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a batting spree, making life miserable
t.' fo$ Altchison of the Dodgers and
' .' Mayer. Lobert and Daubert each got
' ' three hits and a walk. Ludsrus
If knocked a home rUnand jingle.
-Wrjj The Cards lammed Yingling and
V? Rowan for enough runs to trot in
"f- i' uhead Of the Reds. Catherand Beok
$t ' . each punched a double and two sin-
gles. Miller Huggins knocked a home
1 run. Perritt pitched strongly for St
v Louis, ' ,
L.' Washington whale 12 hits off of
4 Ghief Bender in six innings "when the
& - Indian went to Brown's rescue. Moel-
ler and Oldrjng each got three hits.
Milan, Shanks and McBrJde.pf "Wash
ington delievered two wallops' eafch.
Boehling nearly lost- the game
through wildness.
Earl Hamilton blanked Cleveland
with seven hitei lifting the Browns
into second place in the American
League. Three hits by Leary, JncTud
lng a triple, caused the downfall vf
Willie Mitchell.
' Foster held the Yanks to two hits,
(yhile Fisher crackedin the 'seventh
and eighth. A double by Yerkefe and
triple by Hooper scored the Red Sox
runs.
Brownie's Sloufeds were licked by
the tailend Stogies in a clouting
match. Keupper ancreHrbert were
soft, .while Camnltz ield St. -Louis
safe until his side had a lead. Oakes
got a homer, Lewis a pair of triples
aad two singles, Bradley four singles
and Lennox a double and two singles.
Rainstqpped the Baltimore-Indian-apoW
game in the 'fifth with both
teams scoreless'. Mosely held the Ter
rapiafc to one hit, while three had
been made; gf Suggs,
Ear) Mpre was soft for Kansas
City, eadfc player but Perring and
Pitcher Packard getting twov hits,
Hafltord continued to hit for Buffalo,
but his Jtnstas gave him no help.
Thef latz team won the five-man
event In the state bowling tourna
ment with a score of 2,675. Holden
Kerpen get the doubles with 1,273,
A, Toerajhel the individual with 68"4,
and G. Ahrbeck the all events with
1,883.
ODD MASCdT& INMAJo5 LEAGUES; BOYS,
BIRDS, DOGS AND GEESE POPULAR
BY HUGH FULLERTON
The Chicago White Sox were win
ning," playing hdlnaatly, rushing the
attacks, fighting everjrsjteP and al
ready commencing to ' figure their
world's' series chances. Then, one
afternoon, their bat boy, who, has
been with thm for yeirs, was found
weeping disconsolately Betweea
sobs he told the players that hif rpar
ehts were moving to Michigan and
that he would be with , them no
"longer. His father had refused to
permit him to remain in Chicago and
be mascot. -
"Thefce goes our luck," said one of
thj? players, slammingshls bat at the
stands. '' -
And the day after the boy left the
team started to lose.
It sounds ridiculousV but the faith
of baseball playfxaia their mascot is
dtjep and. abiding. During the early
seas;6h shim Graney's dog wa& In bad
wjth the Naps. Their faifh Jn his
efficacy as a masctit was shaken.
But noWhe Is restored to high stand
ing aad again permitted to play leap
frog with them. -
Every .club jhas its mascot. There
is the quiet, smart little hunchback
who is mascot for the Athletics.. His
devotion to the team is almost touch
ing, little Jerry McCarthy, ward of
the Boston Red Sox, Is another. He
la a bright, ciean little fellow, who
studies hard until school closes, for
the playfers insist that his marks
mu6t.be high. On the road In summer-
they teach him.
Brownie, the diminutive little mas
cat of the Cincinnati Reds, is belov
ed by all the players. He is a dwarf,
"Red the ba bey" is famous la
