The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-09-22
MACKMEN DROP
CONTEST WHILE
YANKS ADVANCE
Philadelphia's Slip Proved
Costly Yesterday; Grove
Knocked Dut
(By The Associated Press)

and Miller James Higgins are TAX
ing turns in juggling the big Amer.
lcan League pennant ball.
Both have made q lot of sims in
recent weeks but so far they've es-
capped serious injury. It won't be
long now, though, when their next
slip will be fatal. That applies par
ticularly to Mr.. McCillicuddy. It
was his turn to do the slipping YES
terday and he did so at Detroit while
Mllier's act went over at Chicago
without mishap.
:, The net result was that the New
York Yankees again are in q COM
paratively safe spot at the top of
the American League standing while
Comics Philadelphia Athletics Ian
guish two full games to the rear. !
The A'S defeat at Detroit was all
the more surprising because Connie
sent his ace Of aces to the mound
Robert Moses Grove. The Tigers
clouted him for two runs in the
fourth inning and drove him out Of
the box in the next when Rice hit
Q home run with the bases filled. De-
cidedly it was not Groves day. Ossie
Orwoil, who pitches when he's not
playing some other position, relieved
Lefty and suffered with Spartan
fortitude, another Furnishing Tiger
attack in the eighth when Jonathan
stone, . rookie outfielder, smacked
another home run with two men on.
With this savage hitting to brace
him, ELAN Van Glider, athletic link
extraordinary, was in a position to
breeze to an easy 9 to 4 victory.
While Connie was being put to
this humiliation, old Tom Zachary
oiled up his aged left hand at the
command of Mr.. Higgins and sum.
marily pitched the Yankees to a s
to 2 triumph over Lena Blackburne's
much-improved Chicago White Sox.
Zachary gave the Sox eight scat
tered hits and drove in the last two
Yankee runs in the eighth with a
home rum with one on. Lazzeri and
Ruth both were injured during the
game and had to retire.
The Washington Senator's consol-
ldated their hold on fourth place by
taking the Cleveland Indians down
the line in two games, the score be-
ing 2 to each time. Garland Brax-
ton and "Sad Sam" Jones were the
winning pitchers although Sam was
given a great struggle by Moore.
southern league recruit pitcher, in
the nightcap. For that matter
braxton had to be at his best to
shade Underhill in the opener.
Charley Rafting took things in
his own hands at st. Louis, hitting a
home run with two on in the seventh
to give the Boston Red Sox a 5 to
8 victory over the Browns. After
the Browns had assaulted him for
TOUR hits and three runs in the first
inning, Ruffing set them down with
out trouble the rest Of the way.
While the st. Louis Cardinals and
New York Giants were having an
OIL day before resuming their cru
clal series at the Polo Grounds. the
Chicago Cubs took advantage of the
ldleness by bowling to Dazzy Vance
and the Brooklyn Dodgers. 3 and 1.
and thereby all but dropped out of
the struggle for the National League
pennant. Dazzy, who has made
most Of his best strikeout records
against the Cubs, gave them onlv
two hits and famed eleven men
Artie Nehf, one-time ace of the
Giants, also was in great form. qiy-
ing up only six hits but gave the
Robins the winning run in the sixth
when he walked Dave Bancroft with
the bases filled.
The Cincinnati Reds established a
new major league record for double
plays at Boston where they divided
9 double-header with the Braves.
Boston took the first game, S to 3.
but the Reds had the consolation Of
completing their 1S3rd double-kill-
ing, beating the old record Of 1872
set by Washington in 1923. They
added two more to their string in
the second game which they won, 3
to 2.
The Pittsburgh Pirates made it
two in . row from the Phillies, 6 to
s, it being the Pills ninth straight
defeat. After the Pirates had scored
four in the first inning, the Pills
Tied the score in their half with the
ara OF home runs by Leach and
Whitney. Remy Kremer decided he
had had enough and Joe Dawson re-
heved him and held the Pills pretty
well in hand the rest Of the wav.