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i???; trip. Errors of omission were the chief causes of disaster. Lefty Pierce pitched his worst game of the season yesterday against the Reds, who got an even dozen hits, four being triples and one a double. Jimmy Archer was back be hind the plate and Bresnahan, who has been doing yoeman service in the hot sun, was given a rest. Roger will not stay on the bench very long and in the future he will undoubtedly do at least half of the catching. The pitchers showed great improvement while he was in the game. Evers was given a great bawling by the Cincinnati fans yesterday. In the last stages of the game the Cubs were facing three former pals, Brown and Kling furnishing the battery, and Tinker being at short The spectacle of Evers being trimmed by his old pals pleased the Cincy bugs. They also believed Evers was beefing at Pierce for his ineffective pitching and the spectators didn't like to see a hard-working young man jumped on. A drop to the second division is threatening the Cubs. Today they are half a game over the .500 mark, and they are due to battle the Pi rates, who have picked up a little in the last week and are now only two and a half games behind the West Siders. St Louis and Cincinnati will also be met before the Cubs leave for an invasion of the East If Callahan's White Sox can main tain the gait they set against Cleve land, there is a fine chance for them to oust the Naps from second place this week and kite along next to the Athletics. At present it looks like running next to the Athletics is about all the glory any or tne other teams in. the American League are going to get this year. Mack's team has a lead of eight and a half games over the Naps and though predic tions have been made they would crack because of poor pitching no crevices have been apparent. When the pitchers crack so do the batters, pnly the batters crack the ball and run up enough runs to win without a pitcher in the game. Failing to wfn seven out of every ten games played is a slump for the Athletics. The showing of the Sox against Cleveland was encouraging. They fought for every advantage defen sively and only cheesy work on the bases in Saturday's game prevented them getting a clean sweep of the series. Their best example of fight ing spirit was in the first of the four battles, when the Naps whaled Ed Walsh for five runs in three innings. This lead was overcome and against Vean Gregg, at that. Reb Russell, who finished two games, was allowed to start yester day. He also finished, though the way was rocky several times. Reb is being driven too hard ?n an effort to keep the Sox up in the race. It is beginning to show in his work. He yielded six passes yesterday, and when the Texan is right control is one of his main assets. If Russell was ordered to work every day he would not demur, but would stick on the job until he dropped. Reb is more valuable than a few games and he should be nursed along. If the unexpected should happen and the Athletics slip, the Sox have a better chance of pushing to the front than any other team in the league. Then Russell would be needed. Ed Walsh is an example of wl'at will happen when one man is ex pected to carry the pitching burden of a whole team. Last year Walsh considered he had a long vacation when he wasn't in the game at least every third day. Look at his con dition this season. On several occa sions the great rescuer has had to be rescued and not once has he shown his old speed and spitter. Ed simply wore out. Complete rest may bring him back to form and that is what has been prescribed. Walsh did not even go away with the team last night on the jaunt to Detroit, St Louis and Cleveland. He was left at home and will work daily with MtiHiMilllimiMHHi