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i0?W H"T3"ywrc!wrT,s SPORT DOINGS Yesterday's Results. American League Chicago 2, St. Louis 1; Philadelphia 2-4, Washington 1-3 (first game ten innings) ; Boston 5, New York 2; Cleveland 3, Detroit 1. National League New York 6, Boston 5 (10 innings); Pitts burg 8, St. Louis 1 ; Brooklyn 5, Philadelphia 2. Joe Benz held the Browns safe until the ninth, when disaster riearly overtook him. Compton singled, Stovall trip led, and then the "squeeze" was tried. Hogan missed the ball and Stovall was touched out at the plate, ending the game. E. and C. Brown twirled for Browns and were done brown. Ping Bodie blew a homer into left field bleachers off the first of the twins. He allowed seven hits in seven innings. The run off C. Brown was made on a pass, wild pitch and two in field outs. c Benz stopped St. Louis with five hits. Bresnahan's Cards are going bad now, having dropped five straight. After that nice boost we gave Washington yesterday they had to drop both games of a double tieader to the Athletics and break up their winning streak. If Baker had been out of the game Washington would still have been winning. In ninth inning of first game he tied score with a home run after two were ou In ninth inning of second game he brought in winning run with a double. Barney Pelty, secured from St. Louis, pitched second game for Washington and 'held Philadel phia to seven hits. Hughes did the same in first.- 'v ' Coombs allowed-Washington but three hits in first game, and Bender gave but fo'ur in second. Sox are but half a game behind Washington arid full game ahead of the Athletics. Boston lengthened its lead by beating Yanks in hbllow fashion. Hal Chase was struck in the chest by a bat duringpractice and will be out of game indefinitely. Duffy Lewis sewed up game with a home run. Vean Gregg twirled one of his best games yesterday, stopping Detroit with three measly hits. Willett was touched up for ten bingles, four of them being in the seventh, when Naps scored all their runs. Giants beat Boston in ten in nings and Marquard was credited with his "fifteenth straight win, shattering all records. Marquard pitched last two in nings, relieving Ames when score was tied. He stopped Boston dead with a man on third and one out in tenfh. St. Louis Nationals slipped far ther back yesterday by dropping another game to Pittsburgh. Bresnahan usedthis usual num ber of pitchers, three, and all were slammed hard. . Konetchy made two of the three hits St. Louis secured from j J