Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15
Crack Southpaw Scores Sig
nal Victory Over the Race
Leaders.
ERRORS HELP MAPS TO
TWO OF THEIR RUNS
Rally in the Ninth Is Nipped in
Bud, When Walsh and Old.
dring Fail to Make Good.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

PHILADELPHIA, June IA
Vean Gregg, whose trusty left
arm has helped great deal in
keeping Cleveland up in the pen
nant race of Ban Johnsons cir
cult this season. proved a big
stumbling block to the Athletics
in the third game of the series at
Shibe Park this afternoon and
before some 10000 fans who
packed the park nearly to the
limit the Mackmen went down
to defeat by score OF 3 to o.
Four hits, two of which came
in the ninth inning, were the best
that the house Of Mack could OBJ
tain off the Naplander, who was
the master of the situation from
the start. Only once did the cham
pions of two years ago come near
the scoring zone, that being in
the final session. when the first
two batters who faced Gregg
singled, but were left stranded on
first and second when Walsh,
Oldring and Collins were retired
in order.
Only one other time during the
game did a Mackman reach sec
ond safely, that being in the sew
enth inning. when Collins, after
being hit in the back with a
pitched ball, Immediately stole
second, but was left at the mid
die cushion. Just thirty men
faced Gregg during the nine in
nings, the Athletics going out in
order in every inning with the ex-
ception of the seventh and ninth.
Opposed to Gregg on the mound Was
Leslie Bush, one of the younger members
Of the Mack twiriing staff, and had Eddie
Plank or Chief Bender been In the box in
his place, it is unlikely that either ono
could have performed in better style. 1t
is true that Cleveland registered just one
more hit than the Athletics and that two
of the bingles resulted in giving Joe
Birminghams crew its first run in the
fifth, but the other two tallies of the
Ohioans came as a result Of hits which.
had they not been coupled with errors,
would have done no damage.
Pitchers Battle.
It was a keen pitchers battle from the
start, with lightning defensive work on
the part of both teams. Up until the fifth
inning both sides went out in order, while
each team had only one hit to its credit.
The Athletics safe drive was made by
Schang in the third, on which he was
caught at second in trying to make two
bases out Of 1t, while Graney held the
honor for Cleveland, although his hit in
the third brought nothing, for the next
batter hit into a double play.
With both pitchers going In such good
style and with good prospects Of their
keeping it up, it was certain that one
side must err in order to give the other
2 lead, But it was not Cleveland
that fell down. for 1t went through the
nine innings without a miscue. The Mack
men had backed up Bush in great style
in the early innings, but fell down at the
end
Bush was pitching great ball. as can be
seen from the fact that during the game
of the thirty-two men who faced him
twenty-one were retired on infield outs.
Bush accepted six chances and fielded
without an error. while McInnis had
eighteen put-outs to his credit.
Bush depended almost entirely on his
team. for he only famed one. while
Gregg famed only two batsmen. and
neither one OF the twirlers issued pass.
Ryan and Graney carried OF the bat.
ting honors of the afternoon with their
two singles. both Of which were timely.
Il was Ryan who started the rally In both
the fifth and the seventh with his singles
to center, while Graney's one-base drive
TO left in the fifth brought in Cleyelands
first run. Olson got the only extra base
nit of the afternoon that coming in the
ninth, and scored one run.
Schang did the best work with the
stick for the Athletics he getting two of
heir quartet of safe drives. while Strunk
and Danny Murphy. who pinch hit for
Bush in the ninth, got the other two.
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