New Britain herald., 1929-07-19
GIANTS CAPTURE FIRST
 TILT IN PIRATE SERIES
Chicago Cubs Down Brooklyn Robins Il to 7-Card- inals Score to Victory Over Boston Braves Athletics Gain By Beating Detroit-W ashngton Wins Wild Decision From St. Louis Browns.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
 The first phase of John McGraws s own personal crucial battle against the high-riding Pirates had just the result Joe Mccarthy himself would have asked The Giants turned back the Pirates by 4 to l as the McCar- thy troops swept through the paper defenses of the Robins in tlatbush for an Il to ' decision. The Pirates remained on the top perch in the league standing, but they enjoyed a margin of less than one full game.
 Another Chicago victory today matched by another Pirate defeat would send the Cubs back to the top oy percentage margin with the standing in games virtual tie. The Bruins have not been at the head of the class since they divided morning and afternoon games with the Cincinnati Reds on the Fourth of July when the forenoon game, 1t may be recalled, was called at tAe end of the eighth for business rvu sons.
 The first effort of the Giants against the Pirates was successful largely because of the wiZardry with which Carl Hubbell served up his southpaw shoots. This New York nemesis held the Buccaneers to six scattered hits, and permitted none of their number to advance beyond second base until the ninth when Paul Waner was permitted to run wild after getting single.
 On their own account, the Giants larruped Erwin Brame for two runs in the second and two more in the third. With Hubbell in such form, these were more than enough. al though Russell and Swctonic stop ped the home forces more or less abruptly in the later innings.
 The Cubs began their day in Brooklyn with seven run on slaught in the first which broke Clise Dudly and bent Ray Moss, From that point onward it was merely a Chicago breeze. although the Robins did fire away at Hal Carl son with such vigor in the sixth that Joe Mccarthy deemed it wise 10 send out Art Nehf to finish the game.
 A five run rally in the eighth en- abled old Alex the Great to pick up credit for the Cardinals 10 vic tory over the Braves. Alex gave way to batting relief in the big inning and Fred Farmhouse finished. The Phillies turned back Cincinnati by s to in a game noteworthy because no one hit a home run.
 The Yankees were rained out in Cleveland and the Athletics picked up technical advantage of half d game by defeating Detroit to 4. The Mackmen margin now is eight and one half contests.
 More important to Connie Mack than this paper advantage of having won a game which the Yankees yet have to play was the showing of George Walberg who in recent games had threatened to enter a slump. Walberg gave the Bengals nine hits. but so scattered these that the after noon was an Athletic walk over. The Tigers scored three of their runs in the ninth when the Athletics were more or less indifferent to advancs by the home boys on the bases.
 George Uhle was handicapped by five neat errors among his support CTS, but the Macks hit out enough earned runs to swing the decision to Walberg.
 Washington opened it's stay in St. Louis by winning wild 10 to 5 de- cision. Seven Washington runs in the seventh decided the issue.
 The veterans Red Faber shaded Danny McFayden in a fine pitching battle at Chicago. and the White Sox defeated the Red Sox by 9 10 1 In ten lnninpS