New Britain herald., 1928-09-29
..y the Associated Press.


 It was a long, painful journey. but the New York Yankees finally have staggered to their sixth American league pennant in eight years and. barring an unexpected upset in the National league. will face the St. Louis Cardinals in the worlds series.
 An II to 6 victory over the De- troit Tigers yesterday clinched the 1928 pennant for the worlds cham pions of 1927 and gave little Miller Huggins his first chance to breathe freely in months.
 Baseball's loEg history reveals few such form reversals as charac- son. For more than two months. the Yankee machine moved down all opposition relentlessly. gained l3 and . half game lead over the field and caused experts to view with alarm this baseball monster" that devoured all that came within its reach.
 But beset by injuries, particularly to Herb Pennock and Tony Lazzeri. the champions slowed down almost to . walk. Simultaneously. Connie Mack applied the spurs to his Phil adelphia. Athletics, who responded with a spurt that finally carried them to the front by half a game on Sept. s.
 Their vaunted supremacy put to a real test. the Yankees rallied their forces for a final stand. crushed the As thrice in a four-game series and returned to the lead, never again to surrender 1t. True. they have slip ped badly at times on the present western trip but the As, their mor- ale shattered by that now famous Yankee stadium series, never could take advantage of the opportunities afforded them. Today they were two and . half games behind with only two games to play.
 It was . gallant fight Connie Mack made for his first pennant since 1sl<, but his Athletics were not quite equal to the task. In final analysis it was the As own inability to de- feat the Yankees that caused their downfall. In 22 games with the champions. the Mackmen won only six.
 "Murderer's TOW" performed in all g power in yesterdays pennant
 aaing game against the Tigers.
 ;e Pipgras was given a seven l,.i cad ny the time the fifth inning
 .. .olled around, and he was not d to win. Babe Ruth hit his
 ome run in as many days and
 | of the season in the eighth
 mr- With Koenig on base.
 ling to the last gasp. the As yai o,cd tho Chicago White Sox, ' D 5, but the Yankee victory made t impossible for the Mackmen to win the pennant even if they take their last two games while the champions lose two.
 While tho Tanks were taking their third pennant in e row. the St. Louis Cardinals virtually clinch- cd tho National League pennant al Boston, where they beat the Braves. 10 to ' in IS innings while the run ners-up, the New York Giants. were submitting to . to 5 trouncing by tho Chicago Cubs. This left the Cardinals leading by two games with only two more games to be played. Tho worst they can get now is tie One victory, or . Giant defeat will give them the pennant without fur ther argument.
 Bob Smith. the reformed infielder, pitched magnificent ball for the Braves until the 18th. when the Car dinals clouted him and his successor, Kent Greenfield. for seven runs and the game. The Cards just barely escaped defeat. scoring one run in the ninth to tie the score. Smiths own wtldness. plus some extensive cracks in his support, finally swung the game to the leaders. In the 18th, Richbourg made a three-base nun of George Harper's long fly and Smith walked three men in success sion, forcing in Harper. Farrells error, . double by Andy High. an- other walk. Bottomley's single anG a double steal gave the Cards six more runs. before Kent Greenfield could stop the carnage. Flint Rhem. third Cardinal hurler. retired the Braves in order in their half of the 18th and the victory was in the Cardinal bat-bag. Smith allowed only nine hits in the 14 1-3 innings
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