The Washington times., 1915-06-24
White SOx Increase
Lead Oper PurSuers
In Three Days Seize Five Soft Victories From Ceve.
land Indians While Tigers and Red Sox Bump
Into Trouble Every Afternoon. -

Pretty soft for those White Sox! In
three days they have won five straight
games In Cleveland. increasing the dis
tance between them and the pursu-
Ing Tisers. The Red Sox had climbed
Into second place by good work against
the Western clubs, and since coming
here. they have lost their advantage
over the Jungaleers. who yesterday
crept past them In the wild chase after
Pants" Rowland's white-hosed brig
ade. So long as the Chicago pitchers
continue their present good work and
are supported by the timely hitting that
has featured the Rowland clan all sea-
son, the league leaders will remain at
the top undisturbed.
Two neat wins fell to the White Sox
yesterday. 3 to 1. and to g. Eddie Ci-
cote toyed with the Indians in the
opener. while Hagerman was driven
from the mound Ed Klepfer, star of
the Pacific Coast League last year. de-
buted for the White Sox in the second
skirmish. and walked away with the
honors. Bowman was wild as a hawk.
giving four runs In the opening clash.
After that Klepfer had merely to tight
en- In the pinches. which he did accept
ably.
jitney pitching yesterday. and SO the
Yankees won both ends of a double
header. 3 to and Is to I. Minat Cro-
well. former Brown University twirler
made successful start in the big
league In the opener. outpitching Ray
Caldwell. though losing. Crowell al
lowed but three hits. his momentary
wildness being largely responsible for
his downfall. He walked five and pulled
a couple OF wild pitches. In the first
nine innings he gave but one hit. The
tenth. however. saw two more. one Il
mere scratch, and the winning run came
| over for the Yanks.
Bruno Haas. tn Worcester Academy
southpaW. Jitneyed his way through the
entire second game. Behind him the ST
ney inheld flung the ball around hap
| hezardlike and let grounders roll mer-
| rily to the garden. Haas passed only
sixteen men and had three wild pitches
| The Yanks collected thirteen hits off his
| stun. The fans cheered the youngster
| at first. but as the farce progressed their
cheers turned to ieers. Many wondered
why the kid was kept out there on the
| mound. having committed no crime de-
| serving such a sentence.
! Bill Steen made good in his first game
| before the Tigers home fans yesterday,
stopptrI the Brownies, 4 to .. In this
he was aided considerable by flying
somersault contributed by Grover Lou
| dermilk. In the eighth frame the
Browns lanky pitcher telescoped HIM
self trying to pick up Crawford 8
groundcr. Kavanaugh scoring from
third. Cobb hked to third and. as
Loudermilk sat on the grass fondling
the pill. Cobb stole home.
"Gavvy" Cravath prevented the Giants
| from defeating the Phillies in the eighth
| frame yesterday by a magnificent run
| mnC catch. and then contributed q
| single toward the winning run in the
| eleventh. Moran's lads coping, , to /
| Byrne's infield single led off that elev-
enth. Niehoff sacrificed and Byrne ad,
vanced on Cravath's single. He Tailed
| by beating Doyle's throw home or
Luderus grounder.
! Te other day Red" Smith had tn,
| 10y Of defeating his former teammates
the Dodgers. Yesterday II was Dor
Carlos Patrick Ragan's turn, the for
mer Brooklyn finger. defeating
| "Whizzer" Dell in a brilliant pitchins
duel, to 2 Dells wildness hurt him
but the game blew up in the sixth
Magee singled and tailed on Maran
, ville's triple. The little shortstop cam,
over on Ragan's slow roller TO the in
| field.
| Bob Harmon's smooth twirling dis
posed OF the Reds yesterday, 6 to 2. Rubt
! Benton was battered hard enough to b.