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BASEBALL DOPE Yesterday's Results. National League St. Louis 4 jf Chicago -3 (tea innings); New York 21, Boston 12; Philadelphia 6, Boston 2 j Pittsburgh 6-3, Cin cinnati 4-5 (1st game 10 innings). . American League Philadel phia 5-8, Washingtdn 0-1 ; Boston 15, New York 8; Detroit 7, Cleve land 2. Lefty Leifield lasted but 'three innings against the Cards, being lifted in favor of Mdrdecal Brown, who was stung for 10 hits in 7 innings. Bresnahan pulled off a novelty yesterday, using but two pitchers, They gave the Cubs 12 hits. St. Louis tied tHe score in the ninth on a trio of bingles. Ko netchy's triple and a sacrifice fly in the tenth beat th,e Cubs. Jimmy Shecjcard got four hits, stole a base, had one putout and two assists. Some record for an outfielder. . Zimmerman, Saier, Evers and Archer each poled a brace of safe fes, one of the. catcher's being good for two sacks. Best feature of Cubs' playing is hitting of Saier. . , . Konetchy's fielding record read like that of a second baseman' He had eight putouts and three as sists. Oakes almost .pulled a record by capturing eight flies in center. Rain broke up yesterday's Sox BroWns' game in theA first of the fifth, with the Sox ahead, 4. to 1 BUI Lange was doing some swell, pitching wnen the wet 'butted in. v Hamilton was "easy for Cal's garig. Collins had nikced a double anq single. v- Sox tried to hurry game in 4th !anc. Browns stalled for rain. Qbod night ! Athletics-are head ed tprthe top. They beat Wash ington another double-header yesterday, making- four games won. in two days. i?lank and Brown tarned Na lionalswith one run in 18 innings. Frank Baker is Hitting again; five hits during the afternoon, and alhpounted in scoring. Yesterday's double victory shook up the percentage table, Athletics going toecond place and' Washington ttf fourth. Grandil was the "only National to fjfit well. He secured a quartet of singles in the two games. Eddie Collins scored five of the Afietics' thirteen runs. Bbston and New York tried tcr out'slug each other, and Boston won. Red, Sox made 18 hits and Highlanders 16. Russell Ford started for New Yotk-and lasted five innings, whenBoston had counted 11 runs. O'Brien managed to stick it out for Boston, due to the early lead hipals obtained. Wagner returned to the game after an injury, and celebrated with two doubles atid two singles. .Cleveland outhhDetroit, but Kafer passed nine Tigers and the Naps fielded like aflock of sieves. It was a punk ihd featureless afjSir. The Giants and Boston estab-