Show AGAIN BEAT C Ni N Y 6 IS THREAT Only Two and One Half Games I Out of First Place By The Associated Press THE T HE Cubs Chicago's hope for a n Na- Na National league championship and anda II a world series have played their last game of the season in n the Polo grounds EStat at New York Joe McCarthys McCarthy's outfit may visit the me me- metropolis metropolis metropolis in October t to play the Yan Yan- Yankees Yankees Yankees kees but they will have to get et out of a abad abad bad slump slump that continued on through three threes straight s t r a I g h t games against the Giants The Cubs came to Coogans Coogan's bluff with witha a five lye and one half game lead over o the theS S r Giants and depart- depart Dome Jonte n Bush C tt h. h ed with a margin of o two and one hall games Leslie wile Mann started the Giants on the way to their seventh straight vic vie victory victory yesterday by smashing the first ball pitched by Percy Jones for a ahome ahome ahome home run The McGraw men out- out outI hustled t the hustling s in Bruins to get the business I end e of a 7 3 7 score re Four F Cub pitchers saw service while Bur Bur- Grimes managed to get by the Bruin attack for eight innings before giving way wa in the ninth to Fitzsimmons mons New v York has won 22 out of Its last 28 games and today was right on the heels of the Cardinals and the Pi PI- PI rates The first division dl array showed the four flag nag contenders more marc closely bunched than at any time this season St. St Louis had an opportunity to climb back into second place in its own right but the lowly Dodgers rose up and smote the worlds world's champions 5 3 Vance whiffed eight bat bat- batters batters batters and allowed only six hits while Wee Vee Willie Sherdel was nicked for 13 safeties Brooklyn may be ineffective ineffective IneffeCtive against the Cubs but it has won eight and lost nine to the Car Car- Cardinals Pittsburg had to be content with an even eyen break against Philadelphia yesterday esterday Behind Herb Pruett's air air- airtight airtight airtight tight twirling t the Phils scuttled the Buccaneers in the opener 3 2 the contest going 10 innings Pruett who used to specialize in striking out Babe Ruth when the St. St Louis Browns were i having better luck with the Yankees whiffed five of the Pirate sluggers yesterday esterday Issued only one pass and dealt out only sev seven en hits Ray Kremer I Iwas was touched for nine safeties The Corsairs waded into Scott Decatur and Sweetland in the second game and came out with a 6 12 margin Donle Donie Bush was forced to send three hurlers to the mound to stop the Quaker attack however Meadows lasted less than five flye innings MIlJus received credit for the victory The Boston Braves returned to win win- winning winning ning form by struggling 11 l l innings for a 2 1 win over Cincinnati Dono- Dono Donohue Donohue hue and became embroiled in an time old-time pitching dispute Mc Mc- Quillan deserved his victory for he allowed only four hits against the 41 batters who faced him him Donohue was bumped for 14 safeties American Amerl an league clubs were shifting battle front yesterday and none of them got into action |