New Britain herald., 1928-08-16
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press. Some small part of the tension has been removed from the National league race, for the moment at least, by a St. Louis victory and New York defeat, but the American league quarrel persists in remaining in just the state it reached ten days ago when the Athletics came to the peak of their spurt in the west.
 While the Cardinals were incrcas- ing their lead over the Giants 10 three and one half games yesterday, the Mackmcn were refusing for the second time in two days to reduce the Yankee margin to the same figure. The champions dropped their second straight to the White Sox, but the Mackmen similarly eX- posed their chins to the Tigers for '. the second time in as many days.
 The latest Yankee reverse, dec- orated with Babe Ruth's 45th 1928 home run, was due chiefly to the antics of Urban Faber, the ancient spit -baller who for 5 years has been a particular nuisance to Ruth and the Yankees-and that takes in several years of the Babes servitude in Boston. Old Urban received cleaning support from Johnny Mos til and Chalmer Cissel as he won by S to 4, but he could have slipped by with much worse backing.
 Not satisfied with silencing most of the weapons in Murderers' Row, Faber joined the home run club with a neat shot into the right field bleachers, and drove in another marker with a single. His battery mate, Buck Grouse, had hit for all the bases earlier when the White Sox were more in need of runs.
 Ruth's drive placed him IS games, 1S days and nine home runs ahead of his 1927 pace. and improved his chance for new record, which two days ago seemed to be slipping from him. To hit 61 and improve his 1927 major league mark by one, the Bambino must get 16 in 4o games, or two in each five-a com paratvely simple feat. it seems, for one who has moved at a faster clip through IA engagements.
 The Yankee pitching reverted yes- terday to the condition it was in through most of the last western trip. Seeking his goth victory, George Pipgras achieved instead his ninth defeat. After he departed ir the third, Henry Johnson and Wiley Moore continued at the gait Pipgras had set.
 Little was wrong with the Ath. letic pitching served up by the an cient John Quinn, but the Mack men themselves thought Sim Gibsor and George smith were terrible Quinn held the Detroit enemy tt three earned runs, but the home boys were unable to get more than three. earned or otherwise, from tho offerings of Messrs. Gibson anG Smith, The final reckoning was to 8 in favor of the Tigers.
 Cleveland won by to behind the fine pitching of Joe Shaute 1T Boston, while Garland BraXton hurl ed the Senators to to 3 decision over Sam Gray and the Browns.
 The Wrigley field jinx pursued th' Giants again, but Chicago base hit! may just possibly have had some thing to do with the ninth inning de feat of the Clan McGraw by ( to , The New Workers have lost only tw' games in seven to the Cubs at th' Polo Grounds, but have won onl. that number in ten at Chicago.
 After the Giants had taken a lea' of to 3 by scoring two in thei half of the ninth on some fanc, punching by Guy Bush. Percy Jone and Fred Blake, the Cubs started rebellion in their own half agains Joe Genewich. Stephenson singled Grimm walked. Hartnett sacrifice and McMillan sent two in with
 single. Out went Genewich and i came Faulkner, but the Cubs, in n mood to go into extra inning: promptly hit it out against Faulk ner.