New Britain herald., 1929-06-26
MACKMEN TAKE TWO FROM
 HELPLESS RED SOX TEAM
Athletics Have Reached Magic Lead of 10 Games Tigers Get Il Runs in Seventh and Beat White Sox
 Cleveland and St. Louis Divide Twin Bill Robins Again Sink Giants - Braves and Phillies
 Split Even in Double Header-Acc0unt of Games.
By the Associated Press.

Through a lull in the battle Gen. eral McGillicuddy refused to quit fighting. With the Yankees idling . Athletics fell upon the helpless Red Sox for two victories, to and 8 to ,, increasing their lead over the cham pions to 10 full games. It often has been pointed out that an advantage for one contender over another in the games won column is of dubious value unless matched by a substan- tal margin in the lost column, but the fact remains that the Mackmen . have reached the magic lead of ten games for the first time since 1914.
 Teams have been known to fall T short of a pennant after topping the field by ten contests. Such instances are rare. There are perhaps no more than two such cases in the his tory of organized baseball, which dates back in 1876.
 Bob Grove registered his 12th vic- tory of the season in the first half of the Philadelphia double header. while young Bill Shores, neophyte right handler turned in his first full game of the year in the second. Grove allowed just six hits and Shores eight.
 The Mackmen were rough on Bos- ton pitching in both engagements. Danny NacFayden and Ed Carroll were pounded for 13 hits in the opener, while Ruffing and Bradley were maced for IS in the nightcap. Mule Haas got seven out of nine. including his 10th homer and Al Simmons helped himself to five out Of eight. Bing Miller hit in each game, extending his streak to cG in a row and setting a new seasons record.
 The Detroit Tigers conducted themselves peaceably enough for six innings at Navin field. only to fall upon Ed Walsh and the unsuspecting White Sox for II runs in the seventh. The Tigers won by IA to ?.
 Cleveland and St. Louis divided d double header at Sportsman's park to complete the American league program. The Indians came from behind to take the opener by 10 to z, and this so infuriated the Browns that they won the second by the shut-out route. to 0. The even di- vision dropped the Browns out of a tie with the Yankees for second place.
 The big western teams in the Ma tional league spiked their guns yes terday, leaving the Brooklyn Robins free to occupy the center of the sage for their daily torture of the Giants The clan McGraw went into the ninth with lead of 10 to the Robins soon shelied him for enough runs to tie the score. A homo run by Val Picinich with one on capped the rally.
 Tho Robins carried their assault over into the 10th with Dutch Hen. ry In the box. scoring two runs which netted F to 10 victory for Flatbush. Hendricks triple was the biz blow in this uprising.
 The defeat was the third in as many days for the Giants, with the Robins each time in the winning role. The flock now has record of nine out of 14 against the Giants. hardly an imposing record for a hopeful contender which planned to gain ground against the weaker teams of the east while the western clubs cut one another's throats.
 The Brooklyn victory yesterday again was sealed by John Morrison the curve ball expert from Kentucky who has become the star relief man of the two major leagues since joining the Robins.
 The Braves and the Phillies di- vided a double header in Boston The home boys took the opener. 5 to 1, but the Phils rallied in the ninth round of the night cap for six runs to win by s to 6. This victory broke string of nine Philadelphia defeats.