Newspaper Page Text
. out, Bbrtonto Scott on a close. platVl
"the' first baseman bandling bis smash
inflow fashion.. This, moved 'Mbjrinr
rtjf to third. He was marooned when
McKee -whiffed.
' ' Grawford poked-two doubles,, Mojr
iarity two singles,, and Veach,' Gainor,
, McKee and'rDubu'c, who batted for
House in the eighth and doubled, got
one hit each. r
. St. Louis is here tomorrow for four
games. " '
So long as the Cubs cpntinueto
clout the ball as they have dtineon
the present swing to the Western
cities, gob'd pitching is' not ne'eded-td
win the games, which-is'a good thing",
as the twirling has been punk. Yesr
terjday in Cincinnati the fteds poled
13 "hits off'.Liefield, Humphries, and
Cheney. To offset this 'the Cubs
soaked the offerings of 'f"roirurie,
.Packard, Mclntyfe and Harter "eleven,
times, and tie clouts' yielded 18
- bases.vThe Cubs are showing -fight
WJth the RedS'leading, 4 to 1, levers.'
men got" two runs in the seventh on
two hits, four in'the eighth, on three
hits and two in the ninth on twohit's.
Twenty-nine players''' gol t their
names in the box scores, Tinker Us
ing. 15 'and "Evers.'14.v Good pinched
for-Humphries in the; eighth. and tri
pled, scoring Saier with the'runneed-
' ed to win". Fbeian -wound up 1 the
game at second, base. Leach, fouled
out batting for Leifield and replaced
Clymer" in center.' Clyriier, ' Skier,
Good,.Tinker.and Bates each;swaxted
triples during the'affernoon.' "Evers
arid Schulte.got two'singles and' Ar
cher, a double 'and single. Tinker led
his team at bat, th'a'triple-ahd'pair
of singles. ' J '.
If' Evers; can .keep his team in'the
running wldle the' pitching' is poor,
he has a swell chance of finishing up
among the leaders. Up'to the present
time the Cubs hayd beenihning'on
slugging ability-alone, except when.
Larry Cheney was in Jhe 'box. The
big spit-baller istheonly heaver who
ias shown, anything like rear major
ileague;pititm"g''f orm; KicWetoea;
in. pne;goqd,game, butt in "another f
(bammered by .'the Pirate La.v
.eji'der Jt(ai been shaky in.every start,
and Charley Smith hasjflashedjon
two occasions. Lavender is, bound, to
improve. Then Evers must. develop
.a j;opd leftrbander. .He must also get
sbmeielpjfrbm Overall. Leifield-was
a. bear for five innings, yesterday, .and
if '.tier's worked .morg should be able
to.go-the'Touie. Lefty Pierce has not
been shoved into" agame this, year.
He.Is'due for "a start in the. near fu
ture. After the youngster performs a
better Uhe will be had on the hurling
corps "
Winding, up their series in Cincln
'nati today, the Cubs.leave tonight,f or
Pittsburgh. They return home Sun- '
day to play the Pirates on the .West
'Side-
. Frank ChancVbroke ihto.the game
at; first'base for' his Yanks, but could
not stop the smashing Athleties, who
collected a- dozen hits off McConnell
and Schulz. Chance accepted "14
chances at firsV base arid poled, a
Mf. HaK'Chase was serit to center
field, where he caught two flies and
registered a hit.- Hartzell of the
Yanks and Oldring each.p'ickled hom
ers. Mack used Brown, a 'recruit
hurler. He was hit hard, but" the
Athletics, are batting, strong enough
to win with high-scnooi(pitching.
Washington lost its first. game of
the season, Boston winning because
of Groom's wildness. Gallia replaced
pi&t lanky gent inJthe fif tn and was
stung hard .in one inning". Lefty
Leonard was strong all the way for
Boston. Harryr Hooper jolted 'a.dbu
ble and two singles. President Wilson
went' out to the -game and met half
the congressmen in ttie grandstand.
Earl Hamiltonthe star left-hander
of the '"Browns", humbled Cleveland
yesterday, "St. Louis hwon by scoring
twice in the- ninth: on triples by
Sfovall' and Compton and . Walker's
single. Jackson arid Lajoie each
swatted a single and. triple.
, ' Seatdn of 'the Phillies is looming
i
pttpathVUir rightrhandef ' of the
