New York, Sept. 13.
OPES of the Chicago Cubs to overtake the Pittsburgh Pirates were dealt a crushing blow today when the Cubs bowed to the Boston Bees by a score of 5-2 in the only game played in.the National League. All other senior circuit clashes were postponed because of wet grounds.
Despite the return to the line-up of catcher-manager Gabby Hartnett, who has been out for a month with a broken thumb, the Cubs were held in complete subjection by Turner, and when the Beantowners scored three runs in the fourth inning it established them in a lead that was never relinquished.
In the American League the New York Yankees moved to within striking distance of making mathematically certain of the junior loop pennant when they crushed the Cleveland Indians, 7-1. The Yanks staged an uprising in the fourth inning to score four runs
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