New Britain herald., 1928-05-15
CHICAGO CUBS JUST ONE
 GAME BEHIND CINCINNATI
Lengthen Winning String to Nine Games by Defeating Giants-Reds Down Philes-Cards Score Victory Over Boston - Dodgers Take Weird Game From Pirates - Tanks Again Beat Tigers - Athletics Scalp Indians-Red SON Nose Out Browns-Sena tors Win.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
 The Chicago Cubs, unNontedly docile for the first month of the Ma ~tional league season, must have got hold of some raw meat somewhere.
 Down in the depths of the second division two weeks ago. the Cubs suddenly came to life and today were resting in second place. only a game back Of the league leading Cincinnati Reds.
 An S to victory over the Giants at Chicago yesterday stretched the Cubs string Of victories to nine .traieht. the last three over New York which came west leading the pack and now is in fourth place. While the Cubs were pounding l'itzsimmons and Walker for ten timely blows, Charlie Root ace of the Cub staff, was setting the Giants town with six hits. Root. who start d the season in bad form, now has won his last three games. After seeing his club lose, John McGraw suffered slight injuries to a leg when he was struck by an automobile.
 The Reds maintained their hold on the lead by downing the Phillies at Cincinnati, 10 4, the game marking the Quakers' 10th straight ,lefeat Carl Mays was touched for four runs in the first inning but was nvincible thereafter Timely hit ting in three innings enabled the Reds to pile up their winning mar gin.
 Rallies in the last three innings gave the Cardinals a 4 10 3 verdict over Boston at St. Louis. Hafey's ourth hit of the game scored the winning run in the ninth after the tieing run had been sent over a mo- ment earlier. Douthit and Moore hit homers.
 Thirty-fiye players struggled through two and & half hours Of weird baseball at Forb' $ field before brooklyn obtained : to victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates, with Vance pitching and the tieing and winning runs on the runways in the ninth, Glenn Wright and George Grantham each watched while the "Dazzler' sped the third strike across the plate. Statz's fielding was the sensation of the game, which saw the Pirates use five pitchers and three catchers. Brooklyn used three hurlers and two receivers.
 Their third victory in a. row over the Detroit Tigers, : to 5, sent the New York Yankees American lea que average up to the 800 mark. figured on the basis of 20 victories and only five defeats. Babe Ruth hit his ninth homer of the year in the seventh inning and now is four games ahead of his record-breaking pace of last year. Ruth hit his ninth homer last season in his 29th game on May 17. His ninth in 1928 came in his 25th game. George Pipgras was wild and hit hard but sensational fielding by the cham pions pulled him through 10 his sixth straight triumph.
 Lefty Grove. crack southpaw of the Philadelphia Athletics, struck out II men as Inb A btdl 'lfN'- land. to 3, in 10 innings. The winning margin was provided by Jimmy FoX's pinch home run with two on base. Grove held the Indians to three singles mp to the eighth but was nailed for five hits and tho three tieng runs in that franc.
 Ed Morris, big right handler from Mobile, registered his third win in a. TOW as the Boston Rcd SoN nosed out the St. Louis Browns, , 10 2. Morris allowed only five hits one l, ss than the Red SoN got off sam my Gray.
 Milt Gaston pitched the Washing lon Senators 10 victory, 1 to :. over he Chicago White SoX. Tate drove in TWO runs and forced another over when he was walked with the bases loaded.