Show Giants Twice Down Cubs To Take Four G me Lead I CHICAGO Aug 3 INS Still INS Still at their best in the pinches and revealing no rio tendency to fall into slumps which traditionally follow shattered winning streaks the Giants were four games ahead in the National league pennant race and and apparently poised for a runaway 4 dow September stretch By taking yesterdays yesterday's doubleheader doubleheader double double- header 6 to 1 and 8 to 6 from the Cubs in opening their game four our game stay here th the Polo grounders continued continued continued con con- to confound critics by stretching their record through the allegedly tough west to five out of at six and are virtually virtually virtually virtu virtu- ally certain of returning returning returning re re- turning home still setting the pac pace Ap Apparently a it S o will lIl take Lake a complete com corn c. j. j reversal bythe by bythe 4 the Cubs or unexpected unexpected tt t r tt and sudden r rejuvenation c j u venation of C 7 th the e Ca Cards r d s t to 0 prevent prevent pre pre- 41 I Ir them from vent j nailing that pennant pennant pen pen- 1 nant 1 to the mast Wt i Ti soon soon alter after they finish this final t PY w western est ern tour lg X t which has two games here and a Mel Met Ott series at St. St Louis to go After that they will be back bacle on their own grounds and with the easy I cast east furnishing some of oC the opposition opposition opposition tion and there doesn't seem to be anything in that situation likely to stop them They have beaten back the threat of the Cubs and tumbled the league champs into third place behind the tile hapless Cards who beat the Dodgers ers 6 to 3 then lost 3 to 2 in 13 innings innings in innings in- in yesterday the result bein being that while the Cards are four games from front the top the Cubs are a backbreaking backbreaking backbreaking back- back breaking five tive Win Vin iII Like Champs The Giants are arc winning like champions cham cham- In bouncing back yesterday from that Pirate defeat which broke their game 15 winning streak they presented that thit unbeatable combination combination combination tion of good pitching and timely hit- hit with an extra base zing sing rhey They turned Carl Hubbell loose Inthe in inthe th the opener and as expected the slender screw bailer stopped the Cubs with a display of at all aU the wizardry wiz wiz- viz- viz ardry necessary to snare his tenth straight and twentieth victory of the season He allowed only four singles and a base on balls balI until the ninth when the Cubs put together three more singles for tor their only 4 run The Giants nicked Lee and Bryant for 12 hits including Moores Moore's homer Mel Ott won the nightcap with a ninth Inn inning ng homer with two mates aboard when the the Giants were trailing trailing trail trail- ing jug by 6 to 5 against Larry Frenchs French's hurling with Schumacher Gumbert and Coffman opposing him Tards rd Cards in Split The Cards took their opener from the Dodgers on Dizzy Deans Dean's pitching pitching pitching pitch pitch- ing and the Dodgers reversed it in that overtime nightcap with Van Mungo in a hurling duel with Win Win- ford fhe The Reds moved into fifth place by b beating the Phils 6 to 3 and 4 to 3 3 while the tho Bees were losing to the Pirates 4 to 2 and 3 to 1 The American league situation has gotten completely complete out of hand with the Yankees leading today by 16 games over the second place In In- The Yanks beat the White Sox 8 to 1 and 4 to 1 I with Hadley and arid Pearson doing doing- the pitching |