New Britain herald., 1929-07-01
CUBS ARE RUNNING RIOT
 OVER NATIONAL LEAGUE
League Leaders Clean Up Four Decisions at Sports mans Park-Phiies Divide With Giants-Braves and Robins Split Even-Yankees Gain Game on Athletics in American-Senators Defeat Mackmen Detroit Tigers Shade Cleveland Il to 10.
Rv the Assnciated Press

With earnest Yankee hOnndS vainly pursuing Athletic mechanical rabbits in the American league dog derby. baseball attention has turned somewhat to John Heydler's circuit, when the Cubs are running riot. The National league leaders have cleaned up four decisions at Sports mans park, the last in a remarkable uphill fight yesterday,
 The home field of the Cardinals was no place for a pitcher on the Sabbath. The champions first eased Charlie Root from the premises un- der the urge of a six run rally in the second, and continued their gay pranks against the veteran Rubber Jonnard, who appeared as relief. Then with the Cardinals leading by to 1 at the end of the third, the Cubs really began to fight. They pecked away at Sylvester Johnson for a total of four runs in the next two rounds, and dropped him through the ropes with a five run assault in the sixth.
 
 even checked the Cubs, who totaled 1 hits 10 win by II to s. Although the Pirates just lasted to shade the Reds by ' to 6, the Bruins main- tained their margin of half a game. with the pleasant prospect of enter taining the Redlegs over the holiday while the Buccaneers are Contending with the Cards.
 The fourth Chicago victory in St. Louis ran Joe McCarthy''s string over the Cardinals to eight straight. The Cubs dropped the opener of five game brush at Wrigley field d week ago, but took the next four without a halt. The Bruins record against the league champions to date is eleven victories and four defeats, assuring them of as good a showing as they made against the St. Louis- ans last year when the 22 games were divided.
 Even the Phillies now are imped- ing the progress of the Giants thru the supposedly soft part of John McGraw's schedule in the east, En- tering the Polo Grounds with a rec ord of only one victory over the Giants in Il starts, the Phurious Phils forced the home boys to work hard for the odd game in five.
 The Philadelphians divided two double headers with the New York CTS over the weekend, winning the second game yesterday by to , after the home team had taken the opener by 14 to 2. Claude Willough- by held the Giants to seven scatter ed hits in the nightcap, and picked up his winning margin when Chuck Klein batted one over the barrier. with one on in the sixth, for his l 9th home run. Carl Hubbell held the Phils to four hits in the opener as Jackson hit two homers and Lind strom one
 The Braves and the Robins di- vided a double bill at Ebbets field, the home team took the first behind Vance by 5 to 3, largely because of Dell Bissonette's third homer in two days, and the Bostonese grabbed the second by 10 to in eight rounds It was called on account of alleged darkness, but nobody cared.
 The American league campaign yesterday presented the odd specta- cle of the Yankees engaged in gain ing a game on the Athletics. The Mackmen had to lose one to Wash lngton some time, and Sunday was the day. The Senator's 12 to ? tri- umph broke Mir. Mack's run of II straight against the Capital City team, the Athletic record against the Senators for the season is 13 vic tories and two defeats.
 AS the Mackmen came to grief the Yankees were winning from the Boston Red Sox at Braves field. but not without. exciting measure of trepidation in the breast of their manager. A casual glance at the bench of the champions would ind- cate that the only difference between Miller Higgins and laughing hyena is that Huggns was nothing to laugh about.
 The midget manager did a mara than march up and down the dugout yesterday as Babe Ruth's 18th home run gave Ed Wells a working margin which he threatened mo- mentarily to toss overheard When the strain became too great in the seventh, Higgins sent in Fred Hei- mach, only to replace him with Will cy Moore after the St. Paul south paw had walked one man. Moore held his ground and the Tanks won by to 1.
 Rain deprived the Browns of chance to clean up another game in Chicago. and Detroit shaded Cleve- land by l to 10 at Navin field.