Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-25
BOW TO BROWNS
AS YANKEESLOSE
AS Once More FaIter at a
Critical Point and Still
Trail by Two Games.

BY the Associated Press.
~ ONNIE MACK has had many
4 bitter disappointment, but non,
to compare with what 1921
~ seems to have in store for him
To fail at the very edge o
splendid triumph will cause him more
grief than he knew when his Philadel'
phia Athletics were chronic tail-enders
And fail it seems the 1928 Athletic:
must. Connie built this year with the
utmost diligence. carefully blending vet
eran experience with fiery youth so thai
the qualities of both were used with the
bcst advantage. That product of his
genius battered its way to the top Of the
league only to slip back after a tenure
of only one day.
Since that late series with their
dread rivals, the New York Yankees
when the Athletics lost three OUT OF
four and their hold on first place. Con
MES charges have been presented with
number of opportunities to overhaul
the leaders only to fail at the most
critical moments.
Miller SubdueS Yankees.
Take yesterday for example: Walter
Miller. tricky left-hander of the Cleve-
land Indians. set the Yankees down
with five hits and beat them, to g.
Presented with golden chance to snip
the Yanks' two-game lead in two, the
AS, instead, were bowled over by the
st. Louis Browns 6 to 2, leaving the
relative standing Of the two clubs un-
changed. It was the second time in
three DAYS that the AS passed up an
opportunity to gain. With only five
games on Philadelphia schedule and
six for the Yankees. Comics chances
of winning his first pennant since 1914
seem slim indeed.
For the third time on the present
Western trip George PipgraS failed the
Yanks. He started against Cleveland,
but was pounded by them for all their
runs before he could be removed in the
middle of a sixth-inning rally. Lefty
Heimach finished.
Alvin Crowder hung up his twentieth
victory of the year at the AS expense.
giving them only four hits. three 81
which came in the ninth and scored
the AS two runs. Jack Quinn was the
victim of punched hits in the sixth and
seventh innings and made way for
Ossie Orwell in the latter frame.
The Boston Red Sox found Sam Glib
son for only five hits and Detroit coast
ed to an 8-to-0 victory. Jack Roth
rock, Red Sox outfielder. started in
left field. then played shortStop and
ended by pitching the final inning,
giving the Tigers no hits.
Cardinals Protect Lead.
Meanwhile the ST. Louis Cardinals
protect,s their one-game lead in the
National League by trouncing BROOKLYN
9 to 2, while the New York Giants
home-runned their way to 7-to-4 VIC
tory over the Cincinnati Reds
Old Pete Alexander kept BROOKLYN
batsmen subdued all day while the
Cards were ripping three Dodger pitch
ers for IA hits, including Jim Bottom
ley's thirty-first homer of the year
That drive, with none on in the fifth,
gave Bottomley the league lead. his
nearest rival being Hack Wilson of the
Chicago Cubs. who has hit 30.
All of the Giantss@runs were scored
on homers, Lefty OsDouf getting two
with one each for Mel OFT and Travis
jackson. Jackson's came with two on
II the eighth and broksa A tie that
existed at that moment. Outside of
these home runs, Ray Kolp pitched
well, outpitched Larry Benton, in fact,
but those long clouts enabled the
Giants redhead to record his twenty
fifth victory of the year.
The Cubs retained their mathematical
chance to win the pennant by trimming
the poor old Phillies, z to 6, although
the tail-endefs gave Joe Mccarthy some
bad moments by scoring three runs in
the ninth, within one of q tie.
The Pittsburgh Pirates took the first
game of a double-header from the
Braves, to /, in 10 innings, but were
beaten in the nightcap, 4 to 2.