New Britain herald., 1929-08-01
SOCKS SEIBOLD PITCHES
 TO VICTORY OVER CUBS
Chicago Castof Hurls Great Game Against Former Mates-Prates Take Another Dive Before Phs- Reds Measure Giants - Robins and Cards Divide Twin Bill-Athletics Blast Tigers-Y ankees Defeat Chicago White Sox-Red Sox and Indians Split
By the Associated Press.

By the Assoclated Press
 It's beginning to look as though into the reign of each Of basebalrs master minds the monkey wrench of some past error of judgment must fall sooner or later.
 For the past season or so. John J. McGraw has taken more than his share on the chin when castoffs such as Burleigh Grimes, HaCkensChmidt Wilson, and half dozen other for mer Giants returned in other uni forms to haunt him. Severe head aches must afflict the thinkers of St, Louis Cardinals as the dynamic Rabbit" Maranville, tossed aside ues to hit and field and fight for ball games for the Boston Braves.
 Now it's the turn of Joe Me Carthy, who does the heavy mental drudgery for the Chicago Cubs, 10 Inash his teeth and attempt 10 reach the back of his trousers with tn" heel of his right foot, The Cubs are in first place in te National league today, five games ahead ot the tottering Pittsburgh Pirates, but t might be more if it wasn't for old Socks Seibold.
 Socks is no youngster by any means. He pitched for the Athletics about ten years ago. Last year he hurled for Reading in the Interna- tionnl league and was considered the best pitcher in the circuit. Vel along in the sos. Socks curve is mostly a wrinkle now and his Hard one probably looks like Lefty Groves 1oater. But he is a smart old war rlor.
 The Cubs brought him back to the majors just because. Then a chance came to acquire Rogers Hornsby and with half a Pullman car full of team mates, Socks was traded 10 Boston for the great second base man. Yesterday Socks was back in Chicago.
 He pitched the Braves to a neat ' to victory over the Cubs the set. ond time he hf snubbed old Mas ter Mccarthy in his last two tries In addition Socks has beaten the Pirates twice along with severa! other clubs. If these victories were added to the Cub win column and correspon ling defeats subtracted. the Mccarthy clan would be as far ahead in tho National circuit as the Philadelphia Athletics are in the American league.
 The Cubs came back to put the Braves iI their proper places in the second half of the double header when Powerhouse Wilson dashed out two home runs to make it an even 30 for the season4 While his mates rallied round, Pat Malone coasted home, 6 to ?. kiki Cuyler returned to the Chicago lineup after ar ib sence of Il games due to a leg in jury.
 Threatening to take a sudden nos. dive in the standing as the Cardinals old few weeks ago, the crippled Pirates dropped another engagement to the Phillies, to ?, and slipped another half notch back of the Cubs. Chuck" Klein hit his 33d homer for Philadelphia and Don ' Hurst picked up his fifth in the past four games. Lou koupal a right lander Wilbert Robinson sent 10 the ., Phillies from his own hull-pen, held the Pirates nicely. Koupal probably will now proceed 10 develop into on4 Of Uncle Hobbies sincere regrets. The Cincinnati Reds and New ct, al fn c1,i pitchers duel with Eppa Rixey, the tall left handler, besting Joe Gene wich, a cripple most of the season. ? to l. The Brooklyn Dodgers and st. Louis Cardinals wrestled through another double header that ended in q draw, the Cards winning the first, 5 to ?. behind Jess Haines' fine twirling but losing the second, 8 to z, when Wild Bill Hallahan gave more passes than base hits.
 The day in the American league was long on hits but short on re- suits. The Philadelphia Athletics ,maintained IF game lead over thr Yankees by blasting the Tigers o tc l while New York balted the inof- 'fensive Chicago White Sox 16 10 . for the seventh straight win. Rube Walberg held Detroit 10 four hits Thirteen MaCkmen battcd against Carroll and Billings in the fifth foi nine runs. Boley got two hits in this inning and Dykes two passes.
 The Boston Red Sox split double header with Cleveland, winning the first, to 0, and dropping the sec "ond, to ?. Lefty Stewart helG Washington 10 five hits as St. Loui. won, 5 to l.