New Britain herald., 1929-07-17

 
UNDERDOGS HAVE THEIR
 DAY IN NATIONAL RACE
Leading Teams All Tumble in Heap Preventing Any Contender From Gaining-Winning Streak of Pi' rates Broken By Boston Braves-Philes Down Chicago Cubs-Cardnals Blank Gants-Reds Take Two From RObins-Grove Taken Out.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
 Under dogs had their day in the National league yesterday as all of the leading teams tumbled in heap, preventing any contender from gaining. In the American league the Athletics retained their lead of eight games by defeating Cleveland, ' to 5, in 10 bitter innings as the Yankees coastcd home by | to at Detroit. The Yankee game was not nearly so close as the score.
 In the general annihilation of con- tenders along the National league front, the defeat of the Pirates was most notable. The Buccaneers had a record of eight straight in the east until Bob Smith pitched the Braves to a 4 to 1 decision yesterday. Brame was pounded for all the Boston runs in the very first inning. and Smith 'clinched the decision by stopping the Corsairs with four hits.
 Claude Willoughby. aided by the home runs from the bat of Charlie Klein, was just a shade too tough for Pat Malone, and the Phillies won by 6 to 5. Benge was called in to help iWiloughby in the ninth when the Cubs began making threatening ges- lures. The ultimate winning margin was presented to the Phils by Frank O'Doul who hit for four bases in the seventh.
 klein's two homers ran his total for three games 10 five, tying the major league record held by Babe Ruth and several other players Klein also established a new mod ern mark by ringing up three hom- CTS in three successive times at bat, the last time up on Monday and the first two yesterday. Elmer Smith hit three circuit blows in three off, cial times at bat for Cleveland in 1921, but base on balls intcrvened. Ruth turned the same trick in the 1926 world series.
 klein's two homers yesterday ran him margin Of three over Ott for the inter-league lead.
 Sylvester Johnson hit winning form at the Polo Grounds yesterday when he let the Giants down with seven scattered hits, and won his own game by smacking out a home run with one on in the fourth. Fred Fitzsimmons had an off day. and the Giants missed a chance to shave something from the lead of both of the teams ahead of them.
 Jack Hendricks continued his campaign 10 escape from the cellar, and approached to within three points of his goal. The Reds took both ends of double header from the Robins in Brooklyn. to 3 and [ to 2. Red Lucas outpitched Dazzy Vance to win the opener, and Eppa Rixey was much too good for John ny Morrison in the nightcap.
 The victory of the Athletics was notable for the failure of Bob Grove to win his game-for the first time in several starts The eminent left handler gave way 10 the veteran Quinn when the Indians went on the war path in the fifth, and Quinn re- signed for a pinch batsman just in time to permit George Walberg to profit from Joe Shaute's slip in the 10th.
 Ed Wells was as wild as usual in Detroit, giving eight passes and committing one wild pitch, but Babe Ruth's 21st homer and , other hits made up for this. Wiley Moore put on the finishing touches for Wells when the latter became troubled by blister on his pitching hand in the ninth.
 The White Sox worked hard 10 edge out the Senators by to in 10 innings, and the Browns consoli- dated their collapse by yielding an- other game to the Red SoX. Milton Gaston hurled three hit game to win by II to ?. It was the second three hit performance against the BroWns in the three games of the series played thus far.