Show Pirates Cincy incy Stage Race For 2nd Place By Glen Perkins NEW YORK Aug 15 UP UP- UP The torrid battle for second place in the National league between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati today apparently had replaced the usual hairline pennant drive so characteristic characteristic charac charac- of the senior circuit in other years The Pirates are stagIng taging a rush which would Rain gain ground on any club but the Cardinals and are currently riding an eight game winning streak and have hate tucked away 10 victories In their last lut 11 starts the latest latent being a pair yesterday over o the Boston Braves The Bucs' Bucs first win over Boston Bolton was I In Inthe Inthe inthe the form of the completion of or a game Jame suspended sus su r. r 5 55 r de The on en ens s score July g remained 2 with the deadlocked score tied e until n at lI l the when relief pitcher Truett U Rip I Sewell I won his I i hf Ji decision r by driving I In Johnny Barrett with a single for tor a 7 6 td edge e. e The Braves Bra had scored in their half of the and the Pirates countered when Bob Elliott singled and scored on Barretts Barrett's trl triple F ln Preacher Roe floe turned In his but best butte pitching te I performance o of f the season ea when he hurled a two hitter h te before or the home crowd in the regular game to gain a 5 0 0 shutout The Reds handed the New York Tork Giants their seventh e setback and gained Walters his victory when their hit iS attack netted a 6 3 vie vic tory The win stretched the Reds Reds' Winning winning win win- ning skein to five fhe games game The Philadelphia Phillies h ran their str streak to four by beating ath the Chicago o Cubs 6 61 Ken swapped hitters 11 with Bill III Fleming and two Chicago relief pitchers but the Philadelphia southpaw spaced his more effectively ely to hold bold the Bruins Strums under tinder control The Cardinals defeated the place last Brooklyn Dodgers 4 42 on Mort Coopers Cooper's hl his nine hitter I er victory as O the bl big Hal 1131 right right-hander Gregg n was i ac achieved charged a with the loss In the American league the Boston Red Sox whittled 1 the lead of the St. St I Louis Browns to 5 Ih games gamu as Emmett ONeill O'Neill pitched d hit four ur ball tO for tor a 5 1 tt Victory ct f r Denny d Galehouse who ho hotO had ada adaa a achieved five straight w wins Ins for the league leaders was ivan the loser loner when the Sox tapped him for all their runs In the sixth and seventh Innings The New York Yankees outlasted the Chicago White Sox Box to win a 13 inning contest content 2 21 Nick Etten's Ellen's homer tied the score c in the ninth n Inning and when H tr Ralph d n threw re wild on Rollie Hems Hems- lev's levs easy grounder in the last frame Johnny LIndell scored the mar marginal run w- w went the route for the champions s n-s- in ii gaining his ninth win The Washington Senators made it three thre in 1st a a. row over the Cleveland Indians when broke up a 3 33 tie e with It a run four our they t h WN fifth t Inning i that led to an 8 5 triumph Three singles Ie and four stolen bases including in including In- In Jake Powells Powell's steal deal of home plus Ius a R Cleveland error iced lend the game ame for the Nata in the big Inning Alex the winner Philadelphia Athletics t I with five runs The i In 1 the fourth t inning and two ow more In the fifth tame came from behind to defeat the Detroit Detroit De De- troit Tigers Tiger 7 5 Bobo ob Newsom settled fettled led allowed but down clown after arter a shaky start and three hits bits over the last six lX frames for the triumph |