New Britain herald., 1929-08-23
ATHLETICS ARE BEATEN
 THREE GAMES IN A ROW
White Sox Nose Out Nose Grove in the Ninth, to g. Chicago Is Jnx Team of Mackmen-Browns Wal lop Yankees-Cubs Swamp Phillies - Pirates De- feat Giants in Battle For Second Place-Brooklyn Smacks Reds-Wilson Hits 32d Home Run
Rx. tha Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
 All the big winners in American league history have felt, at least once in their respective seasons Of super greatness, the sting of as many as three straight defeats. The Athletics of 1929 qualified under this rule of baseball fate yesterday presuming that the As not only will win but will win by margin great enough to place them in class with the Red Sox of 1912 and the Ian- kees of 1923 and 1927.
 Jake Stahrs 1912 Red SoX stam- peded Washington by fl F games at the finish, but had one run of three straight defeats against them. Hug gins 1923 champions had two strings Of three reverses punched on lither side of lone victory in early June to make up a slump of six de- feats in seven engagements. The 1927 Yankees lost four straight just after mid-season, but otherwise never hes itated.
 Connie Macks first run of three straight losses for the current sea son was accomplished in Chicago yesterday when the White SoX nosed out Nose Grove in the ninth by to 3. Grove ran into Ted Lyons at his best, and was fortunate not to meet a to reverse as the Whlte Sox booted three runs into the Ath- letic batbag in the eighth with three artistic errors.
 The excessive heat in Chicago told upon Grove in the home half of the same round, and the SoX scored two runs to tie. In the Chicago ninth two singles placed men on first and third, and Grove passed the next man to make a force play at me plate. The great Shires nulliiied thls strategy with q single to left. Lyons gave the Athletics only six hits.
 Grove is finding his 18th victory almost as elusive as his 18th proved to be. He has sought it twice in vain. His defeat yesterday was only his fourth of the season but his sec ond by the White Sox. The Yankees and the Browns were the other lucky boys. With August on the wane, Nose has accounted for only one tri- umph for the month, but will have about two more chances to better his record
 The White Sox already have qual- flied as the jinX team not only of o1C nf themselves. The Chicago victory yes terHay brought Blackburne's boys ur to within one of a tie against the As in IS games, and left the com ing champions faced by the necesslt! 6f taking at least the odd game II the remaining seven to win the sea sons series from the lowly Sox
 z The Browns batted hard agains the Messrs. Hoyt, Pipgras cnc Nekola yesterday as Sammy Gray stopped the Tanks with seven hlts to win by 10 to Q. The Browns So' 15 safeties. BraXton's pitching anc Goslin's hitting enabled the Senators to down the Tigers by to l at De- teoit. Rain prevented action 1T Cleveland between the Indians anc the Red Sox
 :. After 10 days or more of gooC pitching, the Cubs were forced yes terday to go through an afternoon of hard slugging. The Bruins adapt ed themselves to the job in hand pounded four Philadelphia pitchers for 21 hits, and won 16 to '. Fret Blake wilted under five-run Phtla delphia rally in the fourth, ant Mike Cvengros expired in the rev enth when Cy Williams hit a home and two other Philies walked. Gu! Bush finished allowing one hit. Mix got the victory for no particular req son.
 Hack Wilson's 32 homer was ; feature of the Chicago attack.
 The Cubs made no advance as tn Pirates defeated the Giants by t' in the battle for second place Johnny Morrison pitched wei enough 10 win a 13 to decision over Cincinnati in Brooklyn afte Watson Clark had permitted tn Reds to pile up lead of to 0 il three rounds. The Robins celebrates with nine runs in the third, thei biggest inning of the season, and S were in the lead when Harrison en tered the box. Clark was deprived O the victory, however, by the Ma tional league rule which forces starting pitcher to work five inning to win