New Britain herald., 1929-07-11
By the Associated Press.

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 Reports that the Cubs were crack ing seem to have been exaggerated. Fresh from two larrupings by the Braves in three games. the Chicago contenders stepped into the Polo Grounds yesterday and cracked curves and fast ones mp against the walls with such abandon that the Giant outer patrol ran itself dizzy in no time at all. The Bruins won the opener of the five game series by the modest score of to ?, but it seemed like an Irish mile.
 Turned back in the first assault the Giants now face the necessity of winning all four of the remaining games if they are 10 displace the Cubs in second position in this series. A double header is on the card be- meath Coogan's Bluff today, with single games scheduled for tomor- row and Saturday. Meanwhile the Pirates will be gamboling in Baker Bowl with the Philies. whom they defeated yesterday by 15 to in home run orgy.
 The Buccaneers now lead Chicago by one and one-half games, and the chances for either the Giants or the Cubs to gain in the immediate fu- ture are slim. The four remaining Cub-Giant games a the Polo Grounds are likely to be divided evenly, and the Philles are poor hands to depend upon to stop a team like the Pirates under the circum- stances.
 The Cubs not only out-fought the Giants on the offensc yesterday, with 12' hits to New York's seven. but al so, had a wide margin on the firing line where Guy Bush presided. Bush seemed to delight in putting Giants on the paths for the sheer joy Of leaving them there. The Cubs had 10 runners stranded to eight for the Giants. but the Cubs could afford it. The Giants were under d nervous strain in the field. over-an:iious. Bush's support Sobbled up every chance that could be helded. but Cohen and Hogan cut in with errors which left Carl Hubbell in the hole in the fifth inning, necessitating his removal for a pinch batsman when Jackson and Hogan opened the home half of the rounds with singles.
 Ralph Judd and Dutch Henry. in turn, succeeded Hubboll. The Bruins , chiseled a run off Judd in the 7th. and Henry presented them with one , in the Sth on a gau6y throw. Hack Wilson closed out the scoring with homer in the ninth.
 The Pirates hit five home runs in Philadelphia and the Phllies four. This total was within one of the rec ord of 70 for two clubs in q game, set in at the same Baker Bowl in 1922 when the Phils hit six and the Cardinals four. Grantham led with two, and Traynor Lloyd Waner and Russell of the Pirates and Klein, O'Doul, Hurst and Southern of the Phils got one apiece.
 William Watson Clark outpitched Jess Haines and Fred Farmhouse by just enough to enable Brooklyn , to win the opener of its series against the Cardinals by to 6. This victory again pulled the Robins with in three games of the sagging cham pions and the first division.
 The Reds punched the Braves by 1) 10 ? at Boston in the opening of Jack Hendricks personal campaign to escape from the cellar.
 The Io,'S n, 1 n a,tynrc it, tho ican league were disappointing to all three contcnders. Alphonse Thomas defeated the Yankees for the second time in his major league career, plunging th Huggins camp into gloom. The score was to 2. The Athletics started with a rush, winning the opener at St. Louis oE 1 to 1 when Howard Ehmle turned sin a two hit game against Sammy Gray, but the Browns got even in the niShtcap. George Walberg and . Edd.c Eommel failed to hold How ley's hoys. and the home team won by 10 ,. Akin Crowdert finished the game for tho Browns. fractured wrist and all. II is not his pitching arm, of course.
 The days campaign added tech nical half-game to the Mackian lead which now is eight games The Tanks are only one and one half contests ahead of the Browns.
 Cleveland rallied sharply 10 de- feat Washington by 2 to :. climbing one notch above the 300 mark. Marty McManus hit another home run with the bases filled, and the Tigers defeated the Rcd SoX by just