The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-06-29
NEW YORK IS
DOZEN GAMES
IN LOOP LEAD
Babe Ruth Pounds Out H0mers
No. 20 and 80 Against
Connie Mack Pitchers
PIPGRAS WINS 14TH
Cards Hold Fast to Their Lead
of Four and a Half Games,
Beating Pitts
PIPGRAS WINS 14TH
(By III. Associated Press)

A dozen games anedu OIL tHe puI-
suing fleet, the Yankee destroyer,
steams along confidently and SER
enely towards another American
League pennant.
Every rival club in the circuit
bears the sca-s of battle with the
defending champions but none has
been more sadly battered than Con-
ME Mack's Philadelphia Athletics,
who in preseason predictions fig
ured to be the only club capable of
giving Babe r:.lth and company SO
much as run for their money.
Have Fared Well
With other opponents the Ath-
letics have Jared none so badly. Pitt
ed against the champions it has
been another story-a tale bitter to
the ears of Connie Mack who sees
his pet drea.i of leading another
pennant before he retires apparently
doomed to fall short of realization
at least for another year.
For The fifteenth time this year
the two clubs clashed at Shibc park
yesterday and ..or the eleventh time
the ultimat victory rested with the
Yankees, and as usual, George Her.
man Ruth was the particular fly in
the ointmant for Mack's pitchers.
The Babe took occasion to smack
out his Goth and 30th home runs Of
the season ss ell as mere single.
Rube Walbcrg was the victim of q
vicious eight-hit barrage that Melted
the champions five runs in the first
two innings. George Earnshaw re-
lieved him, struck out ten men but
was touched for seven hits that en-
abled the Yankees to make their
final run total 10 to 4 for the Mack
men. George Pipgras won his 14th
victory in Is starts. Ruth's two
circuit drives put him 20 games, ID
days and six homers ahead of his
record-breaking race of 1927.
Gray Pitches Well
Sam Gray's effective pitching was
the high spot Of the St. Louis
Browns 5 to 6 victory over Detroit,
The Tigers tried to win by sheer
force Of numbers, no fewer than II
players bein. thrown into the breach
in a vain effort to stave off de-
feat. The Browns now stand but two
games back Of the second place Ath-
letics.
After losing two to the Boston Red
Sox on Wednesday, Washington did
a little better yesterday, breaking
even in another twin bill. Sad Sam
Jones pitched the Senators to vic.
tory, A to 3, in the opener but the
pad Coz n,,1lAI o,,< %hc ,n:rh%no~ .
smuggling affray, 8 to Z. Manager
Bill Carrigan and third basemar
Buddy Myer were ousted from thu
field for protesting an umpire's de.
cision.
Bill Cisse! tripled in the ninth
inning to score Alex Metzlcr will
the run that enabled the Chicag.
White Sox to triumph over Cleve
land, 3 to 2. Ted Blankenship out
pitched George Uhle and would hav,
won without the necessity of a Gar
rison finish but for Carl Lind's HON
er that tied the score in the frs
half of the ninth.
Cards Keep Advantage
The st. Louis Cardinals club fas
to their four and half game lea,
in the National League race by tax
ing the Pittsburgh Pirates int
camp, 4 to 3, Wee Willie Sherde
hanging up his sixth successive vic
tory. Homers by Chick Hafey an
frankie Fris and Claude Will
loughby as the New York Giant
made it five in q row over the Phil.
2 to l, in bitter pitchers battle i
which each team made but four hit.