New Britain herald., 1928-05-31
By He Associated Press.

By lie Associated Press
 Twelve major league teams were on edge today for getaway skir- sons second siege Of intersectional warfare. scheduled to begin at some points along the baseball front as early as tomorrow. The Reds and the Cubs already were on their way east. while the Giants and the Robins lay idle, awaiting brief re- sumption of their intra-city strife at the Polo Grounds,
 The Reds jumped to an outstand- ing position in the Decoration Day battles with clean sweep of their two games against the Cubs. The day witnessed no fewer than five other teams march on to two yic tories in day. but rain prevented this unusual situation from being carried further. Rain descended upon both the Yankee Stadium and F.bbets field before a decision could he reached in the second games, but here is little doubt that the d1lhtts "Cdlu lldNN Ioti iASd etiA even break against the Senators,
 The Reds nicked the Cubs twice only by showing the greatest com petitive spirit. After a to 0 victory over Charlie Root in the morning behind the fine pitching of the vet eran Eppa Jeptha Kixey, the Rhinelanders hacked away al Perce Malone to no avail for eight innings, a run the Cubs had scored off kolp in the seventh loomed large.
 The Chicago intield faltered just a ,rif1e in the ninth, and the Reds had rushed through to a tie before the gap could be closed. Ford's single in the tenth provided the winning margin in a to l victory. sent the Reds with d lead of three full games and depressed 10000 Chicago fans. as 30.oo0 had been depressed in the morning,
 The cripple Pirates sagged lower into the second division after the Cardinals scored victories, 10 to l and 4 to 3, in morning and after noon games at Forbes field.
 The Boston Braves defeated the Phillies in both ends Of a double header at Philadelphia, to and II to ,. The day was featured by Hornsby's two homers. One clinch- ed the first game in the tenth in- ming. and the other sent the Braves away to a start of three runs in the second encounter.
 The Giants found Brooklyn pitch ing and unfolding just to their liking in the morning, and the Robins were rolled over by to l. Clark was giving Aldridge quite time in the afternoon game when sudden burst of rain forced a halt for the day. The score was tied at , to , when hostilities were called off.
 American league fans were inter- ested in. if not excited over. the ) to defeat of the champion Yankees by the loWly Washington team. Gar land RraNton, 6 Yankee cast-ofi, held the Hugm"n to three hits, while the Senator's made merry with young Al shealy. Bobby Reeves won the game for the Senators with q home run in the sixth after Rice had singled
 Three unearned runs were added in the seventh following Durocher's s wild throw. The champions started out to make amends by pounding Horace Lisenbee for seven runs in less than two Innings in the second game when rain interyened.
 By defeating the Red Sox. E to and 9 10 ;. the Athletics gained one and one-half games on the Yankees. but remained seven games to the rear. Ty Cobb again was ont Of the lineup with nervous indigestion.
 The Detroit Tigers cleaned up two games on the faltering Indians, the afternoon engagements in 1e in- nings. The scores were to 3 and 10 ,.
 The Browns won both ends of an afternoon double header from tho Chicago White Sox, 10 and , 10 ?. The veteran Red l'ah,r pitched good game in the opener but lost to Ogden.