New Britain herald., 1928-09-24
the Associated presS

With the wire and pennant vic- tory in full view. basebalrs thor oughbreds. responding gamely to whip and spur. gallop down the ma jor league home stretch in driving finish so hot and furious that even at this late stage the naked eye can not, with certainty discern the ulti- mate winners.
 Of the field of 16 that started so confidently in the spring, only four real contenders. two in each league, remain. The rest are also-rans, more or less content to finish this race without undue effort and wait for the next to roll around.
 With only week to go, the pen- nant struggle in each league has de- veloped into a duel, rather than a general. e-for-all engagement.
 The Cardinals met this Giant vic tory with one of their own over Brooklyn. z to l. Jess Haines held the Robins to three hits and the games really was decided as early as the third inning when Jim Bottom ley sailed his 30th home run of the season over the right field wall with two men on base. That blow tied s'Sunny Jim" with Hack Wilson of Chicago for the leagues home run leadership, and gave the Cards , to 0 lead.
 The Tanks and Athletics kept step in the American league, the cham- pions defeating Cleveland, to 0. while the As were defeating the St. Louis Browns. II to [.
 Waite Hoyt pitched his goth vlc- tory of the year for the Yankees. giving the Indians only four hits. The Tanks, on the other hand. pounded Joe shaute for II. two of which went to the well-known George Herman Ruth who has been in a terrible slump for a week. Ruth pulled up lame after running out single in the eighth inning and had to retire.
 A four-run rally in the ninth gave the As their victory over the Browns, three of them riding home on a home run by Jimmy Dykes. Heinie Manush took advantage Of some ineffective pitching by George Walberg and Eddie Rommel to get four hits.
 The Chicago White Sox moved up to tie for fourth place with Wash iaston by turning back the Senators in the first game of the series. s to 5. Ted Lyons pitched effectively ,lla Marberry was being slashed 1. II hits that came when the sox ted runs and got them.
 1l the National, the fight lies be- | ., the St. Louis Cardinals and | :. Few York Giants with the Chi ,e.,o Cubs still mathematical con- tenders, if nothing else. Only game separates the Cardinals, in first place, from the runner-up Giants while the Cubs trail New York by three and a half games.
 Two games ahead of the Phila- delphia Athletics. their sole rivals. the New York Yankees are odds on favorites to win their third American
  whelming choices have been beaten before and Connie Mack's As are not yet completely out of the rur- hing.
 Although all of these contenders were in action yesterday there was ho change in their relative positions.
 The Giants had the closest escape. They were carried to 14 innings be- fore they could nose out the Cincin- nati Reds, ? to 1 in one of the finest games of the season at the Polo Grounds. Joe Genewich, who came to the Giants from Boston with the reputation of being an in-and-outer. Mas very much 'in" yesterday. He held the Reds to Ave hits during the entire eame. and. strangely enough. Mas lucky to win. The Reds entered the first half of the ninth with the bcore tic at one-all. Wally Pipp led off with . triple and it appeared that nothing could prevent the big first baseman from scoring. But Jimmy Welsh came to Genewich's rescue when his rifle arm caught Pipp at the plate when he tried to score on Aliens fly to center field. The game was finally won on Jackson's line Jingle in the l4th, which scored Lindstrom, who had singled.
 At Detroit. Phil Page. Eastern league recruit. won his second major league victory in as many starts when the Tigers heat Boston to 1 , Page allowed seven hits. four of which went to Buddy Myer. Six double plays and seven errors show