Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-31
BUGS HAVE TAKEN
z Of 2OCLASHES
Make 1t Four Straight From
Chicago in Series and
Hope for Fifth.
BY WILLIAM ]. CHAPMAN,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

TINE Cubs almost certainly will be-
come champions of the National
League within the next month,
Il but they never can be champions
OF the Pirates of 1929. The
Pirates attended to this small detail in
person at Forbes Field yesterday when
they took Mr.. Guy Bush and the Bruins
by the convincing score of Is to 0 for
the twelfth Pittsburgh victory over Chi
cago 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.
Burleigh Grimes was groomed to meet
Sheriff Fred Blake this afternoon in the
final game of the current series which
the Cubs looked upon so lightly. Four
straight Pittsburgh victories have re-
duced the Chicago lead only from a.,
games to 10l2, but another success fo"
the arms of Dreyfuss today would give
Joe Mccarthy good reason to worn.
II seems impossible that such lead
could be blown, but the moral effect Of
fifth straight reverse upon the Gun
might leave them easy Prey for sue
cCeding foes.
Hush's Fourth Reverse.
The melee at Forbes Field yesterday
marked the fourth defeat of the season
for Guy Bush, for whom the Pirates
impertinently refused to show any re-
Spect whatever. Unawed by Bushs 10
victories the cruel Corsairs assured him
as early es the fourth inning that he
would have To wait for his nineteenth.
BY that time Bush had been driven to
cover by a barrage of 10 hits and 8
earned runs. and Art Nehf had come
out to absorb the rest of the beating,
which totaled 81 safeties.
Unknown in the major leagues at the
start of the current season and for quite
some time afterward, young Henry
Meme. recruit Highlander. let the hard
punching Bruins down with three small
hits and passed just one man. The Cubs
never had a chance to score against
Meme, who faced total of only 81 men.
He could have won with any one of the
IS runs scored for him.
Hal Traynor carried the spearhead Of
the Pittsburgh assault with four singles
and double in five attempts. Clarke,
Hemsley and Paul Waner got three hits
apiece. and Flagstead, Lloyd Waner and
Bartell, two apiece.
Cerl Hubbell got a bad break when
a fumbl. by Travis Jackson in the
tenth inning at Ebbets Field caused
him to drop a 2-to-l decision to Dazzy
Vance and the Robins. but then, the
Giants were. fortunate in way that
the tenth inning was played at all
They got only four hits off the Dazzler.
but one of these was a drive by Fred
Leach to the top of the right-field wall.
The ball could just as easily have
dropped back into the playing fleld
for a double, but instead it went into
the street for a home run, keeping the
Giants in the running.
Klein Ties Wilson.
Chuck Klein's thirty fourth home
run sent him into the National League
lead over Hack Wilson and Melvin OFT.
and incidentally helped the Phillies
down the Braves by to at Boston.
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 10 off
the Messrs Earnshaw, and Rommel to
win a close game by 4 to 2.
Earnshaw was seeking his twentieth
victory, an occupation which has kept
him busy for some time now. The Ath-
letics lost half game of their lead. OF
course. but the margin at nightfall last
night nevertheless was Is games.