New Britain herald., 1928-08-31
OPEN SEASON DECLARED
ON PENNANT CONTENDERS
Boston Braves Have Apparently Crushed Hopes Of
New York Giants - Yankees and Athletics Both
Take It On the Chn-New York Loses to Senator's
and Mackmen to Red Sox - Detroit Takes Game
From Indians Cubs In Second Place After Win
Over Reds
by the Associated Press,

The open season on pennant con-
tenders is here again. The last
month or SO of the baseball season
usually Is rich in drama for then it
Is that cellar or near-cellar dwellers
delight in knocking the props from
under pretenders to baseballs two
major crowns.
The Boston Braves, notorious in
the last few years for their ability to
take the wind out of sails apparently
set for 4 pennant winning cruise,
crushed the New York Giants in
three straight games this week in a
series that saw most of the fight
gone from the Giants just when they
needed a few victories to bolster
shattered confidence. The fall of the
Cincinnati Reds from the heights
they held earlier in the year in the
National league dates to a series
they played against the last place
Phillies. The Reds lost four straight
at that time and their play for weeks
afterward was below form.
Yesterday the Philadelphia Athle-
tics and the New York Yankees,
fighting a two club battle for the
American league pennant. were cut
down by foes they should have de-
feated with little trouble, the Yanks
bowling to the Washington Senators
and the AS othe last place Boston
Red SoX. These reverses left the
As two and half games back of
the defending champions.
In Anal analysis, OF course. it was
the AS who suffered most. AS long
rs the AS don't win the Yanks lose
nothing but prestige when they
themselves are defeated, or to put
1t another way, you can't gain
ground in = pennant rase by losing
games.
sad Sam" Jones was the immedi-
ate cause of the Yankees defeat at
Washington. Sam allowed the cham
pions I hits. won his game. 5 to 1
and would have had shutout had
not George Herman Ruth taken it
into his head to hits his 47th homer
Of the year in the seventh inning.
Waite Hoyt BANKED the Senators
for FIVE innings but they smashed
into him for five hits and all their
runs in the sixth. 1t was Hoyts
fourth defeat of the year.
Relief pitchers, in the end. decided
AS were forced to accept a Z to 2
defeat by the Red Sox. The Red
Eox took a one-run lead in the fifth
inning Off George Earnshaw who
was relieved by Howard Ehmke in
the eighth. In the last half of that
frame the AS scored two runs off
Jack Russell to go into the lead.
But Carrigans crew cracked Ehmke
for two runs in the first half of the
ninth. Ed Morris. relieving Russell
In the last half of the ninth, struck
out Joe Hauser, iris Speaker and
Eddie Collins in succession, TO make
the Sox' one run lead safe.
Detroit took their final game Of
the season from the Cleveland In
dams. 5 to 3, clubbing Willis Hud-
lin for three runs in the first inning.
The Tigers thus gained II victories
In the 90 games they've played
against the Indians.
The National leagues "crucial
series between the st. Louis CardI-
mails, the leaders. and the Pittsburgh
Pirates, one of the many contenders,
developed into tizzle temporarily
for rain halted the clash after the
first inning had been played. The
Cards were leading then. TO o.
The Chicago Cubs captured undis
puted possession of second place and
advanced to within five games of the
Cardinals by downing the Cincinna-
ii Reds, to 0, in battle ended by
rain at the end of the six innings of
play. The Reds, as consequence,
dropped back to a fourth place tie
with the Pirates. The Cubs won the
game in the fifth inning when they
put together a double, triple and a
sacrifice fly for both their runs.
Charlie Root gave the Reds only
four hits, one less than Eppa RiAey
allowed.
The Braves kept Up their winning
streak by defeating the Pills, to
S, Bells double with the bases full
in the sixth inning being the deci-
sive blow of the game.
During the day, Judge Emil
Fuchs, president of the Braves, an
nounced that Rogers Hornsby had
signed a contract to manage Boston
for the next six year. He disposed
summarily OF reports that The Ra-
jah" would be traded.
He is neither for sale nor for
trade the judge declared.