New Britain herald., 1930-06-30

A somewhat crippled C4o raam. lacking Rogers Ho.rshy and occa- siorl..y a te7e other regulars. that has r-en ba-tirc t,s way upward rhrouga the National league has finally 7g~estad first place rom the Brooklyn Poc,rs The Cubs have refused to he don ned, and even los lrE the first zane ot thelr serles 70 Jhe Robins failed 10 daL2r them T1ay came back 10 VIII -he next flraa, finally car-.-,rE -he league lead yesterday rv dst@s'I1s Brook lyr- 5 to 1.
 T1a Cubs now have won T of their last B games. sca~ung when thev played their Lasr game in New yo-a t-to-e returning home for long stand And these victories have placed -rsn a tsI Ean.s ahead Of the Robins. Their lead is only nine percentage 0ol--s. however. due 10 the fat that they have played four more games than the Robins. In ad- dltIon they set 3 record for attend ance i7 -na series with Brooklyn, drawing 4-r-a f7ns yesterday to hrrrg the total ot -41.0d for the sarres.
 Brooklyn made # 3 sad celebration of Manager Wibert Fohlnson's s 65th birthday hy Eeturs only seven hits Of Charley Root and fallirz 70 take a5vartase Of The few opportunities rha Cubs offered. rhicago got TO Hollis ThIrston n rhe fourth for three ru1z 70 Win the game.
 The sr Louis Cardinals and Bos- ton Braves had almost as much cause for rejoicing as the Cubs yes terdav although they could not alter the standing The Cards picked ID two full games or the New York Giants. winding ID only one gamc out ot third place by winning par Of close decisions. The scores were 3 70 and 5 70 1 Sylvester Johnson and Bill Hallahan held the Giants 70 2 total ot Il hits In the two games The Braves likewise won both ends Of a double header from the Cincinnati Reds. They took the frsr f 10 although outhir -5 70 s and slugged out 2 n 10 triumph lr the second.
 In the American league. the New York Yankees and g. Louis Browns registered the big gains as the Tanks dovned the Cleveland Indians. 10 6 and g.. Louis trounced Washing ton, { to 3. The Tanks. benefting by the power Of Charley RuHlng galned 8 tie win Washington for second place and che Browns ted Detroit for fifth. each gaining 2 game on it's rival
 Ruffing finished the game for the Tanks and scored the deciding run himself 10 make if si| straight vic tories since he came 10 New York. The Browns had tve extra base hits and as many singles behind the et- fective pitching Of Walter stewart
 The Philadelphia Athletics kept first place from any assaults by talk ing 3. single game ln Detroit from the Tigers by 9 6 70 , count. Jimmy Foxxs o-ud home run Of the year which kept h,m just ahead Of Lou Gehrig. who hir his 2ts. for the Yankees, vas the big feature with the final decision al the plate adding more excitement. The Tigers scored two runs in the ninth and the fans thought they had a third hut I'm pire Guthrie said out instead of safe when Jimmy Shevlin tried 70 score.
 The leagues tail e1ders. Boston and Chicago divided a double head CT. The Red S0x made t eight straight over their Chicago rivals by taking the first n 10 z. but the White Hose. reversed the decision. 70 1, In the second game as Ted Lyons tesred Jacs Russell 10 gain his 1-th victory ct the season.