Giants Squeeze Out Reds to Threaten Nation Leaders: New York Ya ukees Lose at St. Louis w York, July-2
HE Chicago Cubs stumbled in the National League-pennant race to-day and took a beating from the lowly Phillies, while the second-place New York Giants Philadelphia jueezed out a 6-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
As a result, the New Yorkers gained a full game on the Chicago club, and reduced the latter's margin of leadership to only one: game.
The Pittsburgh Pirates kept their distance at seven and one-half games behind the Giants, but stayed in the race by downing the Brooklyn Dodgers by the convincing score of 10-1. St Louis, meanwhile, continued its run of bad luck with a shut-out defeat at Boston.
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