New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-06-21

3y the Associated Press
The ferocious Phils, hungry for
games, remain at large upon the
land. They have developed an un-
accountable tendency TO slam their
betters on the chin as is shown by
the fact that they have so far for
gotten themselves as to win seven
out Of nine games.
Not satisfied with Walter Lerian's
triple which outraged Dazzy Vance
on Tuesday. the PILLS jumped on
Jumbo Elliott and Doug McWeeney
for enough hits to win the second
game Of the Brooklyn series yester-
day. 81. Hub Pruett, whose chief
claim to fame is that he famed
Babe Ruth ten times one season.
turned in a neat game for the Baker
Boys, and Don Hurst helped with
hts eighth home run.
The Cardinals made II ten out Of
eleven and increased their lead over
the Reds to four full games by TAX
ing the series opener from the Cubs
in Chicago yesterday, to 2. Jess
Haires outpitched both Percy Lee
Jones and Guy Bush, and a majes-
tic home run by Grimm. the Chica-
go first baseman, was purely decora-
tive.
The Reds slipped further back
toward the Giants A. the Pirates
made up a bit of ground by shading
Eppa Rixey. to l. More heartening
to Pirate fans than the victory It.
self was the form Remy Kremer
flashed in achieving it. After lum-
bering through an unsteady spring.
Kremer won from the Reds by an
Irish mile with a margin of only
one run and his team outhit by II
to s. Traynor dashed home from
first on a single to score the winning
marker.
The Giants, scheduled In Boston.
probably did not expect to play.
They did not play, at any event
for tho NTH time in six scheduled
daya in the Hub. The clan McGraw
now faces eight games In four days
at Braves field in September. even
II the rain lets up today.
After the first two skirmishes of
what has been facetiously referred
and the Athletics are Just where
they were before It started-which
the Yankees can very we'll afford to
be, but which the Athletics can not.
Connie Mack astounded the burgh-
ers by permitting old Jack Quinn
10 remain in the box through five
run fusillade by the champions In
the third round of the opener at the
Yankee stadium yesterday, and old
Jack rewarded his master by conf
ing through to 10 to victory. The
veteran spitballer himself drove in
the ultimate winning run with
single In the sixth.
The Athletics reached Herb Pen
mock for 10 hits in five and one
third innings, butwere just ahead.
TO 5. until Wiley Moore crumbled
in the ninth. Old man Quinn, who
once was jerked from a two-hit
game by the impatient Connie, was
strong in the pinches after the one
Yankee furry.
George Pipgras and Ossie Orwell
made a. II TO go through with 4
pitchers battle in the second game,
but the stadium was saved from
this indignity when the batters
came to life. Grabowski slapped 4
home run for the Yanks after Laz-
zeri and Robertson had singled. and
AL Simmons repeated the process in
behalf OF the Athletics following a
pass to Cobb in the eighth.
In tho battle OF the lower depths,
Warrington consolidated its hold on
fifth place and nenaced fourth by
trimming the Red sox. s to 0. Gar
land Braxton allowed Boston just
four hits and never was In any
danger.
Tho tail-end White Sox divided 4
pair with the slipping Indians in
Cleveland, winning the first. to I,
and lapsing back into normally in
the second. to 3.