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mmmmmmmmmm WllPlW In the old days, as five passes plainly indicate. It was thse passes that got him in trouble. To any one who isn't hysterically optimistic, there is small chance for the Sox to win that American League pennant. If it were just a question of the pitching staff, President Comis key could already place an order for printing the world's series tickets. But outfields and infields also have something to do with winning ball games, and our strength in those two departments is not of pennant getting proportions. There is at least one weak spot on the infield, and possibly two. The outfield hasn't the batting strength or the speed on base to gath er the runs for enough games to land at the head of the column. Sunday Joe Tinker's outfield regis tered an even dozen hits in two games. Yesterday, to show that the performance was not a freak, the Tot gardeners proceeded to amass 11 more safeties. There was not so much consistency in the work yesterday, Zwilling smacking six of the blows: Ward Miller looks very good in a Sloufed uniform, but it is doubtful if he would aid the Cubs any more this season than he did in 1913. Miller has overcome a tendency to hit solely to left field, as his homer and triple in the second game showed. Both smashes traveled to right, the four-bagger landing among the bleacherites. Possibly Tinker is. teaching his young men to take desperate chances on the bases in an effort to put the opposition up in the air. But he cer tainly isn't teaching so many of them to get trapped off first base. Joey's crew is not a good baserun ning aggregation, taking ,it from top to bottom. Zeider, Flack and Farrell are .good, of course, and all of the, athletes are speedy. But they are fre quently caught because they faiL to time their starts from first properly. They are away too spon, and are nailed by the pitcher. So far this failing hasn't cut much J .figure, as the Tjnks are strongs enough with the stick to step into the ball and whale a victory. But if there : is a batting slump, there must be a comparative reaction in the base "work. Poor old Walter Johnson. That de crepit person could only hold Detroit to three hits and fan 10, besides bat ting in the run needed to win. Milan and Shanks helped get the other two tallies. Collins held Cleveland to two hits, and Red Sox were never in danger. Marvelous fielding by Graney and Lie bold kept down the Boston score. Dugey knocked a homer in the 12th with one on and-Boston Braves nosed out Cards. Five pitchers worked. Dolan got a homer, double and single, Maranville two doubles and a single, and Wilson a double and triple. Steve Evans' homer in 12th only run of Pittsburgh Tip Top game. Dickson and Finneran each allowed but five hits. Russell Ford was hammered after his Buffalo pals had won the first game from Baltimore. Booe and Knabe each got three hits in the opener. Indianapolis bunched five hits off Packard in the fifth for five runs and the game. Laporte, Chadbourne and Gilmore were hitting stars. Cleveland has purchased Pitcher Doty from Vancouver of the North western League. White Sox are reported to have bought Dutch Altman, outfielder from Grand Forks of the Northern League, for delivery August 1. - He is hitting .325 in the minor company. Pitcher Rowan has been released by Cincinnati to Chattanooga of the Southern League. Ray Biegler and John Samuel tied for low medal score in the first 18 hole round of the Cook county open golf championship at Garfield Park. Each went around in 66, o o Bread will keep better in'-a wooden bpx-than in tin. -. ' '0tMM