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SCORE SECOND
VICTORY OVER CHICAGO CUBS
Brilliant Fielding by Quakers Offsets Coombs'
Bad Pitching-Collins' Work a Big
Feature-Brown Driven From Box

walked. 1t was here that Murphy made
| the play of the game, catching Chance s
| fly and doubling Brown at the plate.
When the Athletics got up in their turn
Strunk famed. Lord hit q Texas Lacquer
| to center. but was forced by Collins. Ed
die danced around first SO invitingly that
Brown made three wild pitches to the
plate, hoping he would try to steal and
more easily. When Eddie did steal he
ran down after a caught strike and slid
in under Tinker. Brown couldn't control
his curves for Baker. gave him another
ball and walked him. Collins counted
on Davis single. a smart piece of run
ming. Killing juggled the throw in, or
otherwise he might have made a close
thing of it. Tinker to Chance got Muir
ply and the Athletics were in pretty soft,
leading, to 1.
Collins Once More.
Collins alertness saved a run in the
sixth. Zimmerman walked and Steinfeldt
flied to Collins. who tossed so quickly to
| first that he got the ball there before
Zimmerman could get back, although it
was matter of only a few yards the
runner had to go. So Tinker's smart two
Dagger went for nothing because Killing
flied out to Strunk.
The Athletics looked like scoring in
their half. After Barry famed, Thomas
walked and Coombs got single through
Eimmerman's failure to cover his rap
| alertly. But Strunk famed for the third
time and Lord shot foul fly to Chance.
Up crawled the Cubs to open the sew
enth. With one out Sheckard doubled to
left. Schultz lifted to Strunk. but Chance
singled, bringing Sheckard home. Zim-
merman's best was hit to Collins, on
which Chance was forced at second
Then the Athletics rolled up six runs.
Collins walked and Chance threw himself
at Bakers wallop that went crashing out
to right field. Collins got to third on the
single. Davis doubled to left into the
swung at one of Browns offerings, sent
1t whirling out where Davis smash had
gone. and in focked Baker and Davis.
Barry sacrificed. Thomas single brought
home Murphy with the fourth run Of the
inning.
Strunk hammered ball down the right
field line for two bags that let Thomas in
with another run. Sheckard got under
Lords fly and then dropped it, so that
in even Tinker juggled the ball. The
Cubs were away up in the air. With Col
Inns up again for the second time in the
inning Lord tried to steal and was out.
which was merciful to the Cubs.
Although Steinfeldt led OFF in the eighth
with a two-bagger. Tinker flied to Baker.
Then Killing walked and Beaumont, bat
ting for Brown, struck out. Sheckard
walked-the third time in the game-but
Schultz. the poet, could only raise fly
that the inf1eld let Eddie Collins take. al
though it was In near the pitchers box.
Collins opened the last half with
double, but was left on third because his
teammates were quickly disposed of on
infield plays.
In the ninth the Cubs had a rally and
made a run. Holman singled. Chance
was an infield out Zim's double to left
scored Hoffman, but Barry threw out
Steinfeldt, and after Tinker walked Killing
forced him at second.
The score: