New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-09-12
BY tho Associated Press

Caught in whitening barrage OF
Yankee hits. Connie Mack's pennant
aspirations, close to realization few
short days ago. apparently are dy-
ing 4 slow and painful death.
Those aspirations were in a vigor-
Gus state Of health AZ late as last
Saturday when Comics Philadel-
phia Athletics occupied the Ameri-
can league summit in solitary gran
deur. Today feeble spark was the
only indication that they still were
alive.
To the massed attack of the
Yankees murderer's row, led by the
peerless Babe Ruth. can be attribut-
ed tho 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.
Yesterday he called up his last hope,
Robert Moses Grove. fastest left
handed pitcher in the majors, to
save something out OF the wreckage.
But Grove failed. just as he had
failed In five previous attempts this
season, to turn back Miller Higgins
maulers. For seven innings he had
the Yankees waving futile bats as
his fast one whizzed up to the plate.
Four hits and a single run repre-
scented the sum total Of the cham
pions' offensive at that time and
Grove entered the last of the eighth
with q to lead.
And then just as Lefty was ready
to record his 18th straight victory
and his 23rd Of the season, the blow
fell. A pass, single, a 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 a
pass would bring up Meusel. who
had welded wicked war club in
the first two games of the series.
The Babe hunted the first pitch foul
and took q called ball before driving
the third pitch into the right field
stands a. $4,000 fans broke into a
delirious demonstration of joy.
Grove quickly retired the side 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, with the Yanks on the long
end Of a s to 3 score. And the game
was over. 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
= two and a half game lead in the
standings and assured them Of in
yading the west In first place, re-
fourth and final game of the series
today.
In the other American league en-
gagements the st. Louis Browns beat
Cleveland Is to 8, in a game which
saw IL doubles pounded out, and
Detroit defeated Chicago, to +,
when John Stone, recruit outfelder,
cracked out home run with two on
base in the eighth.
Taking their second double in as
many days from the Boston Braves,
the New York Giants ousted the
Chicago Cubs from second place in
the National league race. The scores
were Ills and 7 to s. The first
game was a walkaway for the Giants
but the second was dog fight the
whole way. Larry Benton, a relief
pitcher, famed Rogers Hornsby to
end the game with the tying run on
drst base. Fred Lindstrom pounded
cut eight hits in 10 times at bat dur
ting the day.
The st. Louis Cardinals retained
their two and half game lead over
the fleld by trouncing Cincinnati, s
to :. The Reds established new
National league record for double
plays with It's but that Cidn't help
them in scoring any.
The Cubs cracked five Pittsburgh
hurlers for II hits and romped away
with . 9 to 3 victory. Pat Malone
had only one bad inning-the third
when the Pirates scorei all their
runs. The Cubs. however. now trail
the Giants by two percentage points
Brooklyn at Philadelphia again
divided a double header. The Robins
took the first by to but dropped
the second 1 to 3 when Fred Leach
dubbed the first offering of Dazzy
Vance. relief pitcher, into the
stands for home run.