New Britain herald., 1928-07-21
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
 When it cannes to losing streaks the Phils can give any team in the National league, including the Bos- ton Braves, aces and spades and still have better than an even chance Of victory, No other club in the circuit has developed to such a degree the difficult art of kicking away ball games.
 When the Quakers bowed to the Cardinals at St. Louis yesterday, 5 to 1, it marked their 12th consecu- tive defeat, eight of them, including the last three. by one run.
 This streak of reverses is the most to engineer this season. Previously 10 was their losing effort. They also had one streak of nine and two of five. The Braves aren't so far be- hind at that. for they've lost ten. eight and seven straight at various times during the campaign.
 Old Grover Cleveland Alexander stood the Phils on their heads for eight innings in yesterdays battle, allowing only one hit in that time. But the Quakers knocked the veter- an out of the box in the ninth in- ming with four run rally that just failed to tie the score. Andy High. Cy Williams and George Harper hit home runs. it being the latter's 18th of the season.
 Six games to the rear of the lead- CTS, the New York Giants moved into second place by taking over the Chicago Cubs, | to 5, the clan Me- Graw scoring three runs in the last two innings when Pat Malone, for mer American Association strike-out king, weakened Larry Benton, who had finished eighteen of the twenty arguments he started this season was removed for pinch batsman in the seventh, and Left Faulkner was credited with the victory. Home runs by Bill Terry and Jim Welsh were all that saved the Giants from defeat. Malone famed seven men but allowed ten hits.
 Red Lucas made the Braves jump througi, hoops all afternoon as the Cincinnati Reds evened the series. { to ,. and moved to within game of the third place Cubs.
 The Pittsburgh Pirates took 1t on the chin again at the hands of the Brooklyn Dodgers. s to '. in a wild. free hitting game. Six pitchers saw service and only Watson Clark, the third and last Robin twirler, was effective.
 The Philadelphia Athletics may not be able to make much of an inn pression on the lead the New York Yankees have amassed in the Amer ican league but at least they've demonstrated their ability to stave oil the bid of any rival club for sec- ond place. The third place St. Louis Browns came to Philadelphia on Thursday within striking distance Of the runner-up post but the As beat them in both ends of double head CT with Walberg and Rommel pitch- ing gilt edged ball. George Earn shaw took his turn yesterday, al- lowed the Browns three scattered singles and famed ten men as the As made it three ill a row, to Q. Alvin Crowder pitched we'll enough to win most ball games but saw his winning streak of 10 games go to smash before Earnshi .''s mystery. Jimmy Foxx hit a single and two doubles and figured in the scoring or three of the As runs.
 Washington rallied in the late in- nings to defeat Detroit, to 4. After Sorrell, starting Tiger hurler, had forced home the tying runs ill the fifth, the Senators pounded Elam Van Glider, Sorreli's wouldbe res- cuer, for the winning runs in the sixth and seventh.