Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-29
BUGS STILL ALIVE,
CUBS NOW ASSERT
Pirates, Under. a New Leader
Rout Bruins TWice-A's
Defeat Yankees.
BY WILLIAM J. CHAPMAN,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

TIME demise of the Pirates was
prematurely announced, accord
ing to no less an authority than
i Joseph v. Mccarthy himself
The keeper of the Cubs takes
oath that the Buccaneers not only were
alive as recently as yesterday after
noon. but also were raiding the country
in and about Forbes Field, where 1t was
unsafe for peaceable folk to go about
their business.
The Rruin band tripped into Pitts
burgil yesterday faced by the purely
routine task Of going through with five
games of ball against foe already
fallen. The surprise of the invaders
knew no bounds when the home defend
ers took not one decision, but two, In
the dual skirmish which marked the
opening of this happy party.
Blow to Cubs Hopes.
While this double dent put into Bruin
lines can hardly be said to have restored
the Pirates to the dignity OF contenderS,
the fact remains that the Cubs them
selves are headed nowhere in the gen.
eral direction Of 20-game lead, which
seemed not improbable just "a hours
ago. The men of Mccarthy still lead
by 1912 games and rate as coming
champions, but the mathematical GER
Playing their first game under ethe
management Of Jewel Ems. successor TO
DOME Bush, the Pirates larruped Perez
Lay Malone for IA hits and 10 runs in
seven innings to win by 10 to 3, after
Kiki Cuylers homer had given the Cubs
a 3-to-1 lead over Burleigh Grimes in
the third. Nine of the runs were
earned, which did Mr.. Malone's record
no appreciable good. Charlie Har-
I.@A% 1A To- Ava ~ he n
help Mr.. Grimes to his seventeenth
triumph.
All of this was understandable. Even
the best of them must have an off day.
momentary slip. The Cubs dashed
into a lead of to 2 in the seventh
round Of the nightcap on Rogers Horns
by's thirtieth home run, and order
seemed to be restored. In the home
half. however, the Pirates assaulted Ken
Penner. the Hoosier recruit, for three
runs and continued the bombardment
in the eighth for two more to win by
z to s.
Penner gave way in the eighth to
Mike Cvengros. who in turn surrendered
the reins to the ace, Guy Bush. The
defeat was plastered upon Mike's record,
but he has two recent easy victories
over Philadelphia to balance 1t. Remy
Kremer was the winner. The other six
3SoOAOAAdA ACu6uC NAuDo "SAS
Has to Call On Grove.
Connie Mack righted the fortunes Of
the Athletics once more, but he had to
call upon Bob Grove to clinch 9-to-7
decision over the Yankees at the stadium
on the Harlem. Walberg and Quinn had
been roughly used and Eddie Rommel
had been removed for pinch batSman
after one good inning. Grove got moth
ing but the exercise, as the game was
won by five-run rally in the seventh
before he entered 1t, forcing the credit
upon Rommel.
After several brilliant if losing games,
Roy Sherid was hammered into state
of helpleSSness, and three succeeding
Yankee pitchers Jared little better.
Babe Ruth returned after layoff of
part of one game and hammered out
his thirty-sixth home run. increasing
his lead. Gehrig hit his twenty-eighth
and Lyn Larry his fourth. The victory
gave the American League leaders an
even decision of the two engagements
in New York and restored their margin
to IS games.
The Senators rallied at the end to
defeat the Red Sox by to in the
second and final game of the short Sc
ries in Washington. Walter Johnson's
men took both. The four remaining
American League clubs were idle.