New Britain herald., 1929-08-14
ATHLETICS ARE SKIPPING
 ALONG TOWARDS PENNANT
Mackmen Take to Decision in Last Game at Detroit Yankees Are Nosed Out at Cleveland 3 to 2- Red Sox Take Last Series Game From White Sox Browns Walop Senators - Chicago Cubs Down Boston Brayes-Reds Hand Giants Trimming.
By the Associated Press.


 The Athletics again are skipping merrily along as eastern American league clubs prepare for the second series of their final western invasion Following Rube Walberg's brilliant ly pitched effort against the Tigers on Monday, old John Picus turned in a neat game yesterday to shade Victor Sorrell by to 3 in the Mack mems last appearance of the season in Detroit. It now remains only for Nose Grove to tu- ! in a good game and he probably will get his chance at Cleveland today.
 Groves next effort will mark his fifth attempt to wrest his 18th vic tory of the season from old man per centage. He last won on July ,.
 The victory of the Athletics gave them three out of four in Detroit and enabled them to stretch their lead to 12 and one-half games, their greatest margin of the season. The Yankees were nosed out in Cleveland by to ?.
 Quinn gave the Tigers eight hits, two more than the Macks exacted from Sorrell, but the game was not nearly so close as the score sounds. Cronin's tumble gave the home team a run l.. the first, and Marty Me Manus hit over the fence for one more in the ninth after the day had been lost. Home runs by sammy
  Hale and Jimmy FoXx, his 27th, pro- vided Quinn with his winning mar gin.
 Fred Heimach turned in high class ball against the Indians for eight in nings only to weaken in the ninth when he walked Fonseca and per mitted Grover Hartley to single with one gone. Wiley Moore rushed to the rescue, not of the Yankees but of the Indians. HodaIp greeted him with a triple which drove in the two runs needed to win.
 Wes Terrell pitched his usual strong game against the Yankees. He was in trouble only in the third when the Hugmen rapped him for their two runs. The defeat marked the third reverse for the champions. in four games at Cleveland, and ran the Indians string over the Hugmen for the season to 12 out of IT.
 Ed Morris tossed a fine game down the throats of the White Sox to en- Chicago with the last game of the series, to 2. The Browns turned on the Senator, If to 2, in the getaway at St. Louis.
 With half of the National league clubs idle because of the advance ment of games in the schedule al Brooklyn and Philadelphia, the Cub: found the Pirates taking the after. noon of. By way of cashing in or this situation, the Bruins nosed ou the Braves by to in the last gam' of theseries at Boston, and increased the Chicago lead to eight and one. half games.
 More important even than the vic. tory itself was the continued fine showing of Hal Carlson, who wor his sixth straight. Carlson was ir trouble only in the fifth. The Braves in that round gained lead of to but Hal clamped down upon the home forces from that point to tho finish while his mates rallied agains Bruce Cunningham to pull out thu decision.
 The Reds trimmed the Giants by to 1 in the last of five games d the Polo Grounds, and at the sam, time broke the spell Fred Fitzsim mons had held over them. Big Fit had a record of five victories ove the men of Hendricks until yester day. four of them by the shut-ou route. Eppa Rixey allowed 10 hits but kept them scattered to win th odd game in five.