New Britain herald., 1929-08-06
ATHLETICS AND CUBS NOW APPEAR CERTAIN WINNERS
Philadelphia Team Away Out in Front in American
 With Chicago Furnishing Pace in National - Mo- Carthy Clan Downs Robns g to S-Pirates Drop
 Rough-House Match to Giants - Mackmen Split :. With Browns-Senators Overwhem Detroit Tigers I 21 to >

By the Associated Press
 T If the Philadelphia Athletics don't acrack pretty soon or the Chicago Cubs quit winning all those ball games, they'll be able to stage the aworld's series late this month and finish out the league schedules when- aever they get around to it,
 -~ American league fans are gettin. used to seeing one club bounce on the pennant late in August and leave 4the rest Of the circuit struggling along in 2 second division. anywhere from a dozen 10 20 games behind. The Yankees made a practice of it for couple of seasons and now the Athletics have their rivals rubber legged from trying to catch up. -s It has remained for the Cubs, ~however. to turn the customary Enockdown. drag-out struggle for -ihe National league flag into q meek procession that consists Of one lead CT and seven tail enders. The Cardi- nals, Giants and the Pirates, always Nllblt LII tliti tdDoutS lOl lllF past Jew years, look like the rest of the ball clubs compared to the Cubs this season.
 s' As the days grow shorter, so does th lead of Joe McCarthy's clouters from the pineapple precincts. Today ahe Cubs have a margin of 1-2 games over the second place Pirates and for all that the outside world san tell, the worst may be yet to come. While the Cubs seem to pick np speed daily. the opposition grows more frayer about the edges and more and more in need of advice as to what hit them.
 ' If any further proof of champion Ship class was needed the Cubs Storlled up from behind yesterday GO take a ding dong decision from The stubborn Brooklyn Dodgers. g to s, in Is innings while the Pirates were losing an equal rough house match to the Giants. 1 to 0, in the Regulation nine. The defeat dropped Pittsburgh still farther back in sec end place.
 = The victory was the 20th for the Vubs in their last 22 games, a pace that seems to them more natural every day. To pull out the strug- gle, Chicago came from behind to tie the score at all with a brace Of Tuns in the eighth. knotting it again Tn the tenth after Brooklyn scored and finally won out in the 1 9th with the decisive marker off Dazzy Vance
 There were many pitchers in there before Vance and Guy Bush aceT of their clubs, battled through the extra innings to prevent the odd run. Bush finally gave way to a plnch hitter in the 18th and Art Nehf was credited with the victory Hack Wilson clinched with a long single, scoring English with one out in the 16th.
 The youthful Mel Ott blasted Pittsburghs hopes of winning through a spectacular rally in the ninth inning. Six runs behind. the Pirates clubbed in five, drove Carl Mays from the mound. and seem. lngly were on the high road to vic tory when Ott picked up BartelI's fifth hit and threw out Carke at the plate for the final out O'Farren and Terry hit homers
 The Athletics failed 10 add tc 1helr II 1-2 game lead over the Yankees in the American league but tney lost no ground either in split llhs two games with the St Louis BroWns while New York was idle The Browns treated Rube Walberp roughly in the first session. winnine o to 4. Kress helped the St. Louis cause with a homer with one on.
 me second game went F innings ana saw Lefty Grove and George fafhsha", another pair Of Athletic aces, pounded hard before JacL Qulnn came in and led the Mack. men to an to conquest Mule Haa, mt an Important homer that helnrf tle the score in the ninth. Al Sim. mons hit his 24th of the season ir the frst' Boley scored the winpine run Tn the 18th on Bishops sinaIa
 The Washington Senators stagof some sort of celebration in tb. ol'iy other game in the Amerirat ieague' overwhelming D troit 21 |, D. four Tiger pitchers allowed ol hits W SN 4. Iercy Jones, wealthcst hurIer ir ene majors tossed his first game il month for the Boston Braves an, smut out St. Louis, to 0. with bn rnree scattered hits The Cinctnnat heas dropped the last game of th. series to Philadelphia, ' to 6 uhn, a a. loor run rally fell one marke
 '0' of 'ylng the score in the ninth
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