New Britain herald., 1929-05-15
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL - HANDED ANOTHER SETBACK
OaIy One Half of the Schedule Is Played Because of
 Rain-Athletics Go Into First Place in American by Defeating Tigers - Yankees are Idle - Chicago s. White Sox Down Red Sox-Senators Beat Browns s9 Braves Nose Out Cubs in Lone National Game.

[, aeciston to the weather man yester- A>v.i hut on q decision rather than hx . knockout. Exactly one half Of the. schedule was saved, enough to aasct the standing in both leagues The Athletics pulled into first place half . game ahead of the idle Yanksss, by defeating th> Tisers al Detroit, 10 to s, in . game which !, left eight pitchers draped upon the ropes, while the Braves showed the Cubs into . deadlock with the St. ,Iouis Cardinals in the National 'lsague by shading the McCarthy- men in F innings. s to 5.
 The Cardinals, moving into le fer the lead in John He-dler's cir cuit without 70 much n unlimber- inr | bat. thus prohted from idle ness st . moment when the Yankees E -fn,nA is costly. This is the hrst time in four years that the Yanks havs hsen anywhere but hrst place at this particular stage of the month Of Msy.
 The Athletics not only drew slightly way from the Yankees yes tsrday, but also registered neat 'ssin over the Browns, who persist in threatening from the third runE of the American league ladder The senators stopped the rowns in an- ether knock -do,. -:-and-dras-out af- fair by the score Of 2 to [, aiding bcsA the As and tr" Yankees.
 The triumph of the Mackmen in UAtroit was nothing for Connie Mack to xieat over. in view of what hap
 enAA to his pitchers. Starting for ,sAe fourth time this season, the vet efsr John Picus Quinn found Tiger hats toe warm for him in the fifth, :. hut remained in action long enough ! t> pick up official credit for the vic- ' tery. Bill Shores. Eddie Rommel ana the eminent Nose Gre were sAnt for before the Tigers gasped their last. c we famed Hargrave knA Johnson with the tases filled to skA the game.
 TAa Messrs. Prudhomme. Van 6tAsr, Yde and BillinGs were placed pHa6 display by Stanley Harris, and the Athletics greeted them all alike. AAi Simmons rot. his fifth home run wAlie bob FetherSill also pounded cAs out of the lot in the ninth in- ii8t, rally which but . bit more Nhit1 upon the head Of Professor MeoiliteuAdy.
 = s.ln the remaining American league -.GkslA, the Chicago White Sox evened
 Helr sertes' against Boston by vim III, . te 2. Bob Weilant pitched ,,,1 kart same for the Biackburne host. WI received tAe aid of home run ij Atsibution from the ba. of Chal- msr Ctesel. .u
 The Braves and the Cubs had the 1. skes ail te themselves in the senior iaaSve, and celebrated by giving ,. 0e9tea fans their first extra-inning AeMoastration of the season. The v4 3th reund celebration of the Messrs. nArnsy Jausss and Al Spohrer. who .cAesa that sccasion to hit doubles, [1ot Perce Malone his first defeat of a,41A seasea after i've winning e1orts. = The real feature of the Boston AnSaeemsnt was the brilliant relief 11tckine of Johnny Cooney. John i4Getseed the debate in the eighth in- " Aipk after the Braves had tied the .aeore at : to 5. and held the Cubs to thrse incenspicuous hits in live rounds while waiting for the home AekenAers to get run for him. Ben CaRtwsll gave the Bruins six hits anl Ave runs through the first seven taninu.
 Nobody can say with precision just which team profted by the car- ry over the Red-Giant fray at the Aolo Grounds, but 1t is fairly certain that the Robins lost nothing by post posing their scheduled hostilities against the troublesome Pirates at EsD6Su ne1d. And too. the rain gave VAe .grsrd stand managers. another snother chance to ire Uncle Will Bert Robinson. who has an iron-clad contract for the season.