New Britain herald., 1930-08-13


 Almost ohsryrad tn Tho struggles q tho mighty around the top posI- roas in the major league standing, .-4 Detroit TiE9r- have te5n putting on q spurt That has raruat them aI- most into rhe drsr division Of the ,m7-lc4n leagae. The Tigers are orly oro and on. h4If games be- md trs fourth place Cleveland h. .ta7s today. despit. their inability to .2pe v.th the heroI. gestures Of Fzha Ruth in their opening clash with rae Now York Yankees yesJer- day
 While The Tigers were losing one game. due 10 Rutns demonstration Of the reasons for his great reputa- ton. Cleveland was dropping two 10 he Ph'adeIphna Athletics 70 make The fourth place struggle more lu- -7restinE. The Tiger record for the 1ast month has been Of rirsr division caubro. IS victories and l2 defeats tor an average or .fao. Ir The sam" period. or.y the rampant Athletics and the Yankees have done better han that.
 The Yankees stopped ,h@ Detroit eilmb for a vH.Ir yesterday hut only after Ruth had put on a great performance 10 win a | 10 decision in d closs battle The Babe clour- ed his 43rd homer in the third in nag with his mascot. Jimmy Reese. on base 10 climax q faE 1anhea raI- 1y. then drove Iu tha winning run in he ninth ar fho highly crucial mo- ment when there were two out and two strikes on him.
 The victory was not of much Use 10 the Yanks except 10 hold them in their position Ionind Philadelphia and Washington without a serious loss. W'rh Mos Grove and Bill Shores pitching a pair Of good games, the Athletics twice trounced the Cleveland Indians E 10 i and [ 10 Q. Washington held second place, game ahead O. tho Tanks by SCOT ing four runs of Ted Lyons in the third inning 10 take q speedy game from the Chicago White SoX. to 4. The contest lasted only an hour and 'g2 minutes.
 The opening of the crucial" Na- Horal lea-uc series between the Chi cago Cubs and Brooklyn Robins fuI- flied all advance notices in thrills, \ pitching duel between Fred Blake and Dazzy Vance, highly productive of hits hut not Of runs, lasted Il in- nlngs hetore Chicago gained q 10 ? victory and increased its lead to 6 full game. The frst two innings CT TOTS by Jaka Flowers gave rhe Cubs two runs and forced Brooklyn into an unsuccessful uphill battle in Us effort 10 regain the lead. T. was not until the lith that the Cubs were able 10 bunch enough hits of Vance To score the odd run.
 With New. York and Cincinnati tdle. the Pittsburgh Pirates register d the big gain in the lower part Of rho National league standing and the St. Louis Cardinals made a less er one. The Pirates dovaed tho Fhllies in both halves or a double header. They had 10 go It innings 10 win the first game. s 10 !, scoring two runs in their half Of the inning on three solid hts after tho PhlHe: had forged ahead, but rhe second contest produced an easy $ 10 3 vir. tory, as Glenn Spencer allowed Phil adelphia only five hits.
 St Louis although outhr. mad, good Use of its blows 10 defeat th, Boston Braves, 10 ; r was th, fifth straight victory for the Card. and the fifth defeat for the Braves Another Boston-St Louis clash wen ihe other way as tho Red SoX gained , to 4 decision over the Brown. on the strength of Bob Reeves singI, ALth tMO out in Inc -i.-tr