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MfJJwfigBiwJtjB' yiitvjBJijpiJ).'? 'SSi? 67 hi i fes. Vn in Iru .fer -2r ftp ,13 c 9V. Sri 101 -II Brown and Works, who start 'ed, were hammered from slab in eighth, Plank going in for Ath letics and Donovan for Detroit. Cobb and Crawford did their usual slugging for the Tigers, Cobb bagging two doubles and Sam a triple and two singles. Entire Athletic team pasted the pill, Lord and Lapp being the only ones to get less than two hits. Maggert and Strunk pulled three each, the former driving in winning lun. Baumgardner and Caldwell fought an even pitching duel, but Browns beat Nw York when Martin let in two mns in the eighth on a wild throw past first. Yanks failed to score until ninth, when they bunched three singles. Up tp that time they had hit safely three times. ,Bpth-feids did sensational field ing, Martin's disastrous iniscue bejmftfn.ty black marje. Hrik O'Day is a sd man. For the' third straight tinie his Reds lost to Brooklyn. Nar'Ri)cker was sin superb' form, and had all Reds but Dick Egan eatjng from his hand. Red second sacker grabbed off a double and three singles. Humphries gave Dodgers 11 hits, Hummel duplicating Egan's -swatting stunt Smitti'and Fisher of Brooklyn each added tyo frits to their to tals. Three fast double killings' cut off runs. Camnitz held Philadelphia to three hits and oriif run .until seventh.. Then the Quakers bunched five singles for three runs arid the gatne. Alexander let Pirates down with six hits Alex McCarthy, who was benched by Fred Clarke because of light Hitting, celebrating his return to second base by whang ing out a double and two singles. Alexander set down eight Car dinals in strikes. He looked like phenom of last year. Connie Mack says that unless Athletics win 12 out of their next 16 games they will be out of the pennant race. The feat is almost impossible, with Mack's pitchers going so badly. Harry Krause, recently ob tained from Toledo by Cleveland, has been sent back to the associa tion by the Naps. Krause started two games and was knocked from the mound both times. Jess Willard, cowboy boxer discovered by Charley Culler, beat Arthur Pelky in ten rounds in New York last night. He may be given a irieeting with the win ner of the McCarthy-Stewart heavyweight inatch. Wolgast has agreed to fight Packey McFarland if he gets a guarantee of $15,000. Billy Gib son will try to line them up for Labor Day. Chuck Larson and Young Ketchel of Chicago fought a bruising ten-round draw at Terre Haute last night. Detroit has purchased Third Baseman McDermott of Provi-, dence in the International league. He reports at once. Hal Chase, in defending hiq