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The Washington times., 1902-07-23
STANDING OF THE TEAMS

the ball was there awaiting him in the
honest hands OF Mique kahoe, one Of
the lower county la-ads.
Why don't you have coachers on the
i;nes?" was asked in stentorian tones
from many quarters OF Manager LOTUS.
and some of the uncharitaDle were even
rude enough to suggest that the local
PEOPLE wake mp"
It was = run clearly thrown away, ana
by the last part OF the game one run
would have coTe in very handy.
There were lots OF fine plays pulled
off, one of the best being stop OF
Burkett's hit il the ninth, which was
stopped by Ely with Cne hand, and with
out awaiting to recover his equilibrium
he tossed it over to Carey, who caugnt
it with a single hand The play was of
the most brilliant kind. and was greet
ed by much praise Ely put up fast
game in the field, while Coughlin also
played faultlessly and hit the ball safe
ly on two occasions.
How the Runs Came.
Washington made Ave runs in the
third inning on Delehanty's two-base
hit singles by Coughlin. Lee. Carey
Townsend. Ely's sacrihce, ana WIZ
pitch generously donated by Harper.
In the fifth Lee got around the bases
on a hit, passed ball, and Ely's single
Friel scored for st. Louis in the first
on a home run to center, one OF those
hits that leaped over Ryan's head.
Burkett's home run, Friefs triple, a
single by Anderson, and Wallaces Nil
for two bases in the third netted three
more runs, and Friel got around the
bases iii the fifth on his own single,
Anderson hit, and Wallace's out 10
Delehanty.
A three-base hit and wild pitch gave
HemphiIl the tally in the seventh that
tied the score and McCormick's four
base drive over the fence in the eighth
clinched the game for the st. Louis men
This tells the full story:
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BNLL-AMATEUR AND PROFESSONAL-ATHLETlCS

We had broken no agreement and vio-
lated no contract with Hart or anybody
else. That contract would be whole to-
day if Hart had not gone off TO Cali
fornia just at the time we were depend
ing on him to represent US in the Ma
tional League councils and secure for
us the right to go into the East peace
ably and at the old leagues own terms.
Il am not complaining. / am doing
well enough in spite Of the weather, and
Hart says he is. But the game is suf-
fering"
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Athletics. /; Cleveland, 8. First base
on errors-Athietics. l. Cleveland, l..
Left On bases-Athlctics, 6: Cleveland.
o. Sacrifice hts-Fultz. Wood. Mccarthy
Stolen bases-M. Cross. Struck out-By
Hustings, /; by Waddsll, ); by Joss, l.
Double plays-Murphy and NJ. Cross
Passed balls-Powers. Umpire-OLaugh-
lin. Time-1 hour and 10 minutes. At
tendance 76S
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iBatted for Townse. d.

First base on errors-Washingto 2.
Left on bases-Washington 5; st. Louis.
l. First base on balls-On Townsend, g.;
Of Harper, l. Struck out-By Townsend,
.3. Home runs-Friel. Burkett and Me-
Cormick Three-base hits-Friel and
Hemphill. Two-base hits-Delehanty,
Doyle and Wallace Sacrifice hit-Ely.
Double plays-Doyle TO Ely; Padden to
Anderson Hit by pitcher-By Harper.
?: by Townsend. l. Wild pitches-Town-
send. /. Passed ball-Kahoe. Time of
game-1 hour and 35 minutes. Umpircs-
Carruthers and Connolly. Attendance
. COS.
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PIRATES WIN FROM ST. LOUIS
Cardinals New Twirler Outpitched and
Badly Supported.

ST. LOUIS. July 22-The Pirates took
today's game. 9 to g. Currie. Donovan's
new pitcher, made his debut. but Phil
lippi. twirler for Pittsburg. pitched a
better game. However, Curries suppor.
was vile. For five innings he had the
visitors well in hand. After that he was
hit pretty freely Clarke and Leach
were both out of the game for Pitts
burg. Attendance, 1900. The score:
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BOSTON'S ERRORLESS GAME.
Young in Form and Chicago Barely
Avoided a Shutout.
special to The Washington Times }

BOSTON, July 22.--Young showed his
usual winning form today taking third
successive game from Chicago. to l..
Brilliant fielding and daring base run
ing marked the game. Boston played
errorIess bali and Chicago's two errors
in the eighth helped to give the locals
TWO runs. Score:
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*Batted for Currie in ninth.

Two-base hits-Ritchey. Wagner
Three base hit-Phillippi. Sacrifice hits
Ryan, Bransfield. Ritchey. Double play
Ritchey and Bransfeld. Passed ball
Ryan. Stolen bases-Tannehill. Conroy,
.; Burke, Beaumont. Hit by pitcher
Conroy. Wild pitch-Currie. Bases on
balls-of Currie. 2; off Phillippi /
Struck out-By Currie. g. by Phillippi.
9 Left on bases-St. Louis, !; Pitts
burg. 8. Umpire-Brown. Time of game
/ hour and 55 minutes.
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aMullen out, hlt by Dated BAN.

Earned runs-Baltimore, 3: Detroit, 5.
Two-base hits-Selhach, Wiltse. Gleason.
Three-base hits-Dillon, .. Home run
Buelow. Sacrifice hit-Casey. Bases
stolen-By Harley Howell, Wiltse. Bar
rett, Robinson. Bases on bails-By
Prentiss, 5; by Shields, 2; by Mullen, ?.
Struck out-By Shields. /; by Mullen, s.
Passed balls-Robnson /. Wild pitch
Prentiss. 1. Left on bases-Baltimore, I;
Detroit, I. First base on errors-Balti-
more. s; Detroit, 6. Time of game-two
hours and ) minutes. Umpire-John-
stone. Attendance, 1875.
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'Batted for Steinfeldt in ninth.

0DatItu Tot SltINIpIut IN uINln.
Chicago . I 0 0 0 x }
Cincinnati :. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0--f
First base on errors-Chicaso. 1; Cia-
ciunati l. Left on bases-Chicago, s.
Cincinnati. g. First base On talls-Of
Taylor, |; off ThielmaI, I. Struck prI-
BY Taylor. 2; by Thielman, 2. Stolen
bases-Slagle, 2. Double play Stein
feldt. PeitZ and Beckley. Hit by pitcner
BY Thielman, 3; by Taylor. /. Wild
pitch-Thielman. Passed Dall--Pcrgeh.
Time CT game-1 hour and 81 minutes.
Umpire-O'Day. Attendance-i.000
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KEEP UP WINNING STREAK.
Athletics Take Third of Series From
Cleveland, 9 10 4.
Especial to The Washington Times,)

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July 22.-The
Athletics continued their winning streak
today, taking the third game of the
series from Cleveland. The visitors
started off like winners, and sent Hust-
ings to the bench. Waddell was more
effective and allowed them but two hits
in the six innings ! c pitched. while the
locals pounded Joss hard. The score:
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First base on errors-Brooklyn. 4.
Left on bases-Brooklyn. I: Philadel-
phia, IL First base on balls-Of Dono-
van. 4 off Duggleby. 8. Struck out
b. Donovan, 6; by Duggleby, 8. Two
base hit-Jennings. Sacrifice hit-Dug-
gleby. Stolen bases-Sheckard, Dah-
len, .; Jennings, Childs. Passed BALI
Jacklftsch. Wild pitch-Donovan. Um-
pire-Emslie. Time of game. hour and
30 minutes
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First base on balls-On Wolfe. 2; off
Dawson. /; off Babylon, >. Struck out
By Babylon, Q. Home runs-Esmond.
Two-base hits-Larimer. ,; Kannelly.
smith Sacrifice hit-Babylon. Stolen
bases-Larimer, >; GreenhOOd, Power.
W1d pitches-Wolfe Dawson, >; Baby
Ion. Umpire-Venable Time of game
I hour and 10 minutes.
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DETROIT 7, ORIOLES 5.
Wolverines Round Off Close Game in the
Sixth With Buelow's Homer.
Especial to The Washington Times)

BALTIMORE. Md. July 22.-Detroit
won a close game from Baltimore TO-
day. Buelow's home run in the sixth
five innings for the orioles, and Shields
finished the game out. The score:
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Standing of the Teams.
THIELMAN LOSES GAME.
Reds Twirler Permits Remnants t
Tally Seven in First Inning.

CHICAGO, July 22.-Cincinnati lost to
Chicago-9 to to-day. The Reds blew
up in their first inning and before they
got together again Chicago had scored
seven of its tallies. Thielman was In the
box for Cincinnati, and he was mainly
responsible The score:
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GAMES OF MINOR LEAGUES.

American sociaticn-Louisville )
Columbus. 2. indianapolis, 8; Tolsdo, 4
Kansas City. q Minneapolis. 4.
Western-Denver, 5; Peoria. 2. Den
yer, 5; Peoria. II. Omaha. .; St. Joseph
g. Des Moines. IL Kansas City, 6. Colo
RADIO Springs, u: milwaukee, 6.
Connecticut State-New Haven 3;
Springfield 2. New London. .; Water
bury /. Norwich. 8; Bridgeport, 2. Meri-
den Hartford, rain.
Eastern-Worcester. 2; Providence. 3
Worcester. .; Providence. 3. Jersey City
II; Buffalo 10. Newark. 1; Rochester, 8
Toronto, 3. Montreal, 1.
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Two-base hits-Davis. Sullivan. First
base on balls-Off Young. 2; off Piat;,
Sacrifice hits-Jones Freeman. Struck
out-sy Young, :; by Piatt, ]. Double
rlay-Davis ard Ishell Umpire-Sherl-
dan Time Of Eanle-l houf and 81
minutes. Attendance-5,2 ,256.
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BROOKLYNS TAKE
TWO FROM PHILLIES
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Results of Yesterdays Games.

Brooklyn, I; Philadelphia, >.
Brooklyn. 3; Philadelphia, O..
Pittsburg. 9; st. Louis, 3.
Chicago, 8; Cincinnati, l.
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GOSSIP OF THE MEN WHO
PLAY ON THE DIAMOND
in the Quaker City, and patchedup
teams are put in the field.

Carey opened the second inning yes
terday with a nice single, but he was
caught mapping of first on n throw to
Anderson by Harper.
Townsend secured a brace OF hits the
| first two tines he came 10 the piate
yesterday, and eycry time he hit the
! ball he broke bat
In the second Inning Carey sent 4
| foul into the grandstand that came dan
I gerously near hitting the wife of Man
ager Lotus Then the first basenIal
sent = foul that went into the right field
/ bleachers and struck a spectator full in
the face and made him lose his interest
in the game for the rest Of the after
noon.
Friel robbed Doyle of two bagger in
the fourth inning. The hit went to
deep center. but Friel got under it after
hard sprint and pulled 1t down.
President Comiskey. OF the Chicago
White .Sox. does not believe the re-
cent Baltimore affair will have any
real effect, either way, on a possible
{
leagues. Comiskey says, in reference
to this matter;
"The National League is blind to is
own interests and to those OF the game,
said the veteran player and magnate.
Moreover, they have broken faith so
manv times that it is to be expected
OF them. Why. last winter there was
not one of them knew which way TO
turn. l asked Hart one day what ne
was going to do. He said he did not
know and asked NV advice.
/ That was al the timC when the two
factions were fighting each other and
both Of them working hard to combine
with the American League and kill the
old National. l told Hart to drop Spald-
ing and get together with the other
fellows, patch up taeir differences, ani
as soon as they knew what they wanted
come to us with a proposition. l told
him we wanted peace. nonconflictins
schedules, and a series of games be-
tween the rival clubs in different cities,
and that the public demanded them. He
agreed that l was right and promised
to work to that end. He is talking war
now. So IS, Brush, evidently, since he
put through tEat Baltimore deal.
Il am surprised at Brush. fer have
always been friend of his and stood
up for him. He didn't talk war last
winter when he was here. He wanted
peace and was ready and willing to work
| fer II. He knows we had them beaten
TO a standstill, and because we did not
kill the old league outright they want
to eXterminate US now. That is form
Of gratitude l cannot understand in a
man as square as | have always found
John T. Brush
AS for breach Of faith. the National
League broke faith with us long before
we ever broke a contract. Early in the
fall Of 1900 the National League signed
Buelcw from Cleveland. Cleveland ask
ed for the draft price OF $1,000 repeat
edly. Nick Young said he had it. but
he was evidently under orders not 10
pay it over. Then they took Padden
away from mel had only just paid the
league S700 for him few weeks before.
The national agreement was in force
then ard we were ready and willing to
operate under 1t II they would let US.
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Where They Play Today.

New York at Brooklyn.
Pittsburg at st. Louis.
Philadelphia at Boston.
Cincinnati at Chicago.
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More Timely Hitting and
Better All Around
Playing.
EVANS PITCHED GREAT GAME
Recently Cast Off by the New yorks-
Quakers Were Shut Out in the Second
Scored Five Runs in the First
While Superbas Get Seven.

BROOKLYN, July 22.-The Brooklyns
took two games from the Phillies today
by more timely batting and better play
ing. In the second game Evans. Just
cast off by New York, pitched a fine
game and shut out the Quakers. The
conra-
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MARINE CORPS BBSTS
THE WAR CLERKS
A Large Crowd Witnesses
One-Sided Game.
Pitching of Babylon and the Stick Work
of Power Features of
the Came

The Marine Corps baseball team had
an easy time defeating the War De-
Iartment club by a score of 10 to 3
yesterday The game was witnessed by
large crowd, prominent among whom
were several officers from the Marine
barracks. who went out to see the men
from the ranks wallop the War clerks.
The game vas altogether one-sided. and
the Marines did not have TO exert them
selves to win.
The Marines placed Babylon, their
star twirler, in the center OF the dia-
mono. He rroved to be too much of a
puzzle for the War clerks, and succeeded
N holding ;hem down to five scattered
hits, which were not productive of any
runs. TIE War clerks scored all of their
taIlies On errors. Babylon was on his
inettle, and had nine strike outs to his
credit at the end of the game. His sup
port was rather ragged at times. but
rot enough so to place the game in
jeopardy.
Four Hits Out of Five.
Power, the little lad who casts his
shadow over in left garden. welded the
stick in fine form. and succeeded in get
ting four hits out OF five times at the
bat. Larimer secured two two-baggers,
which brought in several runs to the
counting plate. Babylon also batted well,
end scored three runs.
Wolfe wcs sent in to do the box work
for Secretary Roots protege3. He did
not prove to be the success he was tout
ed to oe. and at the conclusion of the
fifth inning he'd received his quietus,
AMI retired from the center ot the dia-
monI and Dawson sauntered in to toss
them over to the Marines. The soldiers
and sailors did not let up in their heavy
hitting. but managed to secure more
off of Dawson than they had while Wolfe
ofIiciatcd On the rubber.
Runs Secured by Errors.
Neither OF the War Department pitch
ers received anything like proper sup
port, and a goodly number of the Ma
rines' runs were secured on errors.
Shaw. who played center field. put UP 4
good game. and Notwithstanding his
hand was badly hurt ard swathed in
handages. he managed to swing on to
five very difficult flies that would have
netted runs had they not been caught.
Hughes also played a good game at
short stop, and out of eleven chances, he
managed to accept all but one.
To-Day the Printers and the Postoffice
aggregation viii! play at 4:3o o'clock. The
latter team has been very weak 90 far,
hut it is announced that the club is
Under new management and several new
players have been secured who Will
S,rengthen the team. and the game
tomises to be fast one. The score:
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Brooklyn .1 0 2 0 0 0 0 Ks
First base on errors-Philadelphia. q
Left on bases-Brooklyn s; Philadel-
phia, 6. First base on bails-Off Evans,
1; off Fraser, 2. Struck out-By Evans.
4; by Fraser, 4. Three-base hit-Sheck-
ard Two-base hit-Eyans. Sacrifice
hit-Keeler. Stolen bases-Keeler, 2:
Evans. Double plays-Farrell and Nc
Creery; Dahlen and McCreery. Umpire
Emslie Time of game, 1 hour and 40
minutes. Attendance. $500.
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The Alhambras have organized and
would like to arrange games with teams
averaging twenty years. Players as fol-
lows: Sutton, catcher; Philip, pitcher; p.
Richmond, first base; D. Ready, second
base: Patterson, shortstop: Stecher.
left field; c. Richmond center field:
Mace right field. Address challenges to
Mr. Dave Ready, All E Street northeast.
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AMONG THE AMATEURS.

Tae Eckingtcn Athletic Club defeated
tn, American Security and Tru@. Com
pany baseball team on Georgetoan field
yesterday afternoon in close and ex-
c:tinc game by the score o; IL to 20.
The opposing pitchers and the fast work
of the men behind them kept thA hits
scattered in all but the fourth and sixth
innings. Tie lexington club lied ;he
score in the sixth inning ny timely
hunching of hits. and won cut i'll the
seventh.
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Athletics -. 0 0 0 . 3 x-9
Cleveland -. 0 . . 0 0 0 0 o.
Two-base hits-Thoney, Shreck Three
base hits-Murphy. First base on balls
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Cleveland, With Lajoie, to
Open Series With the
Senators Today.
CONTEST FOR FIFTH PLACE
Patten Will Probably Pitch for the Sen
ators-President Comiskey on Out
look for a League Truce-Baltimore
Affair of No Erect.

Cleveland today Lajoie and the rest
of the Spiders will try and wrest fifth
place from the Senators before they
leave town. The series is apt to prove
the most popular OF the season.
The quartet of defeats handed out to
Chicago at Boston makes the American
League championship race closer than
ever. and the pennant is anybody's yet
Detroit barred.
Ely is playing about as clever a game
as one can ask for, and he is hitting
the ball when hits are needed. He is
now called the pinch" hitter OF the
team.
President Ban Johnson, Of the Ameri-
can League. Witnessed yesterdays Wash
ington-st Louis game.
Umpire Carruthers looked after the
balls and strikes yesterday, while Con
molly attended to the base decisions.
Curiously the only kicks that were reg
istered We're concerning balls and
strikes. In the sixth Kahoe tried to
bunt. but Carruthers couldn't see il and
despite the protests Of Bill Clarke. who
never makes an objection unless he is
pretty near right, Carruthers would not
admit his error
Manager Tom LOTUS colored servant
jumped his job last night. Mr.. Lotus
suspects McGraw has offered him better
inducements 10 go to the National
League.
Mcfarland is due to join the BaltI-
mere team this afternoon.
Tatien will probably do the pitching
for the Senator's this afternoon.
Laiole should be in rare form today.
as he has been spending the past four
DAYS al Atlantic City. trying TO find out
what !, is the Wild waves keep on
saying.
The Athletics have Col. John Rogers
and the Pennsylvania courts 10 thank
fer many Of the games credited to them
this scascn They hGyc vCritable snaps
whenever Washington c. Cleveland
comes to Phladclphin. as none Of the
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A team representing the Brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen defeated the
brotherhood OF Railway Firemen in
six inning game OF baseball at the
Arsenal yesterday afternoon by the score
OF IS to Il.
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Friel and Burkett's Homers.

Two such homers as this happened
yesterday. Friel drew one in the very
first inning. and in the third Burkett
got one to his credit.
Under ordinary circumstances-or if
the management would only abandon
the attempt 20 grow green corn on the
cob in the outicld-these hits OF Friel
ard Burkett would not have been bet
ter than doubles, but yesterday they
were 1our saCkers.
Then again, II Johnnie Townsend. the
ambitious young twtrler from Chester,
Pa, had been in better form. and kept
the St. Louis bats from getting in front
OF his curves quite so often, the re
suit OF the game would have been diff
ferent. We started in the forepart Of
the game in real business-Iike fashion
By tho time the side was retired in the
third inning we had accumulated fiye
tallies or as many hits, and the crowd
chuckled ana said: Here's where we
throw the gafi into our guests"
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Ely is playing about as clever game
as one can ask for. and he is hitting
the ball when hits are needed. He IS
now called the pinch" hitter OF the
team.
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Cornfeld Cost Runs.

There are a number of hard luck sto-
ries to explain why the local crowd
failed to land the game. The chief ones
relate the condition of the cornfield in
which Ryan stands when he is doing
business. This bit OF land was early
in the season planted with the finest sort
of corn, and the ground furrowed as
expertly as the local ground sUperin-
tendent could do it, but up to date It
has not yielded anything much except
triples and homers, and most of those
have been in favor of the ballists from
other burgs. When a hit is sent to
Ryan in center it's dollars to a collar
button that it will take a sudden fancy
to hurdle and continue on its course
until it bumps against the center fences,
and it usually strikes one OF the fence
supports that the local management re-
tains for the beautiful and artistic ap-
pearance they lend TO the park, and it
then goes caroming off while the run
ner gets winded and the scorers record
q home run.
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Carey opened the second inning yes
terday with a nice single, but he was
caught mapping Off first on a throw to
Anderson by Harper.
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The quartet Of defeats handed out to
Chicago at Boston makes the American
League championship race closer than
ever. and the pennant is anybodys yet
Detroit barred.
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Sudhof Replaces Harper.

Just as the bombardment was over
Harper asked to be taken out He didn {
express any preference as to the man
ner in which ne was TO be assisted from
the game, but Manager McAleer ad-
yised him to sit in the shade OF the
grandstand during the remainder of the
afternoon. while ne dispatched Sudho1
TO prove ne is the real article in the
pitching business. with the name blown
in the bottle. and Sudhoff Immediately
started in TO make good, which he
did all right
After that third inning OF ours. all we
could do was to get hold of a solitary
tally. although there was a mighty big
chance Tor getting Delehanty over the
plate in the sixth. after both Ryan and
boyle had flied 10 Wallace
Del hit q fly to Jesse Burkett which
the latter very kindly permitted to
bounce cut of his hands. Then Cocghlin
raped out a two-bacger and Delehanty
tried 10 score from first N the hit. BY
the time he reached third Burkett had
the ball. and there was nobody on the
coaching line tc hand friendly advice to
the local big chief although the entire
Senatoriai crowd was squatted on their
tench listening 20 one OF Manager Lof-
tus' latest stories.
pelehanty Eeeded Coaching.
Delehanty kept on toward the plate.
-. H. to- -. a.,. ya. b, r,,bbar.
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Contest a Lively Affair,
With Lots of Hard
Hitting.
HARPER BATHFD OUT OF The BOX
Pa ten Replaces Townsend
at the End of the Eighth
Inning.
C0RNFIELD COSTS TWO RUNS

Efforts Of Local Management TO Turn q
Pat Of Bali Park Into Truck Gar
den Responsible for Two Home Runs
That Helped ST. Louis to Win Out.
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Lajoie should be in rare form today.
as he has been spending the past four
days al Atlantic City, trying TO find out
what !. Is the wild waves keep on
saying.
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The Athletics have Col. John Rogers
and the Pennsylvania courts 10 thank
fer many Of the games credited to them
this scascu. They have vCritahln snaps
whenever Washingtcn O. Cleveland
comes to Philadclphin. as none Of the
stars of these clubs is allowed to play
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Cleveland today Lajoie and the rest
of the Spiders will try and wrest fifth
place from the Senators before they
leave town. The series is apt to prove
the most popular OF the season.
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Seventh Was Lucky.

They got at him in earnest. however,
in the sevenJh-the inning that is pop
ularly supposed to be our lucky period
and with the aid of a three -bagger and
the contribution of a wild pitch by Mr..
Townsend, they tied the score, and then
in the following inning the MeAleer peo-
pie drew away from us.
Mccormick turned the trick with a
homer over the left fence. There was a
bit of doubt as to whether the ball
would fail within the inclosure, and big
chief Del planted himself right up
against one of the booze ads that make
the American League Park so attractive,
and was all ready to receive the ball,
but the ball positively refused to be
received-at least on Del's side of the
lot. 1t was a clean homer and sent the
st. Louis score one better than our
own, and We were not able to get within
hailing distance after that.