New Britain herald., 1928-09-21
By the Associated Press.


 There's not much to choose be- tween the two major league pennant | races. but the fact remains that most of the drama is being enacted in the | American league.
 The St. Louis Cardinals have made the National league battle more or less of a cut-and-dried proposition by the simple process of matching anything their closest competitors may or may nc. achieve. If the New York Giants lose the Cardinals man. aRe to do the same thing. If they win, Bill McKechnie's boys see to it that John McGraw doesn't profit in the standings thereby. But in the American league, Miller lnngtae' champion New York Yh0ksas have given their supporters more alternate moments of ecstatlc joy and dismal gloom than is good for the constitution, even of ieath- er-lunged Bronx fan. From good to bad and back again Yankee fortunes have gone thls year. The Bronx was in deep mourn- ing today for the Yankees, losing 1. inning battle to the Chicago White Sox yesterday, saw the Phil adelphia Athletics creep to within one game of the lead again.
 Meanwhile the National league re- mained unchanged as the Cardinals and the Giants tangled in double bill and emerged with one victory apiece as home runs flew thick and fast at the Polo Grounds. What ad- vantage there was went to Mckech- nie for he got rid of two more games from his schedule without losing any ground to his chief rival.
 Pitchers got none of the glory at the Polo Grounds. George Harper, who once patrolled right field for NcGraw, took things in his own hands in the first game, crashing out three home runs. and the Cardinals coasted to an to victory. Larry Benton was the victim of two of Harper's drives and retired in the eighth with his eighth defeat of the season as company. Just to show he was playing no favorites Harper hit another home run off Jack Scott in the eighth, just after Chick Hafey had sailed one into the right field bleachers. Most the damage the Giants did to Wee Willie sherdel was the result of two more home runs-one by Andy Cohen and the other by Frank Hogan.
 The boys calmed down a bit in the second game until the eighth inning when the Giants, fighting to overcome two run lead, sailed into old Pete" Alexander for five runs. four of them on HoSan's second home run of the day-a mammoth drive into the left field bleachers. That left the score to 1 and there 1t remained. Up to that time Alex ander had outpitched his youthful rival Karl Hubbell by a wide mar gin. The Cards reached the youth fui left handler for II hits, one ol them a four base drive by Hafey.
 Despite the even split. the Giants were heavy losers. They were pre-. scented with a wonderful opportunit. to tie for the lead and ended exactly where they started-two games ou of first place. They meet the Cardi again tomorrow and for the las time on September 30.
 In the other National league games. the Pittsburgh Pirates trounced the Phillies 6 to 1. whil' the Cincinnati Reds were splitting even in two games with the Bostoi Braves The Reds won the frs anne [ to but went down in tn nightcap, 9 to when the Brave scored eight runs in the first inning
 Urban Faber was the master 0 thu situation at Chicago where tn Yankee ship struck reef and wen down with all hands aboard. Tn veteran spitballer held the cham pions to eight hits in 12 innings an walked off with to 3 decision The Sox tied the score in the eighth knocking George Pipgrass out of tn box. and won out in the 18th on
 single, a stolen base and two sacrl Aces off Waite Hoyt.
 Before the Yankees finally ha gone down at Chicago, the Athletic. thanks to Jack Quinn. had turne back Detroit, 6 to 1. The Tigers gC only six hits off Quinn and woul
 have suffered shutout but for
 tumble by Jimmy Dykes. Bunche
 hits by the As were Earl Whitehiil
 undoing.
 The St. Louis Browns clinche
 third place in the standings by q,
 feating the Boston Red Sox, 5 to
 Alvin Crowder pitched his 18th vi'