New Britain herald., 1928-06-27
By the Associated Press.

The daily shift of baseball for tunes finds the Washington Senators and the Brooklyn Robins holding that part of the spotlight not de- voted to the two pace-setting clubs, the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Yankees.
 Stanley Harris started off the sea son with a Washington lineup that consisted mostly of questions marks, Before Bucky could get the boys working together the Senators had tumbled into the cellar, and appar- ently were more or less satisfied to stay there. A few weeks ago the pitchers decided they might as well pitch and the batters arrived at the conclusion that it might be fun to hit once in a while. Washington be- gan to win with a frequency that was good to the hearts of the eN- perts who picked Washington to fight it out with the Yankees Today Bucky and his crew were in fourth place. three and a half games back Of the St. Louis Browns.
 Wibert Robinson's troubles at Brooklyn have been bit different. The Dodgers burnt up the league during the first few weeks. Then couple of Wilbert's pitchers went on tumble. It's long been a truism in baseball that when Eobby's pitch- CTS fail Brooklyn soon reneWs its rather intimate acquaintanceship with the second division, But the high powered Dodger staff is oper- ating on "all six again and Rob- by's famous smile again is on dis play.
 Bobby almost laughed out loud yesterday when the Dodgers beat the Braves twice at Boston and hurdled from fifth place to third. leaping over the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds en route. Bill Clark had no trouble stopping the Braves in the first game. 5 to l, Jake Flowers single in the ninth scored the tying and winning runs in the Robins 6 to 5 victory in the night can It took five Brooklyn pitchers to win this one, Dazzy Vance being the eventual victor. Flowers got six hits and drove in five runs during the day.
 The New York Giants consolidat- ed their position in second place with their third straight verdict over the Phils, z to 6. The Giants made IS hits to add to the 32 they col lected in Wednesdays double head CT. Don Hurst. of the Phils, hit his 10th homer of the year.
 The Cubs finished all square in twin bill at Chicago with the Cor sairs of Pittsburgh. Burleigh Grimes put the Pirates one up M.th four hit shut out in the first contest, 10 o. Miljus. Burwell and Dawson. however. could not make it two in a row, the Pirates lowing. ' to 3, in the second game.
 Barnes, Senators outfelder, drove out two home runs that accounted for all of Washington runs in d to victory over the faltering Phil adelphia Athletics. who dropped more ground to the transforming Yankees, in the American league race. Milt Gaston gave the tribe of Mack only three hits. It was the Senator's fourth victory of the six game series and their 18th in the last .2 games.
 That rising young star from St. Mary's college, Larry Bettencourt, crashed out 8 home run with the bases filled and the Browns evened the series with the Cleveland h. dians. 6 to 3. Alvind trowder re- corded his sixth straight win and fh2 Browns brought their home stand to 8 close with the balance sheet showing IS victories and 9 defeats.
 Harry Heilmann. American league batting champion of 1927, was benched as the Detroit lineup suffer- d a drastic shakeup but the Tigers dropped another game 10 the Chica- go White SoX, , to ,, Grady Adkins giving up only three safe hits.