New Britain herald., 1930-04-30
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
 The idea of having one big inning to win a baseball game seems to be coming more and more into favor in the major leagues, either by acci- dent or intent. The sluggers of the big leagues, now finding their batting eyes rapidly after a rather slow start, are becoming q group of opportun ists and are pounding out enough runs to gain 6 victory at the mo- mont the opposing pitcher Weakens.
 The seven big league games play rd yesterday gave just one set of il- mstratlons of this fact out of the many that have turned up lately. Three of these seven were decided directly by the one big inning, and the same factor had an important bearing on the result of the Brook lyn New York Giant slugging match in which most of the innings were big ones. The Cincinnati Reds and St, Louis Cardinals had no chance to hit, due to wet grounds.
 The Robins and the Giants car ried the idea to it's limit as Brooklyn won for the second time in row by a score of 1 3 to l5. Brooklyn scored I runs off four Giant pitchers in the second frame only to have the Man haitian warriors came back with q nine run third frame.
 Philadelphia National league club likewise won an entire game in one inning with the Boston Braves as their victims. After seven scoreless stanzas of q duel between Ray Benge of the Phillies and Bob Smith of Boston. Philadelphia suddenly started hitting in the eighth to score all it's runs and an s to triumph.
 The Pittsburgh Pirates gave the Chicago Cubs seven runs in the first three innings and got them all back in one to beat the National league champions. 1J to 2. The Pirates pick cd up few runs. but it was the seven counters in the sixth that gave them their ninth victory in eleven games and put them at the top of the National league standing.
 The Washington Senators pro- duced the only big inning in the four American league games to win their eighth in a TOW and make their win ming streak the longest either major league las seen this year. They also gave away seven runs in three in- nings then tied the score in the third as they pounded Tom Zachary and Sherid from the mound and went on to defeat the New York Yankees i 10 s. Five Yankee errors contributed to New Works downfall. three of them contributing to the Senator rally
 The champion Philadelphia Ath- letics were content to get their runs in pairs, but, led by Al Simmons and Mickey Cochrane, they got four two- somes and single to beat the Bos- ton Red Sox. to }.
 Old Red F'abcr of the Chicago White Sox brought forth one of the days two good pitching feats as Chicago downed the Detroit Tigers, to 6. Faber went the full nine inninfs and although he gave 14 nltS, nc fann~d seven and had the backing of two home runs by Carl Reynolds and one by Bill Cissel.
 Cleveland's to 1 victory over the St. Louis Browns had the 1.101st consecutive appearance of Joe SeweiI as it's feature although he had noth- ing to do with the triumph. Joe was in no shape 10 play as he has been running a high temperature for two days, but he has missed but one game since he joined the Indians ten years ago and wanted 10 preserve ms record, Johnny Hodapp's home run in the third, the first one hit by 2, Cleveland player this season, was he leading factor in the overthrow of the Browns.