Show CUBS INCREASE PENNANT LEAD LEADIN IN OLD lEAGUE Pirates Suffer Defeat Giants and Cards ds Also Close on Oil Short End By y The Associated Press Fren CHICAGO could regard her h r Cubs C Jubilantly today as La they ap apparently had picked up the right trail tran to treeing the National league pen pen- nant Six consecutive victories three In Jn a clean clenn sweep over the flashy Braves pushed the Bruins In front by two full games mes It is nine years since Chicago National fans feasted on the pennant hopes and now they are beginning to have the same feeling as the kitten watching the canary Percy Jones polished off oft the th Boston warriors by a 5 S to 2 verdict before be ore a ladles ladies day crowd totaling some 3 Jones kept the Braves within eight hits and led the Chicago attack with four hits in as many times at bat Ills His single Ingle in the fourth drove in two runners runner and tucked the game away Williams went a long ways in wrecking the Pirates by lashing out outa a homer a triple double and a II sin sin- single single single gle in four official times at bat as the Phillies hung up a 9 to 7 1 victory Williams the leading home run hitter of the toe circuit with a total of 23 drove in five live of o the runs and scored three himself Luque Cincinnati's Cuban hurler had d the Giants helpless while the Reds finished In front 3 to 0 O. Luque eased the New Yorkers down with five he bingles Only one Giant reached third base Brooklyn n concluded a stay at St. St Louis by trouncing the Cardinals 5 to 2 giving the Robins the series by two to one Brooklyn failed ailed to ad advance ad- ad advance advance vance into a tie with the Reds for fifth place however as the Red Legs kept up the pace Babs Bab Ruth slowed showed the stadium fans tans he was still in the home run nm sprint by socking the ball Into the right field bleachers for lor his thirty fifth of the year as u the Yankees whipped shIpped the Ben Den gals into submission 5 S to 2 The Senators waded through 17 11 hits donated by St. St Louis hurlers for a 17 11 to 8 triumph Washington furnishing a batting orgy in the fourth when ten I runs crossed the plate Carrigans Carrigan's Red Sox stopped the Palo Pale Hose 4 to 1 I I. I for their fourth straight verdict although the Boston team continues to have h ve a monopoly on the American league cellar by a II wide margin Two triples by Flagstead helped the Boston cause The Indians' Indians fray tray at Philadelphia was washed out by rain |