New Britain herald., 1930-08-02

With Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig gong like the prorerbial house afjre or rather like a general conflagra- ion, the New York Yankees are looking more and more like the real threat to the supremacy of the Philadelphia Athletics in the Ameri- can League pennant struggle.
 The As still have q commanding lead, eight games ahead of Washing ron and nine ahead Of the Yankees despite the loss Of q half game to the New Workers through their idle ness yesterday, but 51 games remain for each team, and lot can happen n that number Of contests,
 It can happen, especially when the Yankee sluggIng duo is hitting the nigh spots, and Ruth and Gehrig have been dolng just that in The past few days. The Babe clouted two home runs yesterday after a lapse or over a week since his last previous four baEger. He also hit a doubla The homers served 10 win q ball game from the Boston Red Sox. pro- vldIng three Of the Yankee runs in to l victory. They also put the Babe IS days and l2 games ahead Of his record pace Of 1927 when he reached his present to-al ot 3S on August 17 in the -15tll game Of the season. Ruth took Up yesterday where GehrIg left of n hitting homers and winning games. but Lou hit two singles yesterday and still IS leading the league in batting and dolng his full share for the Tanks Charley Rufflng did q lot, too. yes- terday, as he held Boston 10 two hits.
 The Yankees could not, however gam on the teams that are pursuing them. Cleveland, n fourth place, and Detroit, in fifth. each won q game. and held their places, The Indians got -he jump on the St. Louis Browns by nicking Holland Stiles for TWO runs in the first in- ming and held their margin to win $ 10 3. Detroit hammered Dutch Henry around 10 inflIct on him his 18th defeat Of the year as Earl Whitehill held Chicago in check. The score was F 10 4 with the Tigers l7 hits turning the trick.
 The National League race went along without change except that the Pittsburgh Pirates, after a brief day in a tie for fourth place were sent back 10 the second division. The Pirates went down before the Chicago Cubs, 10-7, despite q game rally in the middle of the game. Chicago started with four runs off Heinie Meine in the first inning then made a strong finish to regain their margin after they had lost it.
 The St. Louis Cardinals again be- came the only club in fourth place by trounclng the Cincinnati Reds, 10 to l. With Wild Bill Hallahan hurl- ing a four hit game, the Cards did not need all the hits they made as they came suddenly out of a batting slump to the tune Of 13 blows. Cincinnati, which has the leagues best fielding average. had an of day and made four errors.
 blOOhI\ Nelu LIS lN o game III ar gin over the Cubs by resuming the old pastime of slamming the Phillies from pillar 10 post. ending the aft ernoon with 15 hits and 2 10 vic tory. The league leaders looked to be in trouble for the first two in nings, but Harry Smythe could not hold them long while Adolfo Luque kept his steady hurling pace through the entire game winning his eleventh victory.
 The New York Giants and Boston Braves did the heaviest hitting Of the day. and due to Freddy Lind strom, the Giants made their blows count for 10 to f triumph, their fifth straight. Lindy hit two home runs, double and a single and ac- counted for six Of the runs The winners made r hits while Pete Dopohue gave the Braves 16,