The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-10
YANKS Smash
MACKs, AGAIN
LEAD LEAGUE
Crushing Blow Hits Hopes
of Athletics; Defeated
so and 7-3.
MEUSEL Is HOMER HERO
philadelphia Faces Huge
Task in Beating Back
to Top of Heap.
MEUSEL is HOMER HERO

NEW LOIO1A, O6pU. lU.-1Il6 NEW
York Yankees are back in first place
today with a game and a half lead
over the Philadelphia Athletics and
Connie Mack'S great baseball ma
chine again faces the gigantic task
of overhauling the world champions.
The team which sloughed off a
thirteen and one-half game lead in
the last two months came back with
a vengeance yesterday and defeated
the Athletics twice, to and to 8,
in the most important double-h header
in the recent history of baseball.
Bob Meusel, with one swing Of
his yellow bat, struck the blow that
y may mean the pennant for the
Yanks. y
Lazy. lanky Bob came to bat in
the eighth inning of the second
game with the score tied 3-3. The
bases filed and none down.
,v5 MeuseI Clears Bases
With the count three and two,
Meusel hit a home run into the
left field bleachers. Koenig, Gehrig
and Ruth scored ahead of Meusel.
Ruth stopped at the plate and put
a deadlock around Bashful Bob's
head. Meusel broke it and ran to
the dugout.
Ten thousand and more straw
hats, cushions, newspapers, paper
airplaneS and scorecards sailed onto
/, the field. The game was held up
for six minutes.
The double defeat was crush
ing blow to the Athletics and the
Mackmen may not be able to gather
their forces out of the wreckage to
stage another pennant drive.
The long, hard haul up the
49, 4rnsrican League ladder in the last
C~o months has taken a toll from
the AS, and they may not have the
heart to recover from yesterdays
bitter dose.
Connie Mack used up four Of his
pitching aces in an attempt to stop
the Yanks, and all failed. John
Picus Quinn started the first game
and blew up after pitching five
scolesess innings. Rube Walberg
COLLAPSED in the second game, after
holding the Yanks to one hit for
six innings.
Relief Hurlers Flop
Ossie Orwoll was raped for four
hits and two runs in one inning OF
relief hurting in the first game. Ed
Romnel was raked for three hits
and four runs in one and one-thlrd
inning of relief pitching in the
second game.
Today was an off day for both
teams, but the series will be re-
sun1ed Tuesday and completed
Wednesday, after which both teams
head west to END the season on the
road.
Mack must choose from Grove.
Earnshaw, and Ehmke as his pltcn-
ing choices for the other two games
unless he wants to turn to OrWoL
or Rommel again.
Grove has won twenty-five games
and lost only six this season, ou'
the Yankees have beat him tlVe
times. The lean southpa' has won
his last IA games, but the Yankees
annear to have the Indian sign on
him and many baseball men belleVe
it would be suicide to start him.
HOyt and johnson Left
ON the other hand, Miller Hug
gins had Waite Hoyt as his ace in
the hole. Hoyt, who pitched two
innings of the second game, allowing
one hit. is highly favored to win his
gfeane. Hoyt received credit for the
victory, he went to the mound with
the score tied.
Henry johnson, who Is beaten
the AS four times, probably Will
pitch the last game of the series.
The Yankees have their old con-
f1dence back and may end the
American League race by crushing
the AS in the two remaining games
of the present series. If the Yanks
win Tuesday and Wednesday, they
will go West with three and one
half game lead, which at this stage
of the race virtually should cllnch
the pennant.
The return of Tony Lazzeri, who
has been out of the lineup with an
ailing shoulder, has helped tc
I strengthen the YankS for the f1naI
aAn...sesh. Lazzeri drove out three hits
in the first game yesterday, and ac-
counted for two runs.
Pipgras in Great Form
= The pitching of George Pipgra
and the hitting of Gehrig and Laz
zeri won the first game. Pipgra
allowed only nine hits, and fanneC
Jimmy Foxx in the eighth with th'
bases filled and two out. GehriI
broke up the scorelesS tie with {
tremendous whack in the sixth in
ming.
The AS seemingly had the SeconC
game won when Al Simmons drov'
home three runs in the sixth anC
seventh innings. Simmons hit
home run in the sixth with Coch
A rane on base and his single in tn
next frame accounted for the othe
NJ run.