New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-09-14

BY the Associated Press.
Echoes of 1908 are heard along
the baseball stretch as major league
teams thunder on toward what now
looks like the greatest dual finish
since the memorable season OF
Merkle's failure to touch second.
Detroit won Ban Johnson's pennant
by half a game 20 years ago while
the Cubs broke a tie in the stand
ing With the Giants only by defeat
ing the clan McGraw, I to ?. in
play-on the day after the regular
season closed.
Hard campaigning in the next two
weeks may loosen the 1925 races,
but for the moment anyhow. John
Heydler's three contenders are more
closely punched than were the
Giants, the Cubs and the Pirates at
u corresponding stage Of the 1905
struggle. The American league to-
day has only two teams in the rum
nlng against the four which battled
20 years ago. but the Yankees and
the Athletics promise to make up
In drama what they lack in num-
beers.
The National league situation be-
came even more tense yesterday
when Sheriff Fred Blake led the
Cubs to a 6 to triumph over the
pace setting Cardinals as the Giants
swept a third straight doubleheadel
from under the nose OF Rogers
Hornsby at Boston. The McGra~-
men took the opened, eased up be-
hind Larry Benton's fine pitching,
u to 2, and then fought to the nm
ish for the second. to q.
This turn Of events hauled the
Giants UP to within one and one
half games OF the Cardinals. with
the Cubs only half d game further
down the list in third place. lie
American league situation remained
unchanged. OF course, with both OF
the leaders idle and the Yankees on
TOP by a margin OF one and one-half
games.
Blake not only held the Cardinals
to four hits, but collected half that
number with his own bat as Cuyler,
English and Hartnett led a vicious
assault upon old Clarence Mitchell
and Sylvester johnson. The CUB
toll was II safe drives tor " bases
before Fred FrAnknouse appeared
on the scene in the eighth to ret'lt
the last Chicago batter.
The game, specially arranged
p,ay-off OF postponement at Chi
c4;o on August 20, was started at
1880 o'clock before $4,000 fans, the
record National league mid-week
gathering. The victory gave the
Cubs an even division OF their :.
games against the Cardinals. lnl-
med,ately after the game both teams
rushed to a special train which bore
them east for their final invasion.
The Giants continued their hard
hitting at Boston, getting lG safe
drives in the opener and 10 IN the
pishtcap. Leslie Mann and Travis
Jackson punched out homers early
In the first clash, making Bentons
road all the more easy to his gath
victory and his Goth complete game.
Joe Genewich, Jim Faulkner and
Carl Hubbell were called upon be-
fore the second victory was tossed
into the Giant bat bag.
In the remaining National league
engagement yesterday, the Robins
closed out their seasons business IN
Philadelphia by winning 10 to 0.
Jim ELLIOTT duplicated Watson
Clark's feat Of entering the box with
only 4S hours rest to give the Phiis
six hits. The two teams have one
more game against each other. the
final day OF the season in Brooklyn.
If the Giants can sweep their re-
naming double header against the
Braves today they not only Will have
set q new major league record tor
all time in winning four consecu-
tive bargain bills, but will have eA-
acted their 1ull toll from the two
tai-enders after a rather poor start
against Boston in particular. Inc
Giants already have closed out 1hls
seasons series against the Phlllies
with II victories and no defeats ana
to date has won IA and lost only six
In competition against Boston.
The Giant chieftain always held
that pennants We're won not from
rival contenders but from second di-
vision clubs which yielded the VIC
tors their margin. On this basis, the
Cardinals should take the flag. since
they are certain to perform at least
4 shade better against the Braves
and the Phiis than the Giants have
performed, but this may be one PEN
nant to be decided on hand-to- hand
fighting.
The Cardinals now face the pleas
ant prospect OF five games IN Phila-
delphia, but next must invade the
Polo Grounds for double-header
on September 20 and single game
two days later. After meeting
Brooklyn and Boston in seven
ta.tles, the Red Birds then will re-
turn to the Polo Grounds for a
single contest on September 30, clos
ing the season. The Giants have
won Ii out OF IS from Mckechnie :
club to date.
Action in the American league
Yesterday was confined to the . to
victory of the Browns over the
White Sox at st. Louis. The game
was notable chiefly fer Helilie Man
ush's batting spree, which netfed
him a perfect afternoon of home
run, a double and two singles. His
average jumped four points 10 81 !,
one point above Gehrig and three
behind Goslin. the leader.
American League