New Britain herald., 1930-08-29

By the Assoo!atat Press
 At least three teams n the Na- t,onal League apparently have no intention Of letting the Chicago Cubs capture another pennant with out q strong battle With their sue cAssive trlumphs over Brooklyn and New York the Cubs seemed 10 be having things very much their own way in the struggle for the flag, until along came the St Lous Car d,nals
 The Cards moved into Chicago yesterday 7Ith a record Of eight straight victories and fought through the major league season's longest game tQ make it nine straight, with a1Sto : triumph n -Q lnnlnCs over the Cubs
 Only ,ha lighting spirit Of the Cubs. or perhaps. a& the .ans in Brooklyn and New York have 1T. their luck. prevented an easy rri- umph for St. Louis For six innings BurleIgh Grimes shut out the cham pions while tho Cards piled ID 2 five run lead Then Grimes weakened and before Sylvester Johnson took over the mound duty tho Cubs had ted the score at 5-5.
 Johnson finished the sama for St. Louis. hurlnz l2 innings and giving only ntne hits. And Young Rob Os- bern. who opposed h.m for the last nlna frames. did about as we'll Each had one mad inning, the fif- ,een-h. but it faHed 10 break the deadlock. each team scoring twice. In the twentieth, Douthir singled, advanced 70 second as Adams was thrown out and scored on High s single with the run which finally decided the game after four hours and ten minutes of play
 While the early part Of this fray vas going on. the Brooklyn Robins stepped ID and further complicated the league standing hy taking sec ond place from New York with an other to victory The Robins hlasted Carl Hubbel and Pete ponohue from the mound ln the sixth inning for seven Of their runs. just enough 10 hold of q final Giant rally
 The results os these two games left Chicago only five games ahead O Brooklyn with the Giants and St, Louis tied for third place another half game back.
 Pittsburgh's Pirates, another team which may cause lot Of trouble before the season ends slammed out q pair Of victories over the Gin cinnati Reds 10 carry their vinr:ng streak 10 ten victories in F games 4 Is hit assault in the first game offset the sllgging of Harry He'll nan and gave Pittsburgh a 15 10 l' victory Fifteen more wallops won the second game by an II 10 ? count, Heilmann was the individual star, hitting two home runs and q double in the opening clash to drive l7 seven runs.
 In the meeting Of the ron-com- hatants. the Boston Braves, aided by Walv Berger's S1st home run. poled out 13 10 10 victory over Philadelphia.
 Washington's Senators continued their efforts to make the American League race resemble that ln the elder circuit by trouncing the New York Yankees. : 10 3. by virtue Of q five run rally in the sixth inning The victory not only sent the Yank- ees 1 F games behind second place. hut it reduced Philadelphia's lead 10 6 + games. The Athletics ran afouI O. some Of the great pitching the last place Boston Red SoX have been getting from time 10 time and lost a ? 10 l decision as Hod Lisen- nee outpitched George Earnshaw with q six hit performance
 The lie in games for sixth place in the standing cropped up as the St. Louis Browns continued 10 out play the Detroit Tigers, gaining q 9 to 1 victory as Detroit could make only four hits of George Blaeholder in six innings and none at all off Chad Klmsey in the next three. The Chicago White SoX, after pulling ahead at Cleveland's expense. drop ped hack again when opposed by Wesley Terrell The Big Indian hurler, getting his usual assistance ir the form Of five runs in the opening inning won his 23rd vic tory Of the season and his I2th in succession by lo to , count. Both the winning streak and the victory total are the best Of the season for