New Britain herald., 1929-08-29
By the Associatad Press.

By the Associated Press.
 The demise Of the Pirates was prcmaturely announced. according to no less an authority then Joseph Y. Mccarthy himself, The keeper Of the Cubs takes oath that the Buccaneers not only were alive as recently as yesterday afternoon, bat also were raidiUg the country in and about Forbes field where it was un- safe for rcaceable folk to go about their business.
 The Bruin band tripped into Pitts burgh yesterday faced by the purely routine task of going through with five games Of ball against an enemy already fallen. The surprise of the invader knew no bounds when the home defenders took not one deci- sion but two in the dual sldrmish which marked the opening of this happy party.
 While this double dent put into Bruin lines can hardly be said to have restored the Pirates to the dignity of contenders, the fact re- mains that the Cubs themselves are headed nowhere in the general di- rection of a twenty game lead which seemed not improbable just A hours ago. The men of Mccarthy still lead by 12 and oue-half games and rate as coming champions, but the mathematical certainty is at least bit farther away.
 Playing their first game under the management of Jewel Ems, success sor to Donie Bush, the Pirates lar ruped Perce Lay Malone for 14 hits and ten runs in seven innings to win by 10 to after Kiki Cuylcrs homer had given the Cubs 3 to l lead over Burleigh Grimes in the third. Nine of the runs were earned, which did Mr. Malone's record no appre- ciable good Charlie Hargreaves batted in five of the markers to help Grimes to his lTth triumph.
 All Of this was understandable Even the best of them must have an off day, a momentary slip. The Cubs dashed into a lead of 6 to , in the seventh round of the nightcap on Rogers Hornsby's 3Oth home run. and order seemed to be restored. In the home half, however, the Pirates assaulted Ken Penner, the Hoosier recruit, for three runs, and con- tinued the bombardment in the Sth for two more to win by ' to s.
 Penner gave way in the eighth to Mike Cyengros who in turn sur rendered the reins to the ace, Guy Bush. The refeat was plastered upon Mikes record, but he has two recent easy victories over PhiladTl- phia to balance it. Remy Kremcr was the winner. The other six Ma tional league clubs were inactive.
 Connie Mack righted the fortunes of the Athletics once more, but he had to call upon Bob Grove to clinch a to ' decision over the Yankees at the stadium on the Harlem. Wal berg and Quinn had been roughly used and Eddie Rommel had been removed for q pinch batsman after one good inning. Grove got nothing but the exercise as the game was won by five run rally in the 7th before he entered it, forcing credit upon Rommel
 After several brilliant if losing games, Roy Sherid was hammered into state Of helplessness and three succeeding Yankee pitchers fared little better. Babe Ruth re- turned after a lay-off of part of one game, and hammered out his Seth home run. increasing his lead. Geh- rig got his 2Sth and Lyn Lary his fourth. The victory gave the Amer ican league leaders an even division of the two engagements in New York and restored their margin to f3 games
 The Senators rallied at the end to defeat the Red Sox by to f in the second and final game of the short series in Washington. Walter Johnson's men took both. The four remaining American league clubs were idle.