New York, Sept, 5, in a day featured by double "headers, the Chicago Cubs set the pace in the National League by taking two games from the Pittsburgh Pirates, whittling the lead of the Bucs over the Cubs and Reds to only four games.
The Bruins blanked the Pirates 1n the opener, 3-0, and then.went on to win the nightcap by 4-3. The Cubs scored all their runs in the opener in the third inning, aided by two costly Bue fumbles, while in the nightcap, the Cubs broke a 3-3 dead-Jock with one run in the last half of the ninth to win, Stan Hack, with two doubles and a single, led the attack, The New York Giants, meanwhile, were dividing honours with the Philadelphia Phillies, winning the opener, 7-0, and: dropping the nightcap by 4-3.
Four of the Giants' seven runs in the opener were scored in the seventh inning with Joe Moore leading the attack by connecting for a double and two singles, In the nightcap, the Phils scored all four of their runs on a barrage in the fourth, The Giants rallied to score two runs in the sixth, but the effort fell short,
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