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jpfimsti&if i i-Tl)ljUl;JllliipiflJ!lVj.i &pjjpf I x BASEBALL PICKUPS Yesterday's Results. American League Boston 7, Chicago 5; St. Louis 2, New York 1 ; -Philadelphia 7, Detroit 6. , "National League Chicago 4, New York 3; Philadelphia 5, Pittsburg 1 ; Brooklyn 2, Cincin nati 1; St. Louis at Boston, wet grounds. In a ragged game Boston made it three straight, through superior hitting and a brace of errors by Harry Lord. Boston scored all its runs in third and fifth, Cap. Lord putting first man on in each inning'with a bum chuck. After Lord's generosity Red Sox piled up hits. Benz was taken out after he had been scored on four times. Peters relieved him and pitched the fifth, when three more tuns were made. Doc White then took up pitch ing burden, and gave but one hit the rest of the game. Morris Rath and W,eaver play ed stellar ball in the field; hand ling 17 chances between them. Bodie and Collins were White Sox pinch stickers, each-" driving in a pair of runs .with safeties. Bodie, Rath, Speaker and Gard ner each poled a pair of hits. Ray Collins, who started for Boston, wasrhit hard, being taken out in fourth. O'Brien allowed but two hits in the last five frames. t Ralph Bell, young southpaw with White "Sox", has been sent to St. Joseph of Western league. Callahan is still out of the game, his suspension being in definite. Mattick took his place yesterday, and helped in run get ting with timely single. For third straight time Ed Reulbach acted as rescuer against Giants, holding, them hitless in eighth and ninth. Lew Richie pitched a good game until eighth, when Giants scored once and got a man to third with none out. Then he lifted. Tesreau, who started for New York, was also hoisted in 7th, seven hits being 'made off his shoots. Ames twirled eighth and ninth, Cubs winning the game in, his first session. Zimmerman and Saier wallop ed home the Cub runs. Zim's single in the first and double in the third scored the first two. . In the eighth Saier knocked a terrific line drive through Mur ray after Leach had walked, both scoring. Evers and Tinker pulled some fielding stunts that made them unpopular with the Giant fans. So-called heavy hitting Giants collected but four hits, all off Richie. Entire Giant team played as though it was up against hopeless proposition. Chief Meyers appeared to have lost heart completely.. Yesterday's victory put Cubs within nine games of the Giants Athletics won eleven inning slugging match from Tigers, each side using- two pitchers.