Evening star., 1928-08-31
AS AND GIANTS HIT
BY BOSTON TEAMS
Red Sox Rally HaIts M2c<
Advance-Braves Crush
Clan McGraW Hope.

By the Associated Press.
TIME open season on pennant CO.
tenders is here again. The lat
month or so of the base ball sea-
son usually is rich in drama, for
it's then that cellar or near
cellar dwellers delight in knocking the
props from under pretenders to base
balls two ior crowns.
The Boston Braves, notorious In the
last few years for their ability TO take
the wind out of sails apparently set for
a pennant-Winning cruise. crushed the
New York Giants in three straight
games this week in series that saw
most of the fight gone from the Clan
McGraw just when it needed few VIC
tories to bolster its shattered confidence.
The fall of the Cincinnati Reds from
the heights they held earlier in the year
in the National League dates to series
they played against the last-place Phil
lies. The Reds lost four straight at
that time and their play for weeks aft
erward was below form.
Yesterday the Philadelphia Athletics
and the New York Yankees, fighting 4
two-club battle for the American
League pennant, were cut down by foes
they figured to defeat The Yanks
bowling to Washington and the AS u
the last-place Boston Red Sox. These
reverses left the AS two and a hs'f
games back of the defending cham
pions.
AS Suffered More.
In the final analysis. of course, It "
the AS who suffered more. As long
the AS don't win the Yanks lose no1h
ing but prestige when they themsel.-
are defeated. Or to put it another va
you can't gain ground in pennant ra>
by losing games.
Relief pitchers, in the end, decided
the issue at Philadelphia where IL
AS we're forced to accept 3 to ?
reverse by the Red sox. The Red Sax
took a one-run lead In the hIth ill
ming off George Earnshaw who was
relieved by Howard Ehnlke in the
eight In the last half of that frame
the AS scored two runs of Jack Rus
sell to go into the lead. But Car
rigan's crew cracked Ehnke for two
runs in the first half of the ninth. Ed
Morris, relieving Russell in the last
half of the ninth struck out ice
Hauser, Iris Speaker and Eddie Col
lins in succession. to make the Sox'
one-run lead safe.
Detroit took the final game Of the
season from the Cleveland Indians
5 to 3, clubbing Willis Hudlin for three
runs in the first inning The Tigers
thus gained IL victories in the %
games they've played against the IN
dians.
Cubs clinch Second Place.
The National Leagues crucial series
between the st. Louis Cardinals, the
leaders, and the Pittsburg Pirates. one
of the many contenders. developed into
a fiizzle temporarily for rain halted
the clash after the first inning had
been played. The Cards we're leading
then. 2 to 0.
The Chicago Cubs took undisruted
possession OF second place and advanced
| 10 within five games of the Cardinals
by downing the Cincinnati Reds, ? to O.,
in a battle stopped by rain at tn: end
of six innings of play. Ths Reds as
a consequence. dropped back to q
| fourth place tie with the Pirates. The
Cubs won the game in the fifth inning
when they put together double, triple
and a sacrifice fly for both their runs.
Charlie Root gave the Reds only four
hits one less than Eppa Rixey allowed
The Braves hept up their winning
streak by defeating. the Phils, 8 TO .
Bells double with the bases full IN the
sixth inning being the decisive blow OF
the game.