The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-05-15

CHICAGO CUBS ARE
LATEST SENSATION
OF NATIONAL RACE
In Second Division Two Weeks
Ago, Nine Straight Wins
Bring Them Up
(By the Associated proes>

NC uCOdTIHy OuDS, unWOntcdIy
docile for the first month of the Ma.
tional League season, must have
gotten hold of some raw meat some
where.
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
q game back of the league-leadinc
Cincinnati Reds.
An 8 to 2 victory over the Giants
at Chicago yesterday stretched the
Cubs string of victories to nine
straight, the last three over New
York which went west leading the
pack and now is in fourth place.
While the Cubs were pounding Fitz-
simmons and Walker for ten timely
blows, Charlie Root, ace of the Cub
staff, was setting the Giants down
with six hits. Root, who started
the season in bad form, now has won
his last three games. After seeing
his club lose, John McGraw suffered
slight injuries Of the leg when he
was struck by an automobile.
The Reds maintained their hold
on the lead by downing the Phillies
at Cincinnati, 8 to 4. The game
marking the Quakers' tenth straight
defeat. Luque was touched for
four runs in the first inning but
was invincible thereafter. Timely
hitting in thre- innings enabled the
Reds to pile up their winning mar
gin.
Three Homcrs Made
Rallies in the last three innings
gave the cardinals to 3 verdict
over Boston at St. Louis. Hafey's
fourth hit of the game scored the
winning run in the ninth after the
tieing run had been sent over q
moment earlier. Douthit and Moore
hit homers.
Thirty-five players struggled
through two and half hours of
weird baseball at Forbes Field be-
fore Brooklyn ekcd out Z to 6 VIC
tory over the Pittsburgh Pirates
With Vance pitching and the tieing
and winning runs en- the runways
in the ninth, Glenn Wright and
George Granthan each watched
while the "Dazzler" sped the third
strike across the plate. STATE field.
ing was the sensation of the game
which saw the pirates use five pitch.
ers and three catchers. Wilbert
Robinson contented himself with
using three Of his hurlers and two
receivers.
Their third victory in a row over
the Detroit Tigers z to 5, sent the
New York Yankees American
League average up to the 300 mark
figured on the basis Of twenty vic.
tories 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 10th game on May II. His ninth
in 1928 came in his 25th game.
George Pipgras was wild and hit
hard but sensational fielding by the
champions pulled him through to his
sixth straight triumph.
Grove Lets Down II
Lefty Grove, crack southpaw of
the Philadelphia Athletics, struck
out eleven men as the AS beat
Cleveland, 6 to 3, in 10 innings. The
winning margin was provided by
Jimmy Foxx's pinch home run with
two on base. Grove held the Indians
to three singles up to the eighth but
was nailed for five hits and the
three tieing runs in that frame.
Ed Morris, big right handler from
Mobile, registered his third win in a
row as the Boston Redsox nosed out
the St. Louis Browns, 3 to 2. Nor
ris allowed only five hits, one less
than the Redsox got off Sammy
Gray.
Milt CASTOR pitched the Washing
ton Senator'S to victory, a to 2. over
the Chicago Whitesox. Tate drove
in two runs and forced another over
when he was walked with the bases
loaded.