New Britain herald., 1928-08-15
By the Associated Press.

The intentional pass may be a
 good thing in some cases-such as
 when the score is tied. and Babe
 Ruth is at bat-but it also may
 prove boomerang. Lefty Heimach
 the Yankees newly acquired pitch CT made that discovery yesterday.
 Heimach and Grady Adkins of the White SoA had been staging an old fashioned pitchers battle. Babe Ruth had given the Yankees one run in the first with his 44th homer of the season. In the third the White Sox had tied the count. Heimach weakened bit in the eighth, letting two runs cross the plate on three hits. but the Tanks staged a short rally in their half of the inning that netted run and kept them in the picture.
 Then came the tragic ninth. Bill Cissell opened the inning for Chicago with single and advanced to sec ond on Berg's sacrifice. Adkins made it two out with a fly. In this posi- tion the Yankee board of strategy decided to pass Mostil and give George Redfern, rated one of the weak hitters of the league. change to make the third out. The supposed weak hitter. promptly confounded the strategists by leaning on the first ball pitched for triple that sent Clssell and Mostil across the plate and put the game safely on ice. The final count was , to . in favor of the White Sox.
 With a gaping hole left in the American league line by this defeat of the leaders, the Athletics allow ed themselves to be thrown for no gain by group of embattled Detroit Tigers. led by Elam Van Glider. The Detroit pitcher held the Phla- delphians to nine scattered hits and the Tigers wor by a f to score Thus the Athletics failed to lessen the difference of 1-o games be- tween them and the league leaders.
 In the other American league games. Sad sam Jones had a stingy day and gave the Browns only four hits which failed to net them run, while the Washington ba,ters were crossing the plate three times. and uhle did somewhat similar feat for the Indians giving them a 2 to victory over the Red Sox.
 The Cardinals and the Giants in the National league reversed the Yankee Athletic situation. Instead of losing, both won their games and St. Louis chung to its precarious 1-2 game lead. "Old Pete' Alexander resumed his customary role as hero on the mound, making his first ap- pearance after period of illness. Alex gave the Braves only seven hits H bile the Cards batted out 6 to l victory.
 Meanwhile the Giants were seeing to it that they did not fall behind in the race by battering the Chicago Cubs all over Wrigley field to win 10 to ,. Five Bruin pitchers tried | to stem the tide Of New York hits i with little success. The Giants gath | cred total of 15 hits off their as- | sorted deliveries. Larry Benton did a neat job on the hill for New York. | keeping 10 Chicago hits spread out | ana turning in his 18th victory of the season.
 The race for third place in the | National league also remained un- | changed. While the Cubs were los ing to the Giants. their rivals for third place, the Cincinnati Reds. i dropped game to the lowly Phil lies. 6 to 1. The two run margin of . victory came on a freak play when Southern tried 10 dodge pitched ball and his bat connected for single that drove in two runs.
 The fast moving Pirates registered a slight gain by handing the Robins a second straight defeat by q to score. The Brooklynites got off in the lead by scoring pair of runs in the first inning, but they failed to keep up the good work and Carmen Hill held them scoreless the re- mainder of the game. The Pirate batters pounded McWeeney for nine hits and all four of their runs before he was taken out in the sixth, hand ing him his sixth successive defeat. Clark finished the game, allowing only one more hit.