New Britain herald., 1930-09-08
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
 The National league pennant race depends on the final intersectlonal series with the western clubs play ing in the east. This raises the hopes of the third place Giants.
 The Giants have done we'll so far this season in entertaining the west erners, while the Cubs have turned in about as many victories in the east as their stay-at-home rivals. The St. Louis Cardinals now hold second place and are closer to the league leading Cubs than any team has been for some time.
 The Cards fell down in their first visits to the east, but since then have had a great string of victories in their own section. both at home and on the road and have moved from fourth place into second, only !, ? 1-2 games behind the league lead CTS.
 . A double victory over the Cincin- ssnati Reds yesterday II to 6 and 4 to ?, made seven straight victories and a clean sweep of the eleven home games against Cincinnati. The Cubs and the Giants both lost single games, leaving the Cards only 1-2 games away from the leaders and I 1-2 games ahead of New York.
 While Rhem and Haines were holding the Reds in check. the lat ter with a five hit performance, four Cub pitchers failed to stop Pitts burgh. The Cubs overcame one Pittsburgh lead only to have the Pi- rates score six runs in the last three innings for to ' triumph. The Giants found the Brooklyn jinx working again during one-game visit to Flatbush. Dazzy Vance did most of the jinXing while the Robins supported him with timely hitting and brilliant fielding to win 5 to ,. The victory left the Robins only half game behind the Giants and 1-2 games back of Chicago.
 Two teams which are clear out of the running put the leaders to shame in yesterdays performances as the Phillies and Boston Braves split a double header. Philadelphia won the first. 1 to although Ed Brandt al- lowed only two hits while Phil Col lins gave the Braves seven. Boston turned the tables in the second. win ming to 1 although Ray Benge out pitched Harry Seibold to the extent of five hits to eight.
 g The Philadelphia Athletics were .all set to put the American league .pennant away in their locker after two innings against Washington, but the Senators. after losing a game on Saturday, scored two runs in the ninth 1nnlnG- to win, 7 to 6. The champions assaulted Sad Sam Jones for five runs in the second inning, then saw their lead trickle away as Fred Marberry pitched them into submission while the Senators picked up run or two at time to beat Walberg and Earnshaw. The teams start their final tour of the west with the Athletics 6 1-2 games ahead
 The New York Yankees tottered on the verge of mathematical elimin- atlon from the race as they dropped tho first game of a twin bill to the Boston Red SoX to 3. while the AS were ahead, but they recovered by winning the second game, to ?. and retained the bare possibility cf beating out the leaders.
 Th1 Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Browns ended their seasons play all square when the Browns pounded out to victory in their rain hampered final clash. Backed by timely hitting. Walter Stewart out lasted five Detroit pitchers The Chicago White Sox won their last clash with the Cleveland Indians, 5 to :, behind the six hit pitching of Rookie Jim Moore but did not fare so we'll in the years play.
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