New Britain herald., 1928-09-26
y the Associated Press.


 As If by mutual consent, contend CTS in baseball's two major league pennant battles have settled into a perfect lockstep which. if maintain ed in unbroken rhythh. automati- -cally will carry the St. Louis Card inals and the New York Yankees into the worlds series.
 The St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Giants have matched strides for several days with St. Louis always a jump ahead in their flght for their second National league pennant in three years. In the American league. Miller Hug gins Yankees have been content to win when the Philadelphia Athletics won and to lose when their only rivals saw fit to do likewise.
 With the end of the campaign only a few days away. the Cards today led the Giants by single game while the Yankees enjoyed two game margin over the Athletics The Yanks apparently are "in." but the National league fight may be carried right up to the final day-SepteEber 30--when the two contenders clash at tho Polo Grounds. That battle may decide the new Nationa! champions
 There was no change in the situ- ation yesterday for the leaders in each league were returned victori- ous.
 The Giants and the Cardinals. however, both had close calls.
 The Giants apparently were doom- cd to defeat at the hands of Eppa Rixey and the Cincinnati Reds when the last half of the ninth opened. Here Rixey gave Bob O'Farrell. a pinch hitter, the only pass he issued. O'Dout ran for O'Farrell but was forced out at second by Welsh, The latter, however. scored the tying run on Andy Reese; triple to right field Joe Stripp fruitlessly protesting that spectators had interfered with his fielding of the ball. In this crisis. Leslie Mann came through with a single scoring Reese with the run that gave tine Giants a to vic- tory.
 {. The Cardinals were given ter riAc battle at Brooklyn but finally edged out a { to 3 win in IS innings. Douthits Texas league double scored Rabbit 'Maranville with the winning fup. Maranyille got on base only ,.t cause Del Bissonette fumbled his .-ounder. Wee Willie Sherdel went .re route for the leaders and would Haye won in regulation time had not fit .ey contributed an error that per- t,,.. ted the Dodgers to tie the score ,Jis the eighth. Z The, Chicago Cubs all but passed out of the pennant picture when they were. beaten by the Phillies, 5 to 2. It was the Phils' first win in their last 13 games and it dropped the. Cubs five and half games back of, the leading Cardinals. One more Cub defeat or one Cardinal victory and Chicago's last mathematical chance for the pennant will be gone.
 The Pittsburgh Pirates needed most of their IT hits to score . IS to I victory over the Boston Braves.
 The Tanks socked George Grant and Bill Bayne for six runs in the first inning and had no trouble coast ing to . 10 to 1 triumph over the Cleveland Indians. Tom Zachary save the indians only eight scattered hits. Lou Gehrig clouted out his 18th homer of the season with one on in, the eighth.
 Jimmy Dykes got five straight hits - tho Athletics crushed St. Louis 9 te; z. / Jimmy's string included one double and four singles. He drove in four runs and scored two him. self.
 In the only other American league engagement, Washington strength ened its hold on fourth place by again turning back the Chicago White Sox 3 to 0. Sad Sam" Jones allowed the Sox only seven hits. and recorded his 18th victory of the sea son and his fourth shoutout. Red Faber and young Ed Walsh were the victims of Senator extra-base blows in the third and ninth innings.