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strength for Washington and Boston. Terry is out for a short time, but the team loses little in defense with Mc Mullin on third and Weaver at short, and there is a slight increase in the attacking power. The pitchers are not complaining. Faber is right again and ready for a lot of duty, if it comes regularly. Red is not an iron man. Russell had a nice rest during the Athletic series, and Williams, Citfotte and Benz have all shown something recently. Jim Scott will not be used except as a last,resort, as the Wyoming man has been woefully ineffective recently. Eddie Collins and Hap Felsch are running Jackson a race for batting honors. They will finish well below the Dixie slugger, but their averages from now on are liable to match Joe's. Felsch slams the ball with terrific force and is collecting many extra-base hits. This does not look like one of the good trips of the Cubs. They have eight more games on the jaunt, four each with New York and Brooklyn, and an even break seems a far fetched dream, for both clubs are playing at a fast clip. With the Cubs it is the same old story of well-pitched games being tossed away by one or two errors at critical times. Prendergast pitched Alexander to .a standstill in the last Philly game, but it was a defeat be cause Wilson and Zimmerman bunched errors in the 12th inning, and Zim followed his miscue by quarreling with the umpire while the winning run rolled over. The Cubs are not playing bad ball. They aren't champions and they aren't playing like champions, but the majority of their" defeats are coming through bad breaks in the luck of the game. In the National Brooklyn has a, comparatively long lead for first place. Boston and the Phils are not an impossible distance away, but these two teams are not playing as near the pace of the Dodgers as are 1 the Giants, who have a mountainous handicap to make up. McGraw's team right now is going as strongly as Brooklyn. He has a better attack, but his defense is be low Robinson's because of the dif ference in pitching strength. It is difficult to see how a team which boasts such fine twirlers as the Dodgers can fall into any slump that will be sustained over a long period. Brooklyn hasn't had a pennant for a long time, and the city at the wrong end of the bridge is about due. Robinson is still the artist at develop ing pitchers he was when he was helping Baltimore win flags years ago. Boland was wild and Boston made . it four straight from Detroit Foster allowed two hits in first eight in nings. Gould was backed by wonderful fielding in beating Washington; Dou ble and single by Roth bumped the Nationals. L Brooklyn made 21 hits, but had to . go 13'irfnings to beat Reds. In one frame Dodgers made four successive singles, but failed to score. John ston, Cutshaw and McKechnie each , made four hits. Cards climbed Hughes in ninth and beat Braves. Blackburn rejoined Braves, caught good ball, stole a base and poled a single and triple. Extra base hits by Burns, Merkle , and Herzog downed Pirates. Frank Schulte hit triple and single. Giants , got 13 hits off Mamaux. Artie Hofman, former Cub star, recently playing semi-pro ball, has signed with the New York Yanks and will play the outfield until some of Bill Donovan's cripples recover. Hof man has no idea he will stick in the big leagues when the Yanks are , again intact. Tris Speaker will be back in a week. His injured ankle is healing quickly. o o " THAT GREAT BIG "IF" White Sox Fan: "If Eddie Colling ,,,,.,.,. ,, i a mLIuLJJMAMJ