New Britain herald., 1928-09-17
GIANTS SUFFER BITTER
DEFEAT BY PITTSBURGH
Larry Benton to Blame for Loss Of His Team-Cincn-
natl Reds Trim Brooklyn Dodgers-Yankees Hand
Beating to Browns - Athletics Coast to Victory
Over the Cleveland Indians Chicago and Boston
Shit Double Headers Senator's Slug Three Tiger
Pitchers

Down the home stretch come
baseballs battalions. And it's short
shrift now for those of the leaders
that slip, even momentarily.
Two months ago game lost was
accompanied by no particularly dis
astrous er-effects but with only
two weeks to go, defeat for con-
tender calls for tearing of hair III
the home camp and loud and pro-
lonxed cheers from pennant rivals.
Both races are as far from being
decided as they were on the opening
day OF the season. Sundays games
left the Yankees a half game ahead
of their American league rivals, the
Philadelphia Athletics, while the
idle St. Louis Cardinals, stretched
their National league advantage to
two full games when the second
place New York Giants bowed to
Pittsburgh.
That Giant defeat, by to 0, was
4 bitter pill for Larry Benton, the
right handed twirler held the bat
ting Pirates to two hits in the eight
innings he worked and walked only
two men. Yet he had only himself
to blame for his defeat. Both Pirate
hits and both OF Benton's walks
came in the third inning, when the
only run OF the game was scored. In
that frame, singles by Wright ana
Freddy Russell and a pass to Sparky
Adams filled the bases with one out.
Wright was forced at the plate on
LLOYD Waner's bounder to Lind
strom, This brought Paul Waner to
the plate with two out and the bases
full. Benton pitched two wide one
and then put over two strikes. Big
Poison" taking them with his bat on
his shoulder.
Benton could not afford to give
Paul one too good and as a conse-
uuence his next pitch failed TO nnd
the plate and Paul trotted to rrst'
forciag Russell home with the run
that eventually won the game. rus
sell pitched great ball for the Cor
.airs. especially in the pinches.
Twice the Giants filled the passes
with only one out but could NOT
.coye. In the second this situation
came up but neither Andy Cohen
nor BENTON himself could come
through. Again in the ninth tne
Giants filled the bases but still Bill
Terry popped to Wright and Cohen
lined out 10 the same player TOT the
final out.
Dazzy Vance saw a well-pitched
game 20 by the boards as the en-
cinnati Reds trimmed the Brooklyn
Robins, I to- in 10 innings. Inc
Reds scored single runs IN the
fourth and sixth with the aid OF er-
rors by Bissonette and Hank De-
Berry and apparently had the game
wo,, as the Robins came to bat IN
the ninth. Johnny Gooch's pinch
double. however, scored two runs
and forced the game into extra IN
nines. Vance and Adolpt Luque'
who had twirled brilliantly, were no
longer on the mound when the Reds
won the game with a two-run raj
" in the tenth. The Robins came
back with one but that wasn't
enough. Luque famed nine men,
Bissonette four times.
The Yankees made sure OF staying
on ton of the American league stand
ing for another day when they peat
st. Louis. I to S. and evened the
series. The Yankees were on to an
early lead and saw to it that the
Browns never caught up. Lou
Gehrig smacked out his gath homer
of the year in the hfth but Babe
Ruth went hitless.
Back Of Lefty Groves great pitch
ing the Athletics coasted to victory
over the down-trodden Cleveland
Indians. Z to I. 1t was Groves 93rd
victory of the season against seven
defeats and the Indians 18th sue
cessiye reverse. The Indians scored
their only run in the sixth on Mon
taeue's triple, first of the four hits
Grove allowed, and an infield out.
Good pitching by Alphone Thomas
and "slim" Harriss gave Chicago
and Boston an even break In dou-
blahesder. Thomas allowed four
hits in the first game which went 10
the White Sox to !, while Harriss
allowed the same number in twirling
Boston to a to 0 shoutout in the
nightcap.
Three Tiger pitchers were slugged
for Is hits as Washington took the
second game of the series with De-
troit, II to Z. Bucky Harris had Il
funny day at second base. He ac-
eepted II chances. evenly divided
between outs and assists, but made
three errors as we'll.