New Britain herald., 1928-08-21
BOSTON BRAVES DESERVE
PART IN GIANTS SUCCESS
Larry Benton Keeps New York Team In Lead by Beat
ing Cincinnati-Cards Keep In Step by Nosng Out
Brooklyn Dodgers - Phillies Turn Back Chicago
Cubs While Braves Down Pirates-Athletics Bow
to St. Louis Browns-White Sox Hand Red Sox
Trimming.

If John J. McGraw wins his 11th
National league pennant this year,
the Boston Braves, themselves as
sured OF finishing no higher than
seventh, can take a good share of
the credit.
Some of the most important cogs
in the New York Giants machine
came under McGraw's control after
an apprenticeship at Boston. With
out Larry Benton, Frank Hogan. Joe
Genewich, Jim Wells and Les Mann,
it's bit difficult to believe that Nc
Graw, great manager though he is.
could drive the Giants into the lead
ership of league boastng as many
strong ag regations as does the Ma
tional this year. An five of these
regulars or semi-regulars made the
trip from Boston to New York dur
ing the past year or so.
After Benton had pitched the
Giants into first place at st. Louis
last Sunday Genewich enabled them
to remain there yesterday at Gin
cinnati where he turned back the
Reds, S to 3. Joe had plenty of un-
easy moments, but in the long run
the Reds found him easy to hit but
exceedingly difficult to score on.
Eppa Rixey pitched out of turn and
found himself well smacked for his
pains. He finally turned over the
, job to Pete Jablonowski in the
eighth.
Nosing out the Brooklyn Dodgers,
2 to /. the st. Louis Cardinals gain
ed fractionally on the Giants, whose
lead dwindled to two percentage
points despite their victory at en-
cinnati Dazzy Vance, who had won
seven straight games, was the VIC
tim of a ninth inning rally IN
which the Cards pushed over the
winning run with one out, Jimmy
Wilson's single with the bases filled
turning the trick. Jess Haines got
credit for the Cards victory, but
the real hero was Fred Farmhouse,
who turned in a sensational winning
streak for st. Louis at the Tag END
of the last campaign. Frankhouse
allowed four hits in seven and two
thirds innings before giving way &c
Haines with the score tied. The
Dodgers scored their run in the sixth
inning only with the aid of a wild
pitch.
The other National league games
were smuggling bees in which the
Phils and the Braves turned pacf
the Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh
Pirates.
The Pills pounded four Cub pitch
ers for is hits and an II to 6 victory
at Chicago. Four home runs Wert
smashed out. one of them being
Hack Wilson's 2Sth of the year.
The Braves and Pirates battlct
for nearly three hours before Horns
by's crew beat the Corsairs IA to l,
in a suggest in which SO safe hit!
were recorded by the scorers, 10 o
them going to the Pirates. Bur
leigh Grimes, ace of the PITTSBURGH
staff, was batted out of the box il
the fifth inning.
In the American league. the id!'
New York Yanke s added anothe
half games to their lead over tn
Philadelphia Athletics when the,
bowed to the st. Louis Browns,
to 2. Howard Ehmlle and Joe Busl
were battered for IS hits. Manusl
and O'Rourke getting four apiece
Meanwhile Jack Ogden was settinj
the AS down with four safeties. TIL
AS now trail the Yankees by fly
and half games.
Red I'aber granted the Red SO
only six hits and the Chicago Whit
Sox trimmed Boston to 4. Waite
Shres, 90 year old recruit first base
man, starred on the offense for tn
White Sox. getting four hits includ
ing a triple.