New Britain herald., 1930-08-22
By +he Associated Press

By tbe Associated Press
 The New York Giants who have been assuming a threatening attitude toward all National league rivals for some time, have served official notice that they intend to Win the pennant. That notice was given ln q most con- yincing manner. for the Giants open cd the series with the Chicago Cubs which brings them q chance to take first place by trouncing the 1929 and 1930 leaders by a 13 to 6 score, to put themselves only two games be- hind first place.
 The Giants not only have played better baseball in general than the Cubs have for the past month, but they were considerably better ill every respect as they met their rivals yesterday. They started hl-- ting in the first inning and at the same rims the Cubs began 10 make a errors and the result was that New 7 York got of 10 The almost unbeat- 7 able lead Of six runs.
 a The game started with two errors 90 and a walk, then an lnfeld out and B d single gave the Giants two runs, - Another walk paved the way TOT the % ruin of the CUh hopes, for Wally @ Roettger clouted a home run with two on bases to make il six runs for 1r I a nr- ~ this had start and held his own @ against Walker until The eighth. when six more Of New Tork's 15 hits a combined with some more poor 70 fielding on the part or the Cubs gave the Giants uve more runs.
 The victory brought New Works r record up 70 = victories III the 80 70 games Of the past month while in % the same time the Cubs have won @ IT games and lost eleven. Still trail a ing by two games, the Giants must win all Of the remaining three con- 2 tests Of the series to leave Chicago s at the head os the league, Two vic @ tories would give them the lead by q single point and the third would be needed to hold the place. But that IS not beyond the realm Of possloit- - ". for the Giants have beaten the Cubs ten times in their tG games so ? Tar this year
 While this clash was going on. ? the third place Brooklyn Robins 7. were gaining on Chicago and losing ~ 10 New York as rain kept them idle = in Cincinnati The Boston Pittsburgh . game also was postponed Nhilo tho <. St, Louis Cardinals proceeded to - show up tho Cubs by shaping a -6 sto defeat on the Phillias, who gave Chicago a tough battle recently. The Cards pounded out 70 hits in biz punches to halt their attempts 10 score.
 The Philadelphia Athletics moved a step nearer the certainty Of yIc- tory in therAmerican league pcnnanr race by coming rom far behind 70 defeat the Detroit Tigers, s 10 '. Held to one hit in six innings by George Uhle. the AS broke loose in the last three frames 10 score all their runs. They put over four tall- les in the ninth. the last two com ing or Al Simmons 3oth home run Of the year.
 Washington kept pace with the leaders by taking a quick , 10 de- oision over the St. Louis Browns as Sad Sam Jones allowed only six hits in a duel with Collins, But the New York Yankees lost one moro of their faint hopes as the Cleveland h. dians pulled a to triumph out of d 12 inning struggle. X Yankee ar TOT with two out in the ninth paved the way for the dofaat and q home run by Dick Porter settled the over time dispute.
 The humble Boston Rcd sox staged three run uprising in the eighth inning of mound duel be- tween Al Thomas and Hod Lisenbee 10 defeat Chicago. 1 10 ,. and keep the White Sox from breaking their eiXth place tie with Sr. Louis Five Boston errors kept Lisenbee trailing for the first seven frames although he gave Chicago only four hits.