New Britain herald., 1929-08-31
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press,
 The Cubs almost certainly will be- come champions of the National league within the next month, but they never can be champions of the Pirates of 1929. The Pirates at tended to this small detail at Forbes field yesterday when they defeated MT Guy Bush and the Bruins by the convincing score of 15 to 0 for the 18th Pittsburgh victory over Chica- go this season and the fourth in three days. The Cubs have won only eight games from the Buccaneers, with two more to go, one today in Pittsburgh and one on the final day of the season in Chicago.
 Four straight Pittsburgh victories have reduced the Chicago lead only from If and one-half games to 10 and one-half, but another success for the arms of Dreyfuss today would give Joe Mccarthy good req son to worry. II seems impossible that such a lead could be blown. but the moral effect of q fifth straight reverse upon the Cubs might leave them easy prey for succeeding foes.
 The melee at Forbes field yester- day marked the fourth defeat of the season for Guy Bush, for whom the Pirates impertinently refused to .1a ba n awed by Bush's IS victories, the cruel Corsairs assured him as early as the fourth inning that he would have to wait for his 18th. By that time Bush had been driven to cover by a barragc of 10 hits and eight earned runs, and Art Nehf had come out to absorb the rest of the beating, which totalcd 2l safcties.
 Unknown in the major leagues at the start of the current season and for quite some time afterward, young Henry Meine, recruit right handler, let the hard punching Bruins down with three small hits and passed just one man. The Cubs never had a chance to score against Meine, who faced a total of only 31 men,
 Hal Traynor carried the spearhead of the Pittsburgh assault with four singles and a double in five attempts. Clarke. Hemsley and Paul Waner got three hits apiece and Flagstead, Lloyd Waner and Bartell, two apiece.
 Carl Hubbell got a bad break when a tumble by Travis Jackson in the 10th inning at Ebbets field caus- ed him to drop a to l decision to Dazzy Vance and the Robins, but then, the Giants were fortunate in a way that the 10th inning was played at all. They got only four hits off the Dazzler but one of these was q drive by Fred Leach to the top of the right field wall. The ball could just as easily have dropped back in to the playing field for double. but instead it went into the street for home run, keeping the Giants in the running.
 Chuck Klein's 34th home run sent him into the National league lead over Hack Wilson and Melvin Ott, and incidentally helped the Philies down the Braves by to at Bos- ton. St. Louis and Cincinnati were not scheduled.
 With the western clubs enjoying an open date and with the Yankees and the Senators rained out. the Athletics and the Red SoX had the American league stage to themselves. The Macks celebrated by permitting Jack Russell to hold them to seven blows as the hustling Bostonese picked up l0 off Earnshaw and Rommel to win a close game by 4 to ?.
 Earnshaw was seeking his goth victory, an occupation which has kept him busy for some time now. The Athletics lost half a game of the lead of course, but the margin at nightfall last night nevertheless was 13 games.