about evened matters for the fine showing of McGraw. By their victory the Brooklynites moved into fifth place which is higher than they have been in many moon.
 The Chicago White Sox, the big surprise of the American league. also were among the winners and clung close to the Yankees. by their 2 to 2 decision over the Browns. After losing a great many games in serious slump the Giants took one from the Phillies, 13 to 1, while the American league cellar-dwellers. the Red Sox, unexpectedly slammed the Senators 1 to 1.
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