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Giants Take Double-Header From Cubs?Ruth's Two Homers Pull Yankees Out of Slump
Benton and Douglas Display
Their Best Wares on Mound
Alexander the Great and Lefty Tyler Subjected to
Severe Bombardments at Hands of McGraw
Men, Who Gain Full Game on Leading Dodgers
By R. J. Kelly
Jawn McGraw's flying Giants gained another full game on the
league-leading Dodgers by handing Fred Mitchell's Cuba two decisive
trouncings at the Polo Grounds yesterday afternoon. Effective pitching
by Benton and Douglas, timely hitting and Bancroft's marvelous fielding
were mainly responsible for the double victory. The. score of the first
contest was 5 to 2 and that of the second was 6 to 2. The. local players
have now won eleven out of their last twelve games, and they are just
three games behind first place.
Mitchell sent in two of his best'5
pitchers to .?-?top the headlong rush
?of the McGraw men, but they made,
little difference to the rejuvenated I
Giants. Alexander tho Great and !
Lefty Tyler wore both subjected to
severe bombardments. Now that the
home flayers have disposed of the
Cutis' throe best twirlers, they bid
fair to make a clean sweep of the
s-? ries.
Giants Gel Early Lead
The Giants got away to an early
load in both contests and were never
headed. They outplayed the Western?
ers '-? all departments of the game.
paw Rube Benton, who was on
the mound during the first came, gave
a splendid exhibition. He yielded
only six hits and kept these well
scattered. He tightened up nicely in j
tl ? pinches and only one of the ?
visitors reached second base in the
first seven innings. A base on balls,'
an error and a single in the ninth
ved him of a shut-out.
lin' Phil Douglas occupied the'
box ?:: the second half of the double
hi d ? : '?? ng was a classic.
ne allowed only three
red =.afe-l ies an?! he had the
Cubs virtu; !iy eating out of his hand.?;
from start to finish. He, too, was
practically invincible with men on
bases. He eased up in the eighth and
his opponents managed to shove
??cross two runs on a base on balls, a,
triple and a sacrifice fly.
The Giants' infieldera accorded both
pitchers wonderful support. Time
an 1 time again they bobbed up with a
sterling play f.nd turned back the
Not in many a day have so
? .- ? ;. spectacular play?; been seer.
ur 1er the shadows of Coogan's Bluff
in a single afternoon, Bancroft's
McGraw men returned
from their recent tour of the West
imped him as the greatest short
stop in the game and yesterday his
showing was even beyond his usual
Btandard.
In the sixth inning of the first
conti t Bancroft made a great stop
of Terry's hard grounder with his j
right hand and retired the runner at !
'. ind in the sixth inning of the
second game he mad?.? another sensa
tional grab of Barber's fast bounder '
near second hase and threw to Kelly!
?<jv the put-out.
Frisch Saves Day
The brilliant Frisch also fielded in
bis usual superb style. He extracted
as from a rath??!- tight hole in
ourth inning and retired the side
witl it a run. The bases were full at
?: : me and there \vere two out.
Da ' smashed a terrific lino drive to
the box and Douglas deflected the ball
with his glove. It looked like a cer?
ta::', infield 1 it, but the Fordham Flash
pounced on the pellet like a hawk and
nailed Daly at first by a step.
The great Alexander opened the first
game for the Cubs, but he was far from
his customary form. He lingered on
the scene for just four innings and
during thai brief period the New York?
ers pounded him for five runs and
thereby set?led the outcome. Carter
and Bailey shared ihe burden for the
remaindi r of the tilt and both held tho
Gi ?? hides?, but the damage had al?
ready b? en done.
Tyler, who had been going
very well lately, failed to stem the
McGraw men's onslaught in the second
ci nl st. He lasted for exactly six inn?
ings and during his r?gime eleven hits
fl v. ?c the various corners of the lot.
Percy Jones relieved the battered
Tyler in the seventh, but again the
outcome had been long since settled.
The Giants started with a rush that
swept the Cubs off their feet in the
opening contest. The ever-reliable
Burns led off with a single to left in
the very first inning. Bancroft struck
out, but Young drew a base on balls.
Frisch went out on a pop fly to Kil?
le fer, but Long George Kelly came
: b; ugh with a single to center, chas?
ing Burns across, and Young also
scored when Paskert made a poor
throw to the infield.
Three Runs in Third
The McGraw men resumed their as
s: ult on Alexander in the third and
scored three more runs. Young, the
lit-* batter, was given another base on
balls. Frisch tried to sacrifice, hut
went out on a fly bunt to Merkle. Kelly
sent Young to third with his second
Tut, a single to right. Spencer then
grounded to Merkle, but Young beat
the first baseman's throw to tho plate
while Kelly reached second. Larruping
Larry Doylo then slammed one to tho
fence in right center for a triple, scor?
ing Kelly and Spencer. Snyder popped
to Terry and Benton ended the up?
rising by lining out to Terry.
*In the meantime Benton was going
along at a great rate, but he eased up
in tho ninth and the Westerners
tallied twice. Merkle, the first batter,
walked, and Paskert was safe on Ban?
croft's error. Deal shot a single to
center, scoring Merkle and sending
Paskert. to third. Both runners ad?
vanced on Friberg's infield out. Paskert
completed the circuit on Killefer's
grounder to Frisch, ?and O'Farrell, who
batted for Bailey, grounded to Bun
croft for the final out.
The Giants waited until the third
inning of the second game to get
started, but once they did start they
wasted little timo on tho way. After
Snyder had grounded out to Terry in
the third, Douglas paved the way for
the bombardment that followed by
dropping one in left for a single.
Burns sent Shulllin' I'hil to third with
a two-baguer to right, Bancroft scored
both runners with a single to center
and took an extra base when Paskert
fumbled the ball. Young fouled out to
Deal and Herzog pulled down Frisch's
line drive.
The McGraw mon added three more
in the fifth, on Burns's triple to the
i>*ne<i in left, Terry's error, a base on
bulis, a single by Frisch and King's
double to left. They increased their
total by one more tally in the sixth
through three successive singles by
Bancroft, Young and Frisch.
A base on balls, Terry's triple and
Barber's sacrifice fly netted the Cubs
Oe?r brace of runs in tho eighth.
There was a little excitement in the
second inning of the first game, when ,
Umpire Bill Klem refused to stand
fiir Fail Smith's remarks on his de- ,
cisiona on balls and strikes and chased
the young catcher from the field.
The (iiants and Cubs will renew
hostilities this afternoon. Artio Nehf
will be on the mound for tho locals !
and Claude Hendrix will probably per- |
form for the visitors.
<.i;?nls vc. fhirngo, To-day, 8 I*. M.. Tolo
'?rounds. A.'.i?. Too and $1.10, Incl. Tax.
i?Aavt. F
The Scores
MUST CAME
CHICAGO IX'. L.) | NEW YOltK (X. I.?
al? r h 1?. n. e| ni? r 11 po a -
Flack rf . .-ii? i lOOi Burns, if ...Uli; ;? on
r??r.?.og 2b .4 nu 1 S 0 Bancroft. as. 4 ? 0 4 11 1
Terry w ...40043 i1 Young, rf . .2 2 ? 0 0 n
Merkle, lb ..3 1 1 10 0 0 Krisch, Sb ..in? n 1"
I'aakert, cf. .4 10 1 0 1 Kelly, lb ... 4 1 -'17, ii?
?Peal 3h ..402 1 0 0 Spencer, cf..4 10 2 Oll
Frlberg, If ..4 HO 2 0 0 Poyle. 2!) ...3 0 1 3 :.'"
Killefcr o ..4 0 1 4 1 OlSralth. e -0 00 0 0 0
Alexander p 0 <> >> 0 0 0 Snyder, o .. :: o l n in
?Daly ...... l"i 0 0 0 Benton, i? ..Jiiu 0 10
Carter, p _0 0 o 0 10
'llisi.trtx _10 0 0 0 0
Itallcy. p ...0 0 0 (I fl ii'
tO'Farrell ..100 o o o!
To?ala ...33 2 8 24 S i! Totals ...30 5 c '77 17 I
?Batted for Alexander In fifth Inning.
tBatterl fur Carter In elg-hth inning.
{Batted for Bailey In ninth inning.
Chicago. 0 0 0 0 o o o o 2?2
New York... 20300000 x?6
Two base hit- Klllefer, Thrce-basa lilt
?Doyle. Double play -Doyle to Bancrofl
to Kelly. Left on bases Chicago, 7: Now
York. 4. Bases on balls?Off Alexander,
off Benton, 3 Hits -Off Alexander, 6 In
4 innings; off Carter, none In : ofi r die
none in 1. Struck oui By Alexander, l.
by Carter, 1; by Bailey, l Losing pitchor
-?Alexander. Umpires?Klem and Emslle
Titni -1:35.
sECOxn game:
CHICAGO (N 1.) i NEW YORK (V I, i
at? r h po n ?' a'? r h i*. n e
l'laek. rf ..4 0 0 0 OOlBiini*, If 5 2 ." 1 0 0
?Toraog, 2b. .3 10 7. 1 0?Bancrort, bs.5 1 3 1 lu
Terry, .?s ...211 n 5 1 Young, rf...4 1 1 2 00
Barber, lh . 300 B 0 0 FrUch, 8b..5 1 2 1 5 1
l'aikert. cf..3 0 0 -' 01 Kelly, lb ...4 0 0 12 1"
Twombly, lf.-l 0 1 2 0 0 King, cf ..10 1 4 00
Deal, 8b ...3 0 1 2 3 0 Doyle, 2b ..10 0 2 lu
Daly, o _400 4 O.OlGrimes, 2b..00 0 1 fin
Tvloi? p _200 0 2 OISnydor, e ...40 1200
?Merkle ....100 0 0 0 Douglas, p..31 1 1 40
j, ... p .', .0 0 0 0 0 0
fO'Farrell . .1 0 o o n o]
Totals . . .30 2 3 21 1 Y 2! Totals ..35 6 12 27 1.' 1
?Matte.] for Tyler in seventh inninc.
tBatted for Joncs In ninth Inning.
Chicago. 0 0 0 0 n n n 2 0 ?.?
New York... 0 0 2 0 :i 1 0 0 \- ?:
Two-base hits- liions. King Throe baso
hits- Burns, Terry. Stolen bases Twom
bly, Burns. Sacrifico, - Barber. Doublo
play- -Deal to Herzog to Barber, I.? Cl on
bases- Chicago, 7; .New York, to. Bases
on balls?Off Tyler, 4; oft Jones, 1, off
Douglas, 5. Hits?Off Tyler, 11 In 6 In
nings; off Jones, 1 in 2. Struck out By
Tyler, .'!: by Douglas, i. Losing pitcher
Tyler. Umpires?Klem and Emsllo. Time
?1:50.
Kerr Wins Own
Game for Chicago
In Extra Inn 1112
CHICAGO, Aug. 6.?Dick Kerr won
his own game "to-day, whin the White
Sox defeated Boston, 4 to ?, in ten
innings. Williams, who had started
in the hox for Chicago, cl i cl not permit
a visitor to reach first base for six
innings, but he weakened in the seventh
and eighth.
Chicago scored three runs in the first
seven innings by opportune hitting off
Elmer Myers, recently acquired by the
Boston club from Cleveland.
Williams gave way for a pinch hitter
and Kerr went to the mound. John
Collins opened the tenth with a single
and stole second. The next two'men
went out, hut Kerr followed with a
.-.rip;!.' to left, scoring Collins.
The score:
BOSTON (A. I. ) I CHICAGO ( V 1.
al. i? h po a ?? an r h po no
Vltt. 77b . ..5 1 2 1 3 0 Leibold. rf ,.r? 0 1 I ? D
K ?ter, 21.. ,4 0 1 17 0 i: Col'ns, 2b 4L' 3 1 '.' 0
Menosky, lf.31 0 1 OOJWeavor, 3b..4 0 0 0 2 0
Hooper, rf 4 o 1 11 OJJackson, If..4 0 2 3 1 0
Schang, C..3 0 0 4 2 0|Sci?unk, ef. .4 o 0 6 0 0
M'liihis. lb.4 0 0 10 1 OU Col'iis lb.5 1 3 12 00
Scott, S3 .4 0 0 4 5 0 llliborg, S8..4 0 0 17 1
Bailey, cf..4 0 0 1 0 OlSchoJk. c? ..Si 0 3 0 0
Myers, D .412 0 2 OJWin'ms, p.. 2 o 1 o o?)
tMurphy ...10 ? n 0 0
I Kerr, p _10 1 0 10
Totals ..35 0 6*29 2101 Totals ..37 4 1130 13 1
?Two out when winning run scored.
fBatted for Williams in eighth inning.
Boston ...00000021 00 ?8
Chicago ..Oiooioioo 1 ? 4
Two-base hits?Jackson, Vltt, Hooper,
Foster. Stolen bases?Weaver, B. Collins,
,r. Collins. 'Sacrifices?Schalk, Weaver.
Left on bases?Boston, 4; Chicago, 12.
I'.ases on balls- Off Myers, 6; off Williams,
::. Hits Off Williams, 6 In ? innings; off
Kerr, 1 in 2 Struck out?By Myers, I.
Winning pitchor?Kerr. Umpires- Uilde
brand and Evans. Time, 1:45.
Waiter Johnson Will
Pitch Again Shortly
ROCHESTER, Aug. 6.?Fears that
Walter Johnson, famous Washington
American League club pitcher, was
through, have proven groundless, ac?
cording to Johnson himself and Dr. A.
S. Knight, who is treating the. veteran
pitcher.
Johnson declared here to-day his arm
probably is as good as at any time in
recent years and said he was taking
treatment only on insistence of Clark
I Griffith, manager of the Washington
club. A cold contracted in an early
! spring game at Roanoke, Va., where
! Johnson pitched four innings, is
! blamed for stiffness with which the
arm has been afflicted most of the
season.
?'I feel that 1 am good for many
more seasons," John?son said, "but when
a man has been in baeball as long as
I have he has to be careful."
Ur. Knight said Johnson is suffering
from an inflammation in his arm.
j 1'roper care and rest aro what the
urm requires, he said.
Eastern League
I Bridgeport, 4, Waterbury, 2.
New Haven, 6; Albany. 1.
Springfield, G; Blttsfleld, 4.
Hartford, : 7?. Worcester, 7.
American Association
Kansas City, 4; Louisville, 1.
S< Haul, 0. Toledo, 1.
Indianapolis, 7; Minneapolis. 4.
Milwaukee-Columbus (wet grounds).
Record of Ma j or League Clubs
NATIONAL LEAGUE
GAMES TO-DAY
Chicago at Now York.
Pittsburgh at Brooklyn.
St. Louis at Boston (two).
Cincinnati at Philadelphia.
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
New York, 5; Chicago, 2 (1st).
New York, G; Chicago, 2 (2d).
Cincinnati, 8,' Philadelphia, 2.
Boston, 7; St. Louis, 3.
Brooklyn-Pittsburgh (.vet gds.).
STANDING OF TEAMS
W. L. Pet. W. L. Pet.
Hklyn... 58 44 .569 Chicago. 51 54.486
(Tn'nati. 54 42 .563 Boston.. 42 50 .457
N. York. 53 45 .541 St. Louis. 45 55 .450
Pittsb'g. 51 45.53EPhila.. . 39 58.402
AMERICAN LEAGUE
GAMES TO-DAY
New York at Detroit.
Philadelphia at Cleveland.
Boston ai Chicago.
Washington at St. Louis.
Y ESTE E DA V 'S R ES L'LTS
New York, II ; Detroit, 7.
Philadelphia.!'.; Cleveland, 1 (10 ins.)
Chicago, I; Boston, ,'! (10 ins.)
St. Louis, li; Washington, 7.
STANDING OE TEAMS
W. L. Pct.l W. L. Pct.
Clevel'd 67 35 .657 Wash.... 16 51 .474
N. York. 66 11 .617 Boston.. 41 55 .4 14
Chicago. 61 40 .615 Detroit.. 38 62.380
St.Louis 1951.490. Phila.... .32 71 .311
It Happens in the Best Regulated Families ? * ByBRiccs
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???qp?p?jlit iV.Y. Tribuno la?.
I Errors by F illies
! Fariior in Victory
1 ?*
Of Champion Reds
PHILADELPHIA, Auk. ,;? Poor field?
ing?, due to weather conditions, played a
large part in Cincinnati's 8 to 2 victory
! over Philadelphia to-day. The locals
committed six errors, and the few hits
the visitors made off Smith were timely.
The score:
CINCINNATI (N. L.ll ITI.'LA. (V T, I
a? r li po a ?? a i r 7 p i n ??
I . ":? . 4 0 1 1 1 l)'.I. lilil? :, 11>."t n (I 11 1 il !
Until, 2b 3 1 1 4 '..411
lb..-, 1 2 r. 1 ri 12212
i . ; .4 2 1 ?i o olV.'illlan cf 10 0 2 I) 11
! . ' , ? . ! ! . > :
Kopf, ss ..422: ? ? ?3..4 H 11 2 2 n
Vi-ole if ..4 (i 1 ? : ?. i i. ? 1 :: :
Wti ,: .. . 10 12
Hing ;. i 1 0 " ' |) ... i 1 ?I 1 .'I M
i ?,.,... ? ...
:?'?".. n n.?
i II : .. i,
?Ku'/.i un, ,. . d 0 H
Total.? . 31 ?? ' Totals ., 2 7 ", ; I
?Batted for Smith In seventh Inning.
fRan for Cravalh In seventli Inning.
Cincinnati .. .0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 1 ? 1
Phlladi Iphia .0 o 0 1 0 10 0 0?2
T..,,.),:..-,. h? st, ngel Stolen i ases
Iloush, Wheat. Sacril - ); ith < 2), 1 um
'/ni i 2), l?a ??? Il ng , Sien! ' 1 'oubli ; 1 :. > -
Ring Itatli mil il ri 1 ? '7' on h ?
Clin li . . Philadelphia, C i
bail ' iff Ring, . ofl Sml h, 7 ofl Rei Is,
: .,???;? ? nn, 1 ill Oit !
Innli l!.?tl : ng i
.?i eighth) ; ofl I .??::.? ? ?, : i" 2 [111 '?"
.. (JJI ., 1 .. .. ,,.,,
!.. . i , : - ? .'?'.:
il : . ? . ? :
.?.. . 'on rime, 1 5!)
Braves' Seven-Ruu
Rally Beats Cardinals
BOSTON*. Aug. G.- A seven-run rally
in the seventh inning gave the Boston
Braves their second straight win over
the St. Louis Cardinals to-day, 7 to 3.
The score:
BOSTON (N. I,N ' ST LOUIS (N L.)
all r li po n f?1 ab r ti po a o
Powell, cf..4 I 2 3 >' 1 Smith, cf ...?10 1 4 0 n
i?i ; . 2b ..5 1 :: - r> i ?' ir li r, lb.4 3 3 v o? ;
Mai il. If 2 1 0 5 < '?? A 0 2 1 1 n
Chris'ry, rf.4 1 1 0 0 djlloi .by, 2b ! '? I 1 ; .
[I .Ike, lb 1117 1 0 MM n'y, If ?) 0 0 0 0 n
II .... ' ? 3b.3 1 2 1 3 nll.avai 10 0 2 111
Kord, S3 .?in::!!1 L'l e...?l 0 1 0 2 I)
O'Ncil, '?. i o 'i :?. : llcalli'l rf..l I 13 0 0
Si ?--. li .3 1 i' 2 0i |. . a n 0 i il
*.',..? 1 '
[>...0'0 i? e i o
.
tSllOl ...nun
T..inli ..33 7 11 27 11 2 Toi Ils . . 3 12 21 7 2
?Bat? : ' - Di all In ? Ighth Innjng.
? i : ..i i ?lemons In nlnt li inning.
: ! i.i : ' 7 for KI] bei ninth Inning.
? St. Louis.. . . 1 n i o o n o j 0?3
Boston. 0 0 0 o D 0 7 0 x 7
Two-bum? hits ? Boeckel, Meathcote,
Pournier (2), Powell, Christenbury, Cl m
uns. Home run - 1 lollce. Si
Pick, Powell Sa. i-iP.ce M mn. Double
plays- Pournier (unasslsled) ; !.n\?nn t.?
fourni ?, B ? ???' el to l'Ick to Hull
. I mal? . . ? ' ns i I ..... Loft on
bas? i loi ' m, 7. 7i Louis 6. Bases on
ball ' ? ; ' ? . i ? . in in
',' innings; ofl Klrchei 1 in 1
By Scotl. . i . ? ? . 7. -l 1." Kijc.hei I
pitchei : ' ? ;-. ? r? ? ,??. .
and O'Day. Tim 1:51
Maranville and McCarty
Injured in Auio Crash
BOSTON, Aug. G. Walter Marnn
ville, th ? Brav? ?' shortsti ?. and OaU'h
| er McCarty, of the St. !. uis Nation
i als, were unable to play in to-day's
game at Braves' Field because of in?
juries sustained in an automobile acci?
dent late last night.
Maranville hail taken McCarty for
a spin in his car and while they were
riding along a seashore drive another
; automobile came upon them unexpect?
edly from n side street. Maranvilh
swerved to avoid a collision and struck
a tree. Both men were th.rown out.
| Maranvilh's head was slightly cut.
: McCarty complained of pains in his
\ back.
? Maranville expects to be back in the
game to-morrow.
* (Copyright, 1020, New York Tribune Inc.)
As far as ono can figure upon certainties in baseball, the Cleveland
Club will finish the season with a team batting average over .300. This
pace is something faster than the old Cubs or the old Mackmen could ever
reach and stands, therefore, as the strongest offensive machinery of the
la ;i thirty years.
Not A?? in the Ball
"As a matter of plain, unvarnished fact," writes a fan, "isn't 'Babe'
Ruth's phenomenal record partly due to the livelier ball?"
Consider first (l?ese facts: Last season was Ruth's first campaign as
.?i regular where he was able to play over 100 ball pames. In that first
extended test lie broke the record with twenty-nine home runs and no men
tion was made of a lively ball.
Tt is only natural that he should go better this season, with the shorter
right field fence as a target on his home field.
Consider also this fact: Ruth alone has made more runs than any
\ other entire team in either of the major leagues. He has made more home
: runs than the entire Cleveland club has, or the White Sox, or the Gjants,
m any of the fifteen clubs of his own organization.
i hese clubs ;rre all swinging at the same ball.
Worth Seeing
rf you happen to be in the neighborhood of Toledo, Ohio, next week,
don'l fail tu drop fn for a oasual or close inspection of the open golf
championship, which the Inverness Club will hold.
This championship will present a greater battle than any past cham
pionship has ever known. There has never been a field able to offer so
many stars as Vardon, Ray, Hagen, Barnes, Brady, Evans, Jones and i
Edgar as well as a few dozen others.
When Vardon and Kay were over before the home standaTd was not
nearly so high. Hagen was a d?butant. Barnes was barely getting under
way. Jones was only eleven years old.
The hist named, although facing his first Open Championship test, will
bear watching, lie has turned in numerous rounds this season below
70, and he isn't the type likely to crack at his first start. You may re?
call that in his first start ;it Oakmont in the amateur championship, when
only fourteen years old, he turned in a medal round of 74, and later beat
two stars in his first two matches'.
The type of Jones, aged eighteen, on one side and Vardon, aged fifty,
on the other will present two wide extremes. And this will be only one of the
many features which Inverness will have to offer in this golfing clash
that opens Tuesday.
Only One Matty
The illness of Christy Mathewson has brought up the point again as
to whether he stands supreme as the greatest pitcher of all time?above
Johnson, Walsh, Brown, Alexander, etc.
In the purely physical way of speed and curves he has had several
equals, a few with mure speed and a few others with, as many baffling
curves.
lint certainly no other pitcher over quite reached the same height in
nation-wide esteem, and we think Jf no other who made such a keen, care?
ful study of the game .and always carried the most alert intelligence into
battle.
Present-day fans only recall Matty as ho was around 1912 or later.
Not so many recall his first world series experience, when he pitched
twenty-seven consecutive scoreless innings against the hard-hitting Ath?
letics, who, in spite of such sluggers as "Socks" Seybond, Harry Davis
"Topsy" Hartsell and others, were utterly baffled by Mathewson's skill.
Nor do they go as far back as 1902 or 1903, when as a youngster,
pitching for a losing team, he whipped the pennant-winning Pirates eight
times in a row.
Counting in all the factors, the pitching game has known only one
Matty. And throughout the country there are more than a few million
fans and a few million others who never saw a ball game pulling lustily
for his quick return to health.
As long as Jack Dempsey is the best heavyweight in sight and Harry
Wills is the next best heavyweight, why waste any debate as to whether
or not they should meet? Provided the main idea is to find who may hap?
pen to have the stuff a prizefighter needs to lead his profession.
The game may belong to youth, as some have suggested, but how many
youngsters do you happen to notice in front of Tris Speaker in the col?
umn devoted to batting averages?
After cleaning up Bombardier Wells and Tommy Burns, Joe Beckett
has at last decided t?i take on Frank .Moran. Moran is no whirlwind for
sp?ed and dexterity, but we have an idea that Beckett will shortly discover
that he is not in the ring with a McGoorty, a Wells or a Burns.
"I have seen Ruth come to bat nineteen times this season," writes a
peevish bystander, "and from these nineteen times I have paid out my
money to see him draw thirteen bases on balls and hit at bad ones on
three other occasions." Yet, with a change in the rule sadly needed,
haven't they proved that baseball isn't entirely an amusement enterprise,
but is jktiii. ? ?battle to win? Give 'cai ?redit for that
Athletics Conquer
Indians in Tenth,
Winning by 2 to I
CLEVELAND, Aug. C. -Philadelphia j
defeated Cleveland in ten innings to
day, 2 to 1, ?-.coring the winning run on j
a single by Dugan, a sacrifice by Shan- i
non and a single by Perkins.
lioth Rommel and Coveleskie pitched
great ball. Coveleskie would have had
a shut-out to his credit but for an error
by Chapman in the ninth, which let in
the tying run. Rommel, who allowed j
but three hits in eight innings, retired
? in favor of a pinch hitter.
The score:
PIULA. I A. L.) I CLEVELAND A. I.)
ni? r h p i a i kD r li : ? i ?
: Welch, rf ..til 3 0 |),J im'son, lf....1 0 0 ! 0 ?
I Dykes, 2b ..3 0 0 2 3 l| chapman, sa 10 0 l m
: ? nil r, if. i o i :; n o Si ?... ? .?: 0 0 2 0 o
P.Wallter, cf.4 0 0 1 0 ? Sil lih. tf ...4 0 :: ! 0 0
Dugan, 31?... 4 I 1 ?77 0 0 Gardner, 3b. .2 11 1 2 0
Shanuon, ss.SOtl u 3 0 Wam'nss, 2b.4 0 0 -l 20
Perkins, c ..4 0 2 2 1 0[J In ?. m, lb. 10 0 1.
Griffin, lb ..4 0 0 12 1 OjO'Nelll. c... 30 1 5 3 0
Romiuol, D. .2 0 0 1 4 0 CTovelesklo, p.3 0 0 u 2"
Kcelo, p ...0 0 0 1 1 OltGraney _100 0 00 i
"Blgb?e ....100 0 0 01
-,? ! -j
Totals ...3325301311 Totals ...331430131
?Hatted for Rommel in ninth inning.
fBattcd for Coveleskie In tenth.
Philadelphia ,.000000 0 n 1 1?2
Cleveland ....0 0 o 0 1 0 0 n o 0?1 ?
Two-base hit?Smith, Sacrifices- Gard?
ner (2). Shannon. Double play O'Neill
and Johnston. Left on bases- Philadel?
phia, 3; ( -1. - -.- ? : : 111.1. 6. Bases on balls Off
Romnii I, 2 tin.! ' iff Hoi ::. I, n S Inn?
ings . off Kocne, I in 2. i in by pll ?. -
By Coveleskie (Dykes) Struck out By
K ,,(??, 1 ; by Coveleskie, 5. Win . ? g
pitcher- Keefo. I mpires -Friel und Mo
rany- Ti!^_^_
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Judge's Pair of Homers
Fail to Help Senators
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 7.?Williams's home
run in the sixth inning featured to?
day's game, which the Browns won
from Washington, 1-1 to 7. Judge got
two successive four-base hits, the last
one tying the score in the sixth.
The score:
WASHINGTON (A. L.) I ST. LOUIS (?. L.J
ab r li po a e ab r 1. po :i ??
Judge, lb .42 2 7/ 0.s '? I 3 4 1 n
Milan If , .11 2 0 0 OlGedeon, 2b.5 1 0 0 4 0
Hi.?.?, cf ...5 1 -1 ii " . Si,mi?. lb. .4 2 1 10 0 0
Roth, if ..11 1 :: . ? 'n cf I 3 2 ! un
Iliirris. 21)..fiO 3 2 4 OlWlll-ms, lf.3 2 2 2 0 0
Shanks, 3b.4 n 0 1 1 OIStj Hi, . .: i 12 0
O'Neill, 5S..5 D 1 ?' 1..'"i.. rf..4 1
Gharrlty, c.4 0 n 1 0 0 Sevorcld, .? J o 1 :? 10
Torrea, ? -.. 0 0 0 0 u 0 Oavls, p...4 1 1 u 2 0
?Ellcrbe ...10 0 0 00
Courtni ?,'. p.2 2 1 0 ? '
Engel, p ..10 o n 0 0
Acosta, p ..0 0 ii '.
Totals ..39 7 12 24 15 7 Ti tais. 5 14 14 17 11
? ? Batted for Torres In ninth inning.
Washington. 0 0 10 4 10 0 1?7
St. Louis. ..30102404 >. : ;
Two-base hits -Courtney, Rice, Slsler
Smith, Harris. Home runs?-7? ? i. 1K ? ? (21,
Williams. Sacrifices Williams (2) Double
play?O'Neill, Barils and Judge. Left on
bases Washington, 10; St. Louis, 9. Bases
i,n Lulls- i )if Courtney. I: off Engel, 4
off Davis, ii. Hits ? iff irtney, l , In
7. 2-3- innings; off Engel, none In ! 2
off Ac? -i.:, l in ::?' li.: by pitchi r Rj
Courtney (Smith), by English is?.. ???:.>
Struck out -By i lavis, 3. W lid i
Engel C',i Losing ?, itcher -Courl i
Umpires?Connolly and Nallln. Tin., ..
Caseys Meet Sailors
To-day at Dyckman St.
The "Caseys" and the boys from the
battleship Tennessee, the only battle?
ship in the United States to be manned
entirely from residents of the state
after which the craft is named, will do
battle this afternoon at. Dyckman
Oval, near Dyckman Street subway
station.
The sailors are making their last
appearance, before a trip around the
world and they are not keen to have
any one beat them and put a blot on
their championship escutcheon. Which?
ever team wins will be <;iven the pleas?
ure of meeting Tesreau's Bears in the
wind-up of the double-header. The
Tennessee band will give a concert
through both games.
Five Leading Batters
In Tivo Big Leagues
AMERICAN I.KAOrrc
Plover, Club. O. All. Ii. H. rr.
SpenkiT. ClevcI'd HI'! 384 1)6 159 .111
S?sIt, St. Louis .101 MX M.T 164 .41?
Jufkson. Chicago 09 387 07 156 .408
Km h, New York .101 386 HU 188 .393
Rice, Washing-ton .98 Mil .">K 143 .303
NATIONAL LEAGUE
PInver. Club. O. AI!. R. H. PC.
Hornsby. .-t. L . iio 3!)i 61 147 .875
?Roush, Cincinnati. 93 347 49 in ,329
.1. Smith. St. I. TO '*3H 4 1 78 .'.,'H
Myers, Brooklyn. 103 l?ns r.7 127 .881
Williams, Philu.... U?j 88S 60 123 .31!?
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l-5iiH?-ball To-day, Ebbet? Field, Brooklyn vs.
Pitta., 2:30 i'. M. Tim..?? 8q. to Prospekt
I Bark Sta. by B'way-Brig htop Sub. 30 mln
I? Advt. i
Shifted Line-Up
Brings Results
In Batting Bee
Lewis Takes MeusePs Place
and Clears Bases With
Triple; Score Is 11 to 7
By W. O. McGeehan
DETROIT, Aug. 6.?Two home run?i
by Habe R-ith in the one afternoon
jolted the Yankees out of their life
"of shame to-day and they beat ihr
Tigers by tho African 50H score of
11 to 7.
.Miller Hugging shuffled the batting
order till the folks back home
wouldn't "recognize it, and he fastened
Lanky Bob Ivleusel to the bench with
a strong dash of glue. Duffy Lewis
cavorted in left field and starte?! the
reformation o%the Yanks with a triple
that scored three runs.
Ruth's fortieth homer in the third
inning was spattered into the top tier
bleachers in right center. The forty
first cleared the right I eld fence and
. -! havoc and consternation 0 li
side the park. It was the long? st
ever sighted here by the dim eyes
of the oldest inhabitant. It begins to
look as though Murderers' Row had
awakened at last.
The shuffling of the batting order
put Ruth in third place. It worked
all right to-day and it will be c n
tinued until the Yanks start to browse
upon the sleep producing poppies
again. -, .
Hannah is Suspended
The New York tram will be without
the services of "Truck" Hannah for
some time to come. He has been
indefinitely restrained from partici?
pation in the pastime by order of Ban
Johnson for ?telling Lightning Bill
D.inneen, the storm king, a few of th
things he ' h ought about him.
The burden of to-day's joyful
?son;; seem.-; to be. "The Yankees
are hitting again." They had better be
hitting when they reach Cleveland.
The newly shuffled hatting forma?
tion seemed to get results in the first
inning. Ward received a base on ball
and Peckinpaugh chopped a hit over
second. Ruth, was passed and the
bases were filled. Pratt sliced one to
Pinelli, the wild Wop of Detroit, and
Ward -.vas nicked at the home dish.
This brought up George Duffy Lewis,
i !:?? seal of ???? hose uniform : r
has been worn ,to a frazzle through
long contact with th< bench. Duff;
d out a three-bagger to the flag
po centi r field and w ept t:
clean of the three Yanks ahead of
him. Duffy scored himself on Pipp's
out; and it began to look as though
the Yanks might show a startling form
reversal and win the ball game.
Tigers Tie in Second
The toothless Tigers reduced the
lead in their half of the same inning.
Young got a base on halls and was
forced by Jones. Tyrus Raymond Cobb
cracked a modest single to center.
Veach was thrown nut by Pratt and
Young scored. Heilman spatter, i one
it the left field fence. Lewis
m de a despi rate leaping si,,h for it
but the pill rebounded and roll I f r
a triple, while Cob!) strolled hi
Tigers tied the score in the
.. I im ing, and d orge Mogridgi
went out to warm up, but chan ;ed his
mind and lay down in tho gra
ke a siesta. While he snored peace?
fully the Tigers continued to annoj
our Mr. John Picus Quinn.
Pinelli, the less Wonderful Wop of
Detroit, singled to right. St;
si ?wed a flash of speed and apj
to beat a hit to Ward, but Light
Bill Dineen said no. Dauss gol a base
on balls. Young bounced a hit from
the slippery glove of John Picus
Quinn and Pinelli scored. Jones
singled and Dauss scored, while Young
was called out at third on a close one.
Babe Ruth opened the third inning
with his foi tieth home ron {.<r ?' e
current season. The ball was hoisti !
in 1 the steerage seats in right
and missed clearing the entire lot by
a yard or : o. 'I h 3 pu ; he Yanks in
the lead again, and Miller Huggins
sent messengers to. rouse the s ?
insurgent, George Mogridge. II
clear that the distressing bulletins
from Warsaw had unnerved Mr. John
Picus Quinn and that he would not be
of much use this afternoon.
Peck Comes to Life
?high one that was just a few yard-,
shoit of dropping into the stcerag
again Plagstead caught the pill an?
shot it to third '., head off Peckii
Wonderful W
Take a boat!
Take a train!
With a ^"Scotch Mist,"
What's a little rain!
(lose at [2.
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Rogers Peet Company
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The Score
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teal, then t . ? nd ani
' was tin illy rui - being
chased by the entire Detroit infield.
Lewis lined to Pine Hi
The big detonation, which included
Babe Ruth's forty-first -"-.in, came
, in the sixl Ruel singled
ge g it a base or.
balls. Ward ci I to center.
'? scoring Rue!. t to
nd scored Mo g up the
7 - ? .7 igy.
The red cut
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ca n mi I ??? a i ow of
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trotted : ? ound : he ba ng Ward
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R iw I ad 1 ?ei: ? :
and languid hibei I . ' serond
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st oo]
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it was ' ? '
th is vi c in i ty ?
menta the 1
ti., park to pel ' feneei
?ir a wan I s to b*
Ruth e '.-n ? '.? bat
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Even Bodi i' - n ? ?- Mutins
With 1
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'A Op, gOl I
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Oldham r< placed Da - eW?
' and prevented fu ,0 P"'-5'
.rtv around the ba * '%'?
' Ruth t.? keep the ba lot r?
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The Tig. rs started 1 '- ?an*?''0'1"
in the eighl ?" c'":
Flags be*A'
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supped through 1- ' 'J?l^
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Suspenders Below I
Wholesale Cost
65cJ
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Another Exceptional ?Value
Here are suspenders from our
regular source of supply, match?
ing our standard specifications
and priced at less than their
wholesale worth.
About 2,400 pairs go into the
sale at its inception and there is
little doubt that they will speed?
ily sell out.
In blue, tan or gray with non
rusting fittings?non-elastic ex?
cept at the back?a really re?
markable value.
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