The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-07-10
M'GRAW'SCLAN
TRYING TOGAIN
DR0PS3RD TILT
St. Louis Cards Lead Is In.
creased from Two and a Half
to Four Games in Loop
GRIMES IS RESPONSIBLE
New York Yankees Lead in
American Is Shaved to An
Even IL by Splitting
(By The Associated Press)

Perhaps the Pittsburgh Pirates
aren't going anywhere in particular
this year but they seem determined
to keep the National League cham
pionship in the west.
Bowling over the New York Giants
for the third time in row, yester-
day, the Corsairs thereby earned
vote of thanks from the St. Louis
Cardinals who took occasion to beat
the Boston Braves again and stretch
their lead to four and one-half
games
A few days ago, the Giants, with
a successful intra-sectional series
behind them, were but two and half
games back of the Cardinals and had
the strategic advantage of having
one less defeat than the league-lead-
ers. Today the shoe was on the 9TH
er foot. The Cards have dropped 20
decisions, the Giants 30.
Grimes Beats McCraw
Burleigh Grimes was the thorn in
McGraw's side yesterday. The spit
baller. traded to the Pirates for Vic
Aldridge, has faced his former team
mates three times this year and
beaten them every time. The score
Of his latest victory was to 3.
Grimes never was in danger after
Lloyd Waner hit a home run with
one on in the fifth to give Bush's
men a 3 to | lead.
Two homers, accounting for five
runs, featured the Cardinals s to
triumph over the Braves. Jim
Bottomley hit his 10Th Of the year
with two on and George Harper
found one man on the bases when he
poled one out for the circuit. A
thumb injury kent Frank Frisch on
the Cardinal bench for the first time
since he joined the club in April,
1927.
The Pills outhit the Reds but Roy
Kolp bore down when danger threat
ened.
Vance Wins Another
Dazzy Vance pitched the Brooklyn
Robins to their third win in the five
game series with the Chicago Cubs,
6 to 2. Great fielding by the Dodg-
er infield kept Vance out Of trouble.
The American League campaign
saw the New York Yankees lead
shaved to II games when the cham
pions split double header with the
St. Louis Browns while the Philadel-
rhia Athletics were crushing Cleve-
land.
Herb Pennock shut out the Browns
with six hits in the opener at New
York, to 0 but four Yankee hurl-
ers were battered for 20 hits in the
nightcap which went to st. Louis,
IL to 6. Heinic Manush got six hits
during the day five of them in the
second game. Lou Gehrig was ban
ished from the field Of action for
disputing a decision in the closing
encounter.
Grant Loses First
George Grants string Of seven
straight wins was snapped as the
Athletics buried the Indians under a
"a to 4 score. making 23 hits. All
Simmons and Sammy Hale each got
four. Jack Quinn pitched effective
ball for the Mackmen.
AL Thomas bested Sad Sam Jones
in pitching duel at Washington.
the Chicago White Sox gallopinp
away with 3 to l decision. Rey-
nolds' double in the first after
Clancy tripled and Hunnefield
singled gave the Sox two runs.
Clancy's homer in the fifth account
ed Cor the other.
The Boston Red Sox took both
ends Of double-bill with Detroit. 4
to 0 and 8 to 2. Jack Russell best
ed Earl Whitehill in a pitching duel
in the opener. Big Ed Morris, the
Alabama find. won his 18th victory
in Is starts in the second game. The
Tigers made only II hits in the two
games.