Evening star., 1928-09-26
YANKS ABOUT I'm" /"
BUT NOT So CARDS
Game With Giants Last Day
of Season May Decide Race
in 0'd League.
e. the Associated Press.

e. the Associated Press.
A 6 If by mutual consent, contend
n ers in base balls two major
"A league pennsnt battles have
4 4 settled into a perfect lock-step,
which, If maintained il un-
broken rhythm. automatically will carry
the ST. Louis Cardinals and the New
York Yankees into the world series.
The Cardinals and the New York
Giants haze matched strides for sew
eral days. with McKechnie's men al
ways a Jump ahead in their fight for
their second National League p2nnant
In three years. In the American League
Miller Higgins Yankees have been con-
tent to win when the Philadelphia Ath-
letics won and to lose when their only
rivals saw fit to do likewise.
With the end of the campaign only
five days away, the Cards today led the
Giants by single game, while the
Yankees enjoyed a two-game margin
emily are lin" but the National League
fight may be carried right UP to the
final day-September 80, when the two
ccntenders clash at the Polo Grounds
That battle may decide the new Ma
tional League champions.
No Change for Leaders.
There was no change in the situation
yesterday. for the leaders in each league
were returned victorious The Giants
and the Cardinals, however, both had
close calls
The Giants apparently were doomed
to defeat at the hands Of Eppa Rixey
and the Cincinnati Reds when the last
half of the ninth opened. Here Rixev
gave Bob O'Farrell, a pinch hitter, the
only pass he issued. ODoul ran for
O'Farrell. but was forced at second by
Welsh. The latter. however scored the
tying run on Andy Reeses triple to
right field. Joe Strip fruitlessly pro-
testing that spectators had interfered
with his fielding of the ball. In this
crisis Leslie Mann came through with
single. scoring Cohen with the run that
gave the Giants 4-to-3 victory
The Cardinals were given a terrific
battle at Brooklyn, but finally edged
cut to 3 win in Is innings. Dout-
hlt's Texas league double scored Rab-
bl5 MarsnVille with the winning run.
MerenVllle got On base cnly because
Del bissonette fumbled his grounder
Wee Willie Sherdel went the route
Ter the leaders end would have won in
regulation time had not Hafey contri-
puted an error that permitted the
Dodgers to tie the score In the eighth
Cubs Al But Eliminated.
The Chicago Cubs all but passed out
OF the pennant picture when they were
beaten hv the Fhillies. 5 to q It was
the Phils' first win in their last 13 games
end il dropped the Cubs five and a
half games back Of the leading Card
ina-s. One mere Cub defsat or one
Cardina! victery end Chicago's last
mathematical chance for the pennant
will be gene.
The Pittsburgh Pirates needed most
O. their II hits to score a 13 to VIC
torT over the Boston Braves.
The Yanks sockcd George Grant and
Bill -Bayne fer six runs in the first in
ming and had no trouble coasting to
10 to / triumph over the Cleveland In
diens.~ Tam Zachary gaSeathe Indians
cnly. eight scattered hits Lou Gel1rig
cicused cut his tyenty-ffth homer Of
tbs season with che on In the eighth.
Jimmy Dykes got five straight hits
as the Athletics crushed st. Louis @ to
8. Jinlnly's string consisted of one
double and four singles. Es drove in
1our runs and scored two himself