New Britain herald., 1929-09-03
ATHLETICS DEFINITELY
 PUT TANKS OUT OF RACE
Mackmen Down New York Tribe Two Games Over the Holiday - At the Same Time Chicago Cubs Take Twin Bill From Cardnals-Indians Defeat Browns Tigers and White Sox Split Even-Senators and Red SoX Divide-Giants Win and Lose in Contests
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
 If there existed any reasonable doubts about either major league psansnt race, the Labor Day dsubleheader baseball feast seems to have dispelled them.
 Victory in both ends of yester- days double bin with the Yankees enabled the Philadelphia Athletics to lengthen thelr American League advantage to l3 1-2 games. Simul- taneously the Chicago Cubs widened the gap separating them from sec ond place Pittsburgh by 12 1-2 games by twice trounCing St Louis.
 The As beat the Tanks by 10 to 5 and $ to ]. Old Jack Quinn kept Ii Yankee hits well scattered in the opener while the league leaders were driving Gorge Pipgras 10 the showers with a six run rally in the third inning. Home runs by Sim mons and Dykes helped roll up the top heavy score. The Yankees ap- peared to have the second game won, 5-4, until the ninth when three hits and Lary's error gave the As two runs and the game. Previously Ruth and company had shelled Rube Walherg from the box with four runs in the sixth but they could do nothing with Howard Ehmke.
 The Cleveland Indians moved in- to third place by downing St. Louis to 1 and to 5. Walter Miller gave up only seven hits in out pitching Sammy Gray in the open CT. Willis Hudlin was less ineffective than Alvin Crowder and Dick Golf man in the nightcap and never real ly was in trouble after the Indians had gained him a S-2 lead at the end of the first six innings.
 Six runs in the last two innings gave Detroit a 10-S victory over Chicago in the first game Of a double bill but the White Sox easily took the nightcap, s to ,, behind Ted Lyons fine pitching
 The Washington Senators and Boston Red Sox split even, Wash ington taking the first game, 10 to '. and Boston the second, to ?. Joe Cronin, Senator shortstop, hit single, two doubles, a triple and a home run in five trips to the plate in the first game Gaston held the Senators to seven hits in the after piece.
 The Cubs won two slugging af- frays with the Cardinals. 11-7 and 12-10. All told the Cubs pounded five Cardinal pitchers for 36 hits including s doubles and three home runs. The Cards were not far behind with 32 hits off three Cub pitchers, including eight doubles, one triple and two home runs. Rogers Horns by hit for the circuit in each game to bring his seasons total to g. Hack Wilson got his 35th homer in the opener.
 Pittsburgh dropped the first game to Cincinnati, 7 to 5, but won the second in 13 innings, 2 to s. The first game saw the Reds outslug the Corsalrs in the first six innings. Jackie May, relieving LuQue in tho fifth, holding the Pirates helpless the rest of the way In the nightcap SwetoniC's single. a sacrifice by Bartell, and Lloyd Waner's single gave the Pirates the winning run in the 18th inning.
 The Giants swampcd the Phillies, II to f. in the first game but were nosed out, to 3, in the second. The first game was decided as early as the fourth inning when the Giants drove Claude Willoughby out of the box with a seven run rally. In the second game, Don Hurst's single in the 12th sent Klein home with the winning run. Mel Ott hit his 34th and 35th homers Of the year during the day and Klein made it No. 37 in the first game.
 Ray Moss and William Watson Clark gave the Boston Braves only ten hits in two games and Brooklyn took both ends Of a bargain biu s to ?, and lU-0, Moss, allowing eight hits, outpitChcd Ed Brandt in the opener and was aided by some time ly Robin hitting, Clark gave up only two hits in the nightcap while the Robins were hitting Jones and Perry hard. Johnny Frederick hit his 4Gth and 47th doubles and needs only three more to tie Paul Waner's modern national League record Of