New Britain herald., 1930-09-02


 the Cards walloped the Pittsburgh Pirates l to in the morning and then repeated with to 1 trim ming in the afternoon Flint Rhem was the winning pitcher in the a. m. contest while Grimes had an easy eime with his former teammates in the p. m. session. kremer was out to win his 20th game in the second but had to be relieved by Spencer.
 Red Lucas and Benny Frey put together a pair of neat pitching performances to deal the Cubs pen nant hopes stunning blow, the Reds taking the opener to with Lucas pitching three-hit ball, and the nightcap to 1 as Frey set the champions down with five blows. The Cubs had the second game won 1 to with two out in the ninth, when Sukeforth's hit to center bounded over Hack Wilson's head for a triple and scored Stripp and Crawford, who had drawn a base on balls.
 The Giants were cracking the ball at a terrific clip, getting 27 hits in two games but they lost the nightcap to the Philles to after taking the opener to 4. With Carl Hubbell holding the Phils to seven hits and Leach and Hogan hitting homers and Terry pounding out q triple, double and two singles, the first game was easy. Thirteen hits rang off the Giants bats in the second encounter but Bill Walkers wildness in the early innings gave the Phillies a lead which the McGrawmen were unable to overcome.
 Wally Berger's 32nd home run was instrumental in dropipng the Robins into fourth place. the drive accounting for three of the Braves runs that beat the Robins to 3 in the first game. Hollis Thurston pitched good ball and drove in two runs with double to give Brook lyn to ? decision in the second contest. Lopez's homer scored all of the Robins runs in the first game.
 While lacking much of the color of the National league race. the Philadelphia Athletics and New York Yankees drew crowd of 72.000 into the Yankee stadium to see an even split in the feature games of the American league. The world cham pions took the opener 3 to because of Al Simmons 32nd home run but Charlie Ruffing set them down with two hits to give the Tanks a to victory in the second. Lefty Grove stopped Yankee rally in the first game by relieving Mahaffey and struck out Babe Ruth with two men on base. Ruffing famed Simmons three successive times in the second game.
 The Senators cut the As lead to five and one-half games by taking the Boston Red Sox into camp twice, largely responsible for the second victory. He relieved Marberry with two men on base and none out in the 7th but retired the Red Sox with out score and then drove out home run to put the Senators out in front. Cronin's spectacular catch in the ninth inning of the first game with the tying run on third saved the opener for the Senators,
 Wesley Terrell won his 24th vic tory of the season and his 18th in a row as the Cleveland Indians down. cd the St. Louis Browns 13 to s and 9 to 5. Terrell hurled the second g1me while Willis Hudlin was the winning pitcher of the first en- counter.
 The Chicago White SoX were the victims of Detroit's wrath. the Tigers taking both ends of the holiday bill. 6 to and to 9 Earl Whitehill got his 18th victory of the year in the second after Ted Lyons had failed in an effort to win his @Oth. Alex ander and Reynolds hit home runs in the opening contest,