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5K,!,5',TBp5 pwwwpgy;wpgwigj players on. the team. If he can. con tinue to hit, that infield problem will be solved for Callahan. Rath Is. a valuable man if he can club for an average of .260. The Phillies put a stop to the dash of Pittsburgh, Alexander taming the Pirates with halt a dozen swats. Camnitz held the Phils for six fa ilings, but in the seventh three hits stocked the bags and Sherwood'Ma gee cleaned up with a double. Beals Y Becker played his first game with the Phils and got a hit and run. - Joseph Tinker, the well-known ele vator pilot, lifted his Reds out jof eighth place yesterday by beating Brooklyn while the ,Cubs were trim ming Boston. Murphy unintention ally did Tinker a service. Gloom! " Rube Bentonheld the Dodgers to four hits, one a homer with two on, scoring the crop of Brooklyn runs. With a man on third in the first, 'v Bescher was passed to take a chance on Tinker. Joe walloped" a single off Cliff Curtis and two runs regis- tered. Josh Devore continued his "' good work with, a double and single. ?- Christy Mathewson was batted for j, 11 hits in six innings by the Cards and had to give way to Wiltse. Mat ty was unable to stand up against Huggins men in the tight places. Charlie O'Leary copped a double and triple, as ditl Herzog of the-Giants. Griner of the Cards faltered in the last few innings, but managed to stave ofC the Giants. Connie Mack is having a silent -laugh. All his well wishers sorrow fi) for him, saying he can't win without pitchers. Yesterday hitf Athletics, thumped Dubuc, the star of the De Iroitstaff, also a pair of lesser lights, for 16 hitsand fourteen runs. Con nie doesn't need pitchers with that brand of stickwork, Wyckoft and Bush pitched for the- Macks, the former being hit hard Strunk got a single, double and triple, and Collins three singles. Joe Engle of Washington passed eight St, Lous players, Bert Stolen getting four walks, but only allowed six hits, and managed to steady up when in a hole. Washington won in the third inning by batting Weilman for five runs. Milan and Schaefer each got two hits. Chick Gandil blew in two scores with a triple. Cleveland beat the Yanks again, and Chance has yet to win a gamen the home grounds. Both teams bat ted hard, but Blanding managed to separate the Yank hits until the last two innings. Ford, Warhop and Clark were soft for the Naps. Joe Jackson hit the ball over the right field grandstand, the first time it has ever been done op the Polo Grounds. Graney of the Naps and Sweeney of the Yanks each got a single and homer. Olson and O'Neil and Birdie Cree collected three hits apiece. Borton singled twice, and Rollie Zei der blew one safe one, besides hand ling nine out of eleven chances at second base. Rollie and Babe also turned a double play. The Venice Club of' the Pacific Coast League has turned down Chance's offer of ?5,000 for Short stop Hosp. Clark Griffith is trying to strengthen his pitching taff for fu ture seasons. He has signed John Wilson, a southpaw, from St. John's College, Annapolis, Md., and has also picked up three pitchers from the Washington sandlot leagues. One is a "high school youth. All the Cleveland players, with the exception of Manager Birmingham and Joe Jackson, joined the ball players' union yesterday Cleveland Tvas the only team in either big league which had not Joined. Art Griggs tried to bring them into line last year, but was released while making the negotiations. Jackson may sign this afternoon. Mike Murphy, the famous Uni versity of Pennsylvania trainer, and one of the best conditioners who ev er handled athletes, died yesterday at his hpme in Philadelphia. He has been in bad health for years and his jfeyg.teawfe- ..