New Britain herald., 1928-09-04
By the Associated Press.

ne annual Hock or Labor DaV double headers have been written into the records to the satisfaction of Miller Higgins but to the unmiti- gated chagrin of Bill McKechnie and Connie Mack.
 Higgins crew of New York Yankees got only an even break with the Boston Red Sox yesterday but added game to their lead when Comics Philadelphia Athletics slip- ped . couple of cogs at Washington and went down twice before the Senators attack.
 McKechnie could see no humor in the fact that his St. Louis Cardinals. setting the pace in the National league. were upset twice by the Cin- cinnati Reds while the New York Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates were cleaning up double bills against the Phillies and the Chicago Cubs re- spectively.
 The figures today showed the fankees two and d half games in aovance Of the Athletics in the American league chase while the Cardinals advantage in the National remained unchanged at four and 2 half games. The important effect or Labor Day results in John Heyd- ler's circuit was that the Giants, Pi- rates and Reds were reinstated as pennant contenders where 24 hours earaer 1t appeared as though all three had shot their bolt.
 The Cardinals gave the Reds terrific battle in the first game be- fore they went down, to 5 in the II innings, but were overwhelmed In the nightcap, s to ,. Twenty-nine prayers saw service in the opener which saw the Reds tie the score in the ninth and win in the 11th, each tlme on hits by Pid Purdy.
 The Giants moved past the Cubs into second place by knocking over the Phillies, to and to 3. After the Giants had scored four runs in the nrst inning of the first game, the Phils valiantly pecked away at Jack scotts offerings but could do no better than get within one run of a tie. The nightcap was a romp for McGraw's men. They rocked Ed Baecht for 20 hits in eight innings, Jimmy Welsh getting five in a row after striking out on his first ap- pearance. 4 home run flew of Bill Terry's bat in each game.
 In . savage batting mood, the Pi- rates crushed the Cubs in the morning game at Forbes field, 16 to l. and then played steady ball be- hind Ray Kremer's effective pitching to win the second, to 3. The Cor sairs rolled l9 solid drives off Char ley Root and three relief pitchers in the morning encounter while Erwin Frame was turning back the invad- CTS with only five hits. one of them a homer by Kiki Cuyler. Kremer outpitched Hal Carlson to win the afternoon battle and hang up his eighth consecutive triumph.
 The Brooklyn Dodgers were rain- ed out of their twin bill with the Boston Braves.
 It took some tall stepping by the Yankees to get as good as an even break against the Red Sox Hug gins somewhat tanned maulers just barely earned the decision in the opener. to I, before going down before Russell and Morris in the second. to 3. The Red Sox got 15 hits off four Tank pitchers in the opener. one of them being Jack Rothrock's homer with the bases loaded in the fourth inning. But the champions early lead of seven runs piled up while Ed Morris was in the box saved them. The second game was at pitchers battle between Hen- ry Johnson and Jack Russell with the Red Sox pitcher earned the edge although he was driven out of the box in the ninth inning. In this frame the Tanks rushed two runs across the plate but were stopped by Morris who came to Russells rescue Lou Gehrig hit his 23rd homer o1 the year in the first inning of the first game.
 The Senators outplayed the Ath. letics to win both games at Wash. ington, 6 to 1 and 5 to A. Hadley held Mack's tribe to six hits anc famed eight men in the opener outpitching Howard Ehmke by z wide margin. Fred Marberrys re. lief pitching decided the second game. The As tailed twice in tn. eighth off Braxton and had the ty. ing run on first base with none ou when Marberry was called in. Ths big right handler retired the sid, and then famed two pinch hitters other hole.
 The Chicago White Sox vaultet from seventh to fifth place whel they sank the Detroit Tigers twice , to ? and ' to while the Brown were beating Cleveland in both end of the double header at St. Louis Louis Grady Adkins outpitched Vi S,orrel in the opener but it tool 'o0le heavy artillery work by So men to pull the second gam , of the fire in the late innings
 t Was a case of good and ba, b. @ba1l at St. Louis. The Brown l..tde full use of their eight hits { capture the opener. , to 5, but tn se1~:.d game developed into d slug ging bee that Dan Howley's me won by the football score of 16 | 10. Manush, getting six hits dur ing the day. brought his season total to 200, the first batsnlan i either league to accomplish this fea Paul Waner. of the Pittsburgh Pi artes. who leads the National leagu in this department, also got six i his teams two games with the Cui. and ran his seasons total to 19S.