New Britain herald., 1928-07-30
YANKEES APPEAR TO BE
ON VERGE OF COLLAPSE
New York Team Is Smothered by Observation-Disclosures
Chalk Up Another Win at St. Louis-Boston Red
Sox Trim Tigers--Whe Sox and Senators Split
Reds Turn Back Brooklyn Dodgers - Giants and
Chicago Divide Twin Bill at Polo Grounds.

Something has struck the proud
Yankee craft, bow. stern and amid.
ship. She's still afloat but leaking
badly and may go down at any min.
ute.
month ago the champions were
leading the American league process.
sion by more than dozen games
Today that lead has dNindled TO six
and q half games. Taking heart at
this unexpected collapse upon the
part of the naughty New Workers.
Connie Mack has rushed his Phil
adelphla Athletics along at whirl-
wind pace and again has hopes of
realizing his long deferred ambition
of plotting another league pennant
winner.
At Cleveland yesterday The Yam
KEGS suffered the most humliating
defeat they have taken since 1925
when they ended the season in sew
enth place. The We're annihlated by
the Cleveland Indians, "A to 6, in
the widest major league game of
the year. The Indians started out
with eight runs in the first inning.
decided that wouldn't be enough and
scored nine more in the second. BY
this time the tribe was more tired
running bases than the Yankees
we're chasing singles that hoped all
over the lot. One run was the best
the Indians could do in the third
and they waited until the sixth in
ming to score the last six. As near
as could be determined. the pitching
victims were, in order. George Pip
gras, Wiley Moore. Myles Thomas
Henry johnson and Archie Camp
bell For some reason or other Mil
Ter Higgins didn't pitch nor did he
call Babe Ruth to the mound either
in an attempt to stop the carnage
The Indians pounded out 81 hits and
batted around twice in each of the
first two innings. It was on June II.
1925 that the Yanks last were de-
feated by an 1s-run margin. The
Detroit Tigers turned the trick by
score of 10 to l..
While all this was going on, the
Athletics were chalcking up another
win at St. Louis, taking over the
Browns for the seventh straight
time. to 3. The Browns dropped
five straight at Philadelphia at the
end of their recent eastern invasion. |
George Earnshaw was wild but eff
fective enough to down the Browns
behind heavy batting by his team
mates. particularly Jimmy Foxx.
who pounded out a home run. a /
double and a single and drove in
four rims
After losing six in row. the Bos-
ton Red Sox piled into Lii Stoner for
four, runs IN the second inning.
enough to beat the Detroit Tigers. ,
to ?.
After losing their seventh straight !,
contest In the first game. the Chi
cago White Sox came back to beat |
half of double bill Ted Lyons was
the Washington Senators in the last
ineffective in the opener and the
senators pounded out an s to 3 vic
tory. Adkins was in form in the
niEhtcap and the Sox ended their
long string OF reverses with a to |
triumph.
In the National league. the Clnein-
natl Reds strengthened their hold on I
second place by turning back the
Brooklyn Dodgers. s to S, Zitz-
rann's fourth hit of the game scor-
ing jake May with the winning run
IN the ninth
The New York Giants and Chlca-
go, Cubs fought each other to a
stnndstill in a double bill at the Polo
grounds. The Giants took the first
game, TO 3 in ten innings. Larry ,,
Benton gaining his 18th victory OF
The year. Guy Bush outpitched Vic
Aldrldge in the nightcap and the
cubs came out on the long end of
1 to l score. 4,