Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-12
RUTH'S 49TH HOMER
DOWNS GROVE, IS
Yanks Again Beat AS to
Boost Lead in Race
to 21.2 Games.

BY the Associated Press
~ AUGHT in whitening barr2ge
CT Yankee hits, Connie Mack s
pennant aspirations. close 70
~ realization a few short days
ago, apparently are dying a
slow and painful death.
Those aspirations were in vigorous
state of health as late as last Satur-
day when Comics Philadelphia Ath-
letics occupied the American Leagu,
summit in solitary grandeur. Today
feeble spark was the only indication
that they still were alive.
To the maSSed attack of the Yankees,
led by the peerless Babe Ruth, with his
forty-ninth homer of the season, can
be attributed the partial collapse Of the
tall tactician's hopes for his first PEN
nant victory since 1914.
Mack saw Quinn and Walberg fail
to stop the champions on Sunday. Yes
terday he called UP his last hope, Robert
Moses Grove, fastest left-handed pitcher
in the majors, to save something out OF
the wreckage.
Groves Sixth Failure.
But Grove failed just as he had
| failed in five previous attempts TO turn
back Miller Higgins n1aulers this sea-
| SUI. IOI swell iIltllllSS llc 1lda tl1C
| Yankees waving futile bats as his fast
one whizzed up to the plate. Four hits
and single run represented the sum
total of the champions offensive at that
time and Grove entered the last of the
| eighth with a 3-to-1 lead.
| And then just as Lefty was ready to
record his fifteenth straight victory and
| his twenty-third of the season, the blow
| fell pass. single. wild throw by
Jimmy Dykes and a wild pitch by Grove
himself, and Gehrig's single. tied up the
game with nobody out. That brought
the Babe to the plate. Grove elected
to pitch to him, for pass would bring
up Meusel who had welded wicked
warclub in the first two games of the
series. The Babe hunted the first pitch
foul and took called ball before driv-
| ing the third pitch into the right field
stands as $4,000 fans broke into de-
| liriouS demonstration of joy. Grove
quickly retired the Sioe after that mighty
wallop but the damage had been done.
Henry johnson got rid of three Athletic
pinch hitters-Cobb Collins and French
in the ninth and the game was over
with the Yanks on the long end of a
5-to-3 score. 1t was Johnson's fifth
victory over the AS in six starts and
Groves sixth defeat in seven against
| the champions
The victory sent the Yankees into a
two-and-a- half-game lead in the stand
ings and assured them OF invading the
West in first place, regardless of the out
| come of the fourth and final game of
the series today.
In the other American League engage
, ments, the ST. Louis Browns beat Cleve-
land. 16 to 6, in a game which saw
! IA doubles pounded out, and Detroit
defeated Chicago, to 6, when John
Stone, recruit outfielder, cracked out
home run with two on base in the
eighth.
Giants Gain Second Place.
Taking their second double header in
as many days from the Boston Braves,
the New York Giants ousted the Chica-
go Cubs from second place in the Ma
tional League race. The scores were II
to 6 and Z to 6. The first game was
walkaway for the Giants, but the
second was a dog fight the whole way.
/ Larry Benton, a relief pitcher, famed
Rogers Hornsby to end the game with
the tying run on first base. Fred Lind
strom pounded out eight hits in 10
times at bat during the day.
The ST. Louis Cardinals retained
/ their two-and-a-h alf-game lead over
! the field by trO'lnclng Cincinnati. TO
g. The Reds established new Nation
al League record for double plays with
ITS. but that didn't help them in scor-
ing runs.
The Cubs cracked five Pittsburgh hurl-
ers for IL hits and romped away with
a 9-to-3 victory. Pat Malone had only
one bad inning-the third-when the
Pirates scored all their runs. The Cubs
however now trail the Giants by two
percentage points.
Brooklyn and Philadelphia again di-
vided a double header The Robins took
the first by to 2. but dropped the Sec
ond, 4 to 8, when Fred Leach dubbed
the first offering of Dazzy Vance. a re-
lief pitcher, into the stands for home
rim