Show Chicago Cubs Win Another Near Crown By ET the Associated Press Presa Tho Chicago Cubs were almo almost t ready Monday to coast Into the National league pennant under the momentum generated by bye their amazing gamo 18 winning streak Idle for tar two days while white the second place St. St Louis Cardinals tackle the Pirates twice the Cubs were assured as- as assured assured as as- of having at le least cast st a two two game game lead when their final pay off series sc series se- se ries with the Cards ards starts Wednes Wednes- day That much was made Sunday when Larry French pitched Chicago to a 2 to 0 victory over Pittsburgh in the eighteenth of ot the amazing string of ot triumphs that has carried them to the top Before BeCore crowd of f with a with more turned away the Cubs made the most of their seven hits off Cy Blanton yes yesterday erday While French was invincible In the pin pinches hes Chicago tallied a it run in inthe inthe in he the the first on an Aggie Augie Colons Galan's scratch hit lit Pep PcP Youngs Young's error Fred Lindstrom's Lindstrom's Lindstrom's Lind- Lind stroms strom's and Galans Galan's dash home ahead of ot Arky Vaughans Vaughan's peg after Gabby Hartnett's grounder The other run came in the eighth when Hartnett Lindstrom sacrificed and Frank D Demaree maree doubled dou dou- bled PITTSBURGH I CHICA CHICAGO AB GHO H O AI A AB H O 0 A AJensen Jensen It f 5 1 1 1 IT t 4 2 1 0 Haley it rt 5 2 4 0 4 2 7 2 2 L L. L fal Waver Waner cl of i 5 1 2 4 g gj I 1 cf of ci 3 1 4 5 0 sa ss 4 0 3 c 3 0 5 0 Yount 4 4 2 5 rt rf 4 1 1 0 b 4 2 4 0 Ib lb 40 4 Suhr Ib lb 3 0 8 0 Hack 3 3 0 13 adden PAdden c e r 2153 7 2 1 5 3 s ss 3 0 1 7 2 Blanton p 2 4 0 a 0 2 4 French p D 4 2 2014 0 1 4 1000 1 0 0 0 Totals Total 35 9 24 2414 12 Totals 30 7 12 for lor Blanton In n ninth Pittsburgh h 0 o-o o 0 4 2 2 |