New Britain herald., 1929-07-10
ATHLETICS LOSE WHILE
 TANKS TRIM ST. LOUIS
Hugmen Shear Two Full Games From Lead of Mack men-Babe Ruth Provides New York Punch With Home Run and Trple-Pirates Drop Robins by to 1 Score - Cardinals Finally Win Game at Philadelphia Washington Shades Detroit, ? to 1.
By the Associated Press,

Just when it seemed that Connie Mack was headed for open country where even his rear-guard would be safe from any Yankee thrust, the Athletics began absorbing taps on the chin from the humble White Sox. The champion Yankees preversely chose the exact moment of MT. Mack's greatest distress to launch . series of raids upon the Browns.
 The Hugmen won three out of four in St. Louis as the Macks drop ped three out of four in Chicago, and by this gesture sheared two full games from the Athletic lead in one brief series. The Macks were out in front this morning with a margin of seven and one-half games. The Philadelphia host still has little to worry about, but soon may have plenty unless the brakes can be ap- piled.
 The Tanks had to call on three of their first string pitchers to shade the Browns by s to ' in the get away game at St. Louis yesterday, but Herb Pennock had enough stuff to register a troublesome third out in the ninth and the champions were saved. The Hugmen are winning a lot of their games by the hair-line decision of one run. but the im- portant fact is that they are winning them. These one-run victories often can mean the difference between first place and the second division in the course of a season.
 Babe Ruth provided the Yankee margin yesterday with his 18th home run and triple. The homer was registered at the expense Of Wally Stewart in the fourth With |. none out and nobody on base. The Tanks followed up the Babes blow with three more runs to lead by , to O. Heinie Manush's homer in the fifth helped the home team to tie, but the Yankees won the game all over again in the seventh, which Ruth started with his triple.
 Then in the ninth with Hoyt in the box as a successor to the Messrs. Wells and Zachary, the Browns again became troublesome. They had one run in, the bases filled and two out when Pennock took the reins. Schang got an infield single, but Fer rell grounded into a force-out at third, ending the game.
 H The Athletic reverse at Chicago was brought about by double failure The Mackmen at bat and Jack Quinn in the box. Urban Faber held the Philadelphians to eight hits to win by 6 to f.
 Washington shaded Detroit by ? to 1, but the Boston Cleveland game was rained out
 The Pirates gained bit of breath- ing space for themselves by dropping the Robins, 3 to l. at Ebbets field as the Braves draped the Cubs on the ropes, to ?, for the second time in three games. These two results in- creased the lead of the Pirates to one and one-half games, but the Giants gave the one-two teams further cause to worry by cleaning up their fourth straight against the Reds, 8 to 5.
 Give Dudley had an edge over Remy Kremer for seven rounds in Brooklyn, but weakened in the last two. Pittsburgh got two runs on five hits in the eighth. and added a dec oratlve marker on Lloyd Waner's homer in the ninth. Brooklyn scored In the sixth on circuit blow by Delphage Bissonette. Ben CantveII stopped the Cubs with five hits. and Joe McCarthy's second pitching string. represented by Rubber Jon hard and Mike Cvengros, was over matched.
 Long George Kelly celebrated at the Polo Grounds with two home runs which accounted for all the Cincinnati scoring Fred Lindstrom and Andy Cohen collaborated in driving in seven of the eight Giant runs on three hits between them, Cohen got only one of these, but 1t was a home run with one on base Jack Hendricks and six lesser Reds were removed from the premises for thinking out loud on the Bench,
 Two circuit drives by Jim Bottom ley enabled the Cardinals 10 defeat Philadelphia. The score was : to Tn ID innings, Bottomley contribut- Ing his second homer in the final round with two on base after Frank oDoul had tied the score for the Phils with a drive over the right field wall in the eighth.