New Britain herald., 1928-05-24
YANKEES AND ATHLETICS
ALL SET FOR FIGHT FOR
LEADING LEAGUE H0NORS
Red Sox Lose, 81 to Hugmen- Philadelphia Americans
Polish OFF Senators, to 2-Tripe Play Features
Cleveands Loss to White S0x - Browns Hand
Tigers Double Jolt-Reds Still Hold League Lead
in National.

By the AsSoCiat ed Press
After tattening on the rest OF the
league for a month. the Yankees
and Athletics were prepared today
10 begin a hand-to-hand struggle for
the lead in Barney Barnard's loop.
This personal encounter was sched-
uled to extend over five distinct en-
gagements beginning with a double
header in Shihe Park this afternoon.
Another double meeting is on the
card tomorrow and a single game
on Saturday.
Connie Mack is lying in wait for
the Higgins Henchmen with Robert
Moses Grove, RUDE Walberg and
Ossie Orwell his southpaw sharp
shooters, as we'll as the veteran John
Picus Quinn and Eddie Rommel,
who fire from the right Just whom
Higgins will pitch is as much a mys-
casual bystander. Pennock will
start, and after that anybody.
In spite of the hullabaloo over
this series. it is significantly true
that the Athletics need five straight
to take the lead, for all Of their
grand record OF twenty-one victories
in their last twenty-five starts. Amer
lean league magnates chill at even
the thought of four victories in the
series by the Yanks, who. incident
ally, have taken ,wenty-one of their
last twenty-four, half game better
than the Athletic record.
The fans are making the most of
this skirmish. 1t may be the last
that makes any difference,
The Yankees prepared themselSs
steiner battle by shading the
Red Sox, 2 to l, to make it three
out Of four from Bill Carrigan's
bristling warriors. The Yanks made
their six hits good for a pair Of
early runs, and then Tended off the
Sox. who. made desperate by their
failure, plunged recklessly to their
doom.
With none on in the seventh Phil
Todt touched Henry Johnson for his
third homer of the series and his
sixth OF the season. Up again in the
eighth with three on and two out,
Philip rolled gently to johnson. He
did this well only after having con-
WINGED an umpire that he had meant
ball two when he said strike
three" this reversal wa. the l,000th
chance, proving the rule.
Then in the ninth Taitt got his
second triple with one out, and the
squeeze was on. 1t worked perfect
ly that Gerber overlooked the nee
essity of bunting the ball, and Taitt
was an easy out. Jack Russell pitch
ed for Boston.
The Athletics closed their practice
session by outpointing the Senators
for the fourth successive time. One
William Shores held Washington to
four hits and won by to 2. per-
hitting more important boNmen to
await the Yankees in leisure.
: A triple play featured the after
noon in Chicago, as the vanishing
Americans of Cleveland fell further
from the running. The White SoX
won their second straight to in
ten innings this time-and would
have closed it out in the ninth if
kamm and Schalk had not permit
ted themselves 10 be tripled trying
to advance after, Clancy's short fly
TO Jameson.
The Browns handed the Tigers a
rude jolt. S TO 3, but then the Tigers
long ago became accustomed TO jolts,
rude or otherwise.
The fighting on the National
league front, where the experts are
still trying to determine which are
the good teams, If any, was marked
10y Cincinnatis fourth straight VIC
tory over the not-yery- bold Pirates,
and the even division OF double
header between the Giants and the
Robins III Brooklyn.
The Reds pulled out by to 8 in
the tenth, and remained in the
league lead. half a game better off
than the previous day. as the sec
ond- place Cubs were idle. The scores
in Brooklyn Were 1 TO 3 for the
Robins, and 4 to o for the Giants
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