The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-30
HOT LINERS
OFF THE BAT

Manager Joe Tinker of the Reds,
seems to think that If his club was
pitted against the Cubs all year. it
would win the pennant in a canter.
Tinker's aggregation yesterday con-
cluded a five-game series with the Chi
cagOans with a victory, giving the
record of four wins out of five starts.
Jackson of the Maps and Cobb of
the Tigers, are still busting fences in
their fight for the clouting leadership
of the American league. Jackson leads
the Detroiter by only slight margin.
Both sluggers got three hits out of
four times at bat yesterday.
The Giants and the Phillies grapple
today in the first of their series of four
games. and will determine who shall
lead the national league for the next
few days. The Phillies now are only
half a game ahead of the New York
ers, and victory today for the Giants
will send them into first place.
June opened with the Maps around
the 700 mark. Then they went to
York and swatted the Yankees four
times in a row, which sent them over
the 700 mark, and only a few points
behind the Athletics. Since then the
Maps have cracked in about SO diff
ferent places, and just now they have
a rating of .594, which is 140 points
less than the league leaders and only
81 points ahead of the third place
White Sox.
N CLEVELAND tho fanC PirCI11a lin O
a petition asking Ban Johnson, presi-
dent of the American league, to apol-
ogize for his statement that Joe Bir-
mingham, manager of the Maps, is I'M
fit to lead the club. There is just
about as much chance Of a baseball
car eating his recent utterances as
there is of the Yankees winning the
American league pennant this year.
No team in either league has been
playing faster or better ball in the
past two weeks than have the Dodg-
ers. After skidding badly during the
first few games of the last Western
trip, the BroOklynites recovered their
stride and have been clipping along
like motorcyclist in the final lap of
five-mile spring.
Out of the last fourteen games the
Dodgers have won eleven, taking four
straight from the Phillies and an even
break with the Giants-the strongest
club in the old league. The recent
squirt has awakened baseball enthusi-
asm in Brooklyn town. and once again
the natives there are dreaming pen
nant dreams.
1t develops now that Lajoie, the
veteran keystone sacker of the Maps,
was not benched because he suddenly
grew too old and too feeble to cavort
regularly, but because he and Man
ager Birmingham had a slight tilt
Owner Somers of the Maps has order
ed that Lajoie be put back into the
game regularly as soon as he has had
a little rest.
"Wohoo" Sam Crawford of the I'll
gers dubbed a ball into the bleachers
yesterday for four bases, scoring two
run ahead of him. and giving his team
the victory over the Browns
Hal Chase has become the idol OF
the White Sox fans. He further en-
deared himself by cracking out triple
with two on the bases, which tallies
were sufficient to beat the Maps.
Larry Doyle, who was in a batting
slump the first two months OF the sea
son. at least is beginning to get his.
and if he keeps it up he will soon be
over the 500 mark. his normal aver
age.
The Cardinals jumped upon the Pi-
rates pitchers in the sixth inning yes
terday, scoring four runs, which were
enough to give them the game.