New Britain herald., 1929-08-10
SERIES TONORROWBRRTTS AND P
 
PIRATES AND GIANTS IN
 VAIN PURSUIT OF CUBS
Pittsburgh and New York Teams Hoping For Slip That Will Mean Disaster to Chicago-Leaders Have Won 21 of Last 25 Games-Corsairs Down Cardinals to 6 But Phillies Bow to Mccarthy Clan - McGraw- men Tame Cncinnati-Browns Win
By the Associated Press.

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 Just how to overtake a ball team which piles up an impressive lead and then refuses to lose more than he minimum number of games is a problem which the greatest minds of baseball have never been able 10 solve. And that, is the question which is puzzline the guiding spirits of the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Giants.
 The pennant hopes of the second md third place teams in the Nation- al league must, per force. remain very slim while the Cubs are win aing four out of five games, And that is what they are doing now, while the best their rivals can do IS continue a vain pursuit, hoping that the one slip that may mean disaster will come upon the Chica- go team.
 A slip of that sort struck the Pi- rates just as Chicago reached the peak of its winning stride. and now, instead of being in first place. the boys from the Smoky City are lan- gushing 1-2 games behind the top. They returned to winning ways few days ago, clipping off three vic tories in a row, but before that they had dropped six out of seven while the Cubs were going right along al the rate that has brought them Fl victories in their last 25 games.
 The current series between the eastern and western teams brings lit tie prospect of improvement. The Pi- rates did a neat job yesterday. win ming their 12th game in succession from the St Louis Cardinals, to 6, but the Cubs stopped off in Philadel- phia long enough to smack the Phil lies by a r to count and then moved on for a series against the Boston Braves.
 The Cardinals put ID a gallant fight yesterday in their attempt 10 break the Pittsburgh jnX. but the slugging section of the Pirate line up took it's turn at bat and the most appropriate time for the home team. Jim Bottomley slammed out his 18th home run of the year in the eighth inning to gain 6-5 tie. The dead lock lasted only until the last half of the frame when Bartell. Lloyd Waner and Traynor connected safe ly for the winning tally.
 The Cubs, of course, had nothing to worry about in Philadelphia after a surprising second inning rally had been disposed of The Phillies slam med Guy Bush, ace of the Chicago mound staff for five runs in that frame, but the Cubs calmly con- tinued their assault on the Philadel- phia hurlers to get four of them back and regain the lead in the third. They added five more in the ninth to pile few insults on top Of the injury of defeat.
 Meanwhile the Giants, trailing along a bad third in the standing gained the slim consolation of the complete supremacy Fred Fitz- simmons holds over Cincinnati. The bulky New York hurler, who shut out the Reds four times in TOW, gained revenge for his four hit. de- feat in his last appearance against Cincinnati by holding the Reds to the same number of blows while his mates pounded out to 1 victory. Every man in the Giant lineup con- tributed to the 15 hit attack on May and Kolp.
 The American league went through a day of almost complete inaction as most of the teams were on the way to new scenes of activity. The St. Louis Browns and Chicago White Sox staged the only battle of the day and it was not much in the way of a scrap after the first in nlngs. The Browns landed on Ted Lyons for eight hits and 7-l lead in the first four innings and then coasted in to a to 4 victory. Ralph kress contributed two home runs to the slaughter of Lyons and Rip Col lins one.
 Brooklyn and Boston in the Ma tlonal league also were inactive