for the remainder of the season. In
the light of past trips, there is no
hope for an improvement and Phila
delphia has a bare chance of coming
through and nosing into fourth place.
Giants and Pirates fought to 11
inning tie. Demaree was hit hard, but
fast fielding kept Pittsburgh from
winning. Harmon puzzled the .New
Yorkers. Collins got three hits and
Carey, eKlly and Snodgrass two each.
Fred lerkle, first baseman of the'
Giants, who during their great slump
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was blamed for the downfall of the
champions, is leading their revival.
Merkle was benched and declared a
failure, led 'the revival of the Giants'
hopes and may yet save the pennant
he was charged with losing. He ap
pears to have recovered from his bat-
(M ting slump.
v Camnitz was soft for Baltimore
and Pittsburgh dropped another.
Quinn and Russell, aBltimore bat
tery, each rung up three hits. Mike
Doolan knocked a homer.
- Hofman's double and single were
big factors in Brooklyn's defeat of
Buffalo. Anderson and Finneran were
wild.
Yanks and Tigers spirt. Crawford
won first with homer in 13th, scor-J
ing Cobb and Bush. Thirteen bases
were stolen in two games. Dauss and
Fisher were winning pitchers. Boone
got six hits, Burns five, Crawford,
Moriarity and Cook four and Cobb
three.
Mackmen slammed pair of Nap
pi'chers for their daily victory, pddie
Collins got two doubles, twp walks
and stole two bases. Pennock fanned
10 Naps.
Joe Wood fanned 14 Brownies in
11-inning second game, which wound
up in tie. Red- Sox won first on Ho-
blitzel's hitting and Foster's good
pitching. Speaker got a pair of dou
bles and single in escond.
j Packey McFarland, who was tak
ing a honeymoon trip around the
world, was forced to return from
Japan by the war. He landed in San
Francisco yesterday.
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KILLS DAUGHTER AND SELF
Yesterday Mrs. Frank Balun, 2438
S. Springfield av., wrote a pitiful little
note to her husband thanking him for
all he had done for her. Then she
turned on the gas and killed her 4-year-old
daughter and herself.
The hUBband found the bodies
when he returned home. The two
older children played in the yard ajl
afternoon unconscious of the death
of their mother and sister.
The woman had been ill. The note
also advised Balun to remarry quick
ly and to have an inexpensive f uneraL
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HER ONE FAULT
She was a dainty little thing, a truly
charming chit,
"yhose presence made the heart of
youth go pitty-patty-pit;
But she was very knowing, and she
kept the cubs at bay;
Her mamma had instructed her just
what to do and say,
That she could walk demurely there
was not a shred of doubt,
But she always
Quit the trolley car
The wrong way about
St. Louis Republic.
t-wjim.m V.,.... -afra