Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-09-28 | Page 7 | Pirates Have Edge in National Race

Pirates In National Race Babe Ruth Bags Four Four- Base Hit With Three Men On the Paths Dy lu- lu luThe The Associated Press the worlds world's series opens one onen VirilE n week from today will represent the National league unless there Is a great sensation f S The PIrates clung to their two game margin at the top topon on a a. home run drive by Grantham that scored a run run- runner I ncr ner ahead and beat L out I the h e ChIcago Cubs 2 1 Sloan Mean Meanwhile while the ace aee of the American 1 league champions t 1 Babe Ruth smashed out his seventh home run of the season In the sIxth Inning against I phia The e bases es ese were e loaded e and t. t the I IwIn f four ru runs were m more t than enough n h to wIn for the New York Yankees by 7 4 1 GET FIVE HITS had trouble solving Hal Carlson's shoots but the Cubs had more trouble with a trio of Pirate pitchers hers Dell Belt and Kremer The Cubs were held to five safeties and the Ducs Bucs made seven oft Carlso The ThO Pirates games to play and can clinch U the e pennant by winning two of them while the St. St LouIs Cardinals are taking all of their three games left lett on the schedule St. St Louts Louis can win the pennant by three victories If the Pirates lose three games The best the GIants can get Is Isa Isa a tie Ue The Cardinals stayed In the run run- nin sling by trouncing Cincinnati 4 Grover Cleveland Alexander held the Reds at his mercy allowing only three hits one of a triple e by Crita eo r ls i none out u In the sixth was con con- converted Into a score on Hargraves Hargrave's long sacrifice fly ChIck Hafey knocked the ball bail out of the park In the eighth With Douthit on base was nIcked for 11 hits The e CardInals have assumed a phil phil- philosophical philosophical attitude re regarding their chances The team met before yester- yester yesterday yesterdays yesterday's days day game and determined on II a split for th the worlds world's serl series Distributions Were vere lI figured red on the basis of first and second places If the team finishes second Its share In the world series will willbe be further affected by whether the Pirates beat the Yankees GUNTS WIN Freddie FItzsImmons turned beck the yesterday and the GIants won In a a. romp 6 New York hit the ball hard getting 18 safe blows of f fScott Scott and Sweetland Hornsby led the way with four singles Ruth Is now only two home runs run shy of his 1921 record He can best the mark maria by knockIng three home runs and he has three games In whIch to todo todo do that The Bambino has hit for the circuit with the bases loaded only six times Umes In his career three times as a Yankee Lou u slashed out h his fort n fb SIX sixth h homer with the b bases empty the fourth