New Britain herald., 1929-06-03
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
 What with postponemcnts and gaps in the schedule in the non- Sunday cities of Pennsylvania, the Sabbath program in the major leagues yesterday was reduced to exactly one-half of normal day $ campaign, Both the Athletics and tho Cardinals. the two league lead ers, helped themselves by doing nothing at all. and the cause of the Pirates certainly was not injured by inactivity which prevailed in Pitts burgh.
 Although George Pipgras, aided by Leu Gchrig's 12th home run, pitched the Yankees to their second straight decision over the White Sox by 6 to 1 at the Yankee Stadium. the Browns were nosed out in Washing ton by to 1. This defeat dropped the St. Louisans to a position five and one half games behind the Ath- letics as the Yankees crept up to within seven and one-half contests of the leaders.
 Connie Mack nevertheless gained an important game over St. Louis in the lost column where he now has a margin of seven contests over each of his nearest competitors. It is well known, of course. that baseball players and managers estimate the standing exclusively on the figures of the games lost column. They req sen, with much justification. that an advantage in the won column means only that one contender has taken few decisions which a rival contend- CT may match upon catching up with the schedule.
 In defeating the White Sox. Pip sras allowed but six hits. kerr's single and Metzler's triple in the third saved Chicago from shut out, Gehrig's homer with one on in the first helped to tear young Ed Walsh loose from the mound. but both Hal McKain and George Con- nally, who followed. encountered mistreatment. Cedric Durst ham, mered one of McKain's shoots into the right field seats in the seventh with one on base, and Earl Combs drove in two more runs in the eighth with . single.
 After trailing St. Louis by to 0 for seven innings, Washington tied the score against George Blaeholder in the eighth and then won out in the ninth on Joe Cronin's double ana two sacrifices. Irwin Hadley gave the Browns only five hits and seldom was in danger after the first round. It was his first victory of the season against seven defeats.
 RAA Sox bats hammered merry tune against the barriers at Braves field yesterday at the expense Of Nessrs. Shaute and Terrell of Cleve- land, and Boston won by 12 to 5. Milton Gaston pitched for the Sox and received batting support amount ing to 13 hits, one of them q homer by Scarritt.
 With rain in both St. Louis and Cincinnati. the National league pro- gram was confined to Wrigiey field where the Giants and the Cubs braved wintry blasts from Lake Michigan to amuse s7.000 Sabbath clients. Sheriff Fred Blake plunged inte . desperate duel with Larry Benton for six innings. but blew up in. the seventh under the strain of a to Q score. The Giants put six hits together for four runs and won eventually by to l. Norman Me- Milan saved the men of Mccarthy from . shutout by opening the ninth with . home run, one of the five hits off Benton.
 The victory gave the Giants l Q out of their last II, and placed them three and one half games from the top. It is important to note that the Cardinals and the Pirates have lost only two games fewer than the clan McGraw.