New Britain herald., 1929-08-05
GAMES RESULT IN FAVOR
 OF LEADERS IN LEAGUES
Chicago Cubs Turn Back Brooklyn Robins in Two Games - Athletics Are Idle As Yankee Divide a
 Pair With Industrious Indians - Senators Lose Twin Bill to Tigers-Red Sox Blank White Sox, s
 to 0-St Louis Cards Whitewash Boston Braves.
By the Associated 4 Press.

By the Associated Press
 p The weekend fighting along the major league front was all in favor of the two leading teams; not very much, it is true. but still in their favor. With the Pirates rained out on Saturday and idle yesterday. the Cubs occupied their time by turning back the Brooklyn Robins in two games, and so stretching the Chica- go lead 10 six and one half games. The Mackmen played a bruising to s tie with the Browns on Saturday and took their ease yesterday while the Tanks were dividing a pair with the industrious Indians.
 This turn of events in the Ameri- can league left the margin Of the Mackmen at II and one-half games. just where it was 4S hours ago, but with the important difference that one game of the lead was transferred from the relatively n-essential won column to the vital line of fig ures detailing games lost. The Yankees now have lost 10 games more than the flying Maclls. who are moving at a gait which might pos sibly even that 23 year old record of 116 game won by the Cubs of Frank Chance.
 Some 55,000 of the faithful turn ed out on the Sabbath to see the Yankees fend off their current jinx team. the Cleveland Indians. The champions hit hard behind old Tom Zachary in the opener to win by r to 0. but a general pitching blow-pup in the second clash saw the Indians score by IA to 6. Young Wes Fer rell was knocked from the box, but so were Herb Pennock and other Yankees. The Indians got nine in the ninth 10 pull out the decision.
 Ed Morris held the recumbent White SoX to two small hits to win by s to 0. The Red Sox had a fine hitting afternoon with IT safe drives. The Detroit Tigers closed out the American league program by win- ming rough double header from the Senators at Washington. The open ming score was 10 to 5 and the sec ond IS to 1 in seven innings The nightcap was marked by an eight run Bengal rally which turned a deficit into an advantage.
 The mad dash of the Cubs con- tinued yesterday when Uncle Will bert Robinson dared to 'xpose a. left handler, William Watson Clark, to the fire of the Bruins. Clark did very well against the heavy guns of the Chicago array, but succumbed by to when Charlie Grimm. the only left-handed swinger on the Me- Carthy club, connected for a single with men on second and third in the seventh.
 Riggs Stephenson contributed home run to the Chicago attack, while Kiki Cuyler came through with two singles and a double. Sheriff Fred Blake attended to the sniping for Boss Mccarthy. and although the Robins swung at him consistently he rose to meet each emergency. Some 10000 happy Chicagoans saw the battle.
 Pitching his side arm ball from whatever background of white shirts a small Sunday Crowd ;.t St. Louis provided Sylvester Johnson blanked the Boston Braves by score of to U. Art Delaney as something of a problem for the home boys, but per- mltted the Cards to bunch their few blows. Ernest Orsatti struck the home run zone.
 Jakle May subjected the hard swinging Phillies to win by to at Cincinnati in the remaining National league contest. The Phils mustered only five safe blows sainst John- son while the Reds were bombing Willoughhy and Collins for II.