New Britain herald., 1929-07-16
FALL OF CARDINALS IS
 STRANCEST IN BASEBALL
Responsibility May Be Traced to Collapse of Veteran Pitching Staff-Team Loses to Giants-Roblns Turn Back Reds-Cubs Down Phiilies in Both Ends of Twin BilI-Praes Nose Out Braves in Il h. ngs-Yanks Pick Up Half Game on Mackmen.
By the Asso,iateo Press,


 Here and there on the pages ot baseball history are recorded tn" dramatic collapse Of powerful base ball machines but the fall of the s. Louis Cardinals, National Lcagn" champions III 1928. threatens 10 so down in the books as one of thf strangcst and most unexpected oi all form reversdls.
 For two months the Cards were in the thick of the punnanl thaS' Then shey fell apart. There haNr Teen number of explanations IoI the collapse Of tho champions bat most of the responsibility can De traced hack 10 s veteran pitching staff that cracked wide opra at time when Billy Sou.tWorth had no up-and- .oininc youngsters capable of stepping into tn" breach.
 On June l5 of the current rdnl- raicn the Cards had compiled q record of If victories and l9 loss es, d percentage of close 10 .69o' Since that date inc Cardinals ha\e lost 23 games and won only SIX for q seasons record Of 4o victories and 42 defeats. a percentage of less than 800,
 Thus in the snort space of q month the Cards have dropped from a position as leading contender for the championship into a dog light with Brooklyn to stay out ot the second division,
 Southworth's crew lost ground 10 the Dodgers yesterday. lowing to the New York Giants, to .. whilc the Robins were turning back tn" Cincinnati Reds, to ?. This lei! the Robins only il game and 3 halt cut of the first division.
 The Giants pounded Wee Willie Sherdel for 13 hits, ten of thelh coming in two innings for all seven runs. Jack Scott held the Cards safe all the way.
 William Watson Clark gave th" Reds only four hits at Brooklyn ana breezel through to an easy victory. Ray kolp was touched for only eight hits but home runs by frvder- ick and Bressler and doubles by Moore, Frededick and Bissonette en- abled the Robins to fashion four runs out Of the collection.
 The second place Chicago Cubs shaved d half game off Pittsburgh : lead by downing the Phillles in both ends of double bill, 2 10 t and ' to 6. Chuck Klein hits his a4th 25th and 26th home runs during the double bill to assll." major league leadership in this de partment. Hack Wilson got his o3rd homer in the first game.
 An error by George Sisler el ,abIed the Pirates to beat the Boston Braves, to 1 in II innings and stretch their winning streak to eight iii a TOW. Comorosky scored the winning run when Sisler mutfed Clarkc's fly back of first base. The victory left the Pirates leading the Cubs by two and a half games.
 The Yankees picked up half q game on the Athletics by beating Detroit, ' to while the As were splitting a double bill with Cleve- land.
 Babe Ruths 2Oth homer of the year in the ninth inning gave the Tanks their win at Detroit. Sloppy fielding spoiled Roy Sherid's debut as a starting pitcher and he was relieved by Freddy Heimach who received credit for the victory.
 Cleveland slugsed Ehmke, Rom mel and Yerkcs to take the first game of their double bill with the As. 8 10 }, out George EarnshaW stopped the Indians cold in the sec ond which the Athletics won 1 to 2. Earnshaw gave seven scattered hits and famed six men.
 Id Walsh outp.lchcd Fred Mar berry as the Chicago White SoS beat Washington, 10 ,, and the St. Louis Browns pounded five iostor hurlers for 1G hits 10 down the Red SoX, lu to ..