New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-07
WELCOME OF YANKEES IS
WORN OUT IN THE WEST
Champions Bow in 15-lnning Battle to Chicago White
Sox-Athetics Lose to Detroit Tgers-Browns
Triumph Over Boston Red Sox-Cleveland and
Washington Divide Double Header-Phillies Sur
prise Everybody by Shelacking Chicago Cubs.
BY the Associated PresA

BY the Associated PresA
Recipients of western hospitality
for more than two years, Miller
Higgins punch-drunk Yankees
rapidly are discovering that they've
worn out their welcome beyond the
Alleghanies.
The Yanks swept everything be-
fore them last year in the west TAX
Ing 80 OF the "A games they played
in Detroit. Cleveland. Chicago and
st. Louis. In 1926 they took % of
~ games from the same teams,
Cleveland being the only club to
break better than even. The Indians
turned that particular trick not only
in 1926 but also last year.
Early in the present campaign it
looked like the west would offer
even less resistance to the powerful
attack of Murderer's Row, for the
champions won nine games in Is on
their first Invasion of 1928.
They're paying for that hospitali-
ty now.
When Willie Kamm socked a
triple in the ! 5th inning at Chicago
yesterday, scoring Bib Fal1 with the
run that enabled the White Sox to
trim the Yankees, 5 to I, it marked
the champions tenth reverse in Is
starts since they invaded the west
for the second time on July IS.
Fortunately enough for Miller
Higgins, the Philadelphia Athletics,
for some unknown reason, took it
into their heads to lose to Detroit,
to 5. thus leaving the White Ele-
plants three and half games back
Of the Yankees in the duel for first
place in the American league.
Kamm's timely long distance clout
brought well OBSERVER triumph to
Grady Adkins who relieved Urban
Faber at the start of the ninth in
ming and allowed the Yanks only
two hits the rest of the distance
seven innings to be exact. George
Pipgras was the third and last
Yankee pitcher and as such. was
charged with the defeat.
Connie Mack picked George Earn
shaw to face the Tigers and lived to
regret it. He was pounded out after
less than four innings and Eddie
Rommel took up the burden with
three run deficit. That disadvantage
remained the same until the end, for
every Athletic rally was matched by
one just as good as the Tigers.
Terrific clouting by Ralph kress
and Heinie Manush was the high
spot in the st. Louis Browns tri-
umph over the Boston Red Sox. 8
to I. Manush and Kress each COL
lected a triple, double and a single
in four times at the plate.
Cleveland and Washington divided
a double bill, the Indians taking the
first game to and the Senators
the second, II to :. Pitchers DOM
mated in each game, Miller for the
Indians in the opener and Hadley
for the Senators in the second. Joe
Judge hit two doubles, triple and
two singles in five chances In the
nightcap.
Rain or wet grounds put quietus
on the National league campaign
for the day except at Philadelphia
where Burt Shotton's Phils sur
prised everybody. including them
selves, by shellacking the Chicago
Cubs in both ends of a twin bill, s
to and S to 1. Hack Wilson fur
nished the only consolation for the
Cubs by driving out two homers in
the first game-his 18th and 10Th of
the season. The opener was a loose
ly-played. free-hitting affair while
the second saw Alex Ferguson out
pitch Charlie Root by wide margin.