The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-14
Sporting Notes.

Eddie y Plank S speciality is twirl-
ing two-hit games. He turned the
trick Saturday against Cleveland
The White Sox dropped to third
place yesterday and Detroit climbed to
tie with st. Louis for fourth place.
Evers of the Braves is at his home in
Troy, N. Y, i'll with neuritis. He has
no idea when he will be able to re
turn to the game.
"Jack' O'Hara, manager of the
Lawrence team, went in as a pinch
hitter for one of his pitchers Satur-
day, but he did no damage to the OPP
position twirler.
CLASSY fielding by Maranville and a
home run by Snodgrass in the second
game had much to do with the double
victory of the Braves over the Dodg
ers Saturday at Brooklyn.
After Harper of the Washington
team had held the Red Sox runIess
for eight innings Saturday Walter
johnson was sent in and yielded two
runs III the ninth. That was one time
Griffith guessed wrong.
Morton, supposed to be the best
Cleveland pitcher, pitched Al balls in
the first inning against st. Louis Sat
urday before he was taken out with
five runs over the plate and the bases
filled with only two out.
The Yankees made nine hits off
=" Bullet joe Bush of the Athletics
IN the second game Saturday at New
York, but did not score a run. Mack Is
kids made only three off Shocker and
Shawkey, but scored twice.
From June 26 to Saturday "Joe =
Bush was the only pitcher of the Phil
adelphia Athletics to win game. Sat
urday Bush>won again, and Myers, the
only other tWirler to win for Mack.
managed also to score victory.
OF the men whom Stallings had
when he started as manager of the
Braves three years ago he has only
Tyler and MaranvilIe, and both are
going better and better. He built al
most an entire new team and kept the
team winning.
The St. Louis Browns Saturday
scored their 22d victory in the last
81 games. Only % men faced the
veteran Plank, and Speaker. who
made the only two hits off the old
man S delivery, was the only Cleve-
Between games at Ehbets Field ut
Brooklyn, \. y, Saturday President
John X. Tcner on behalf Of the Ma
tional league, presented Umpire Bob
Emslie with a purse containing %
gold eagles, aggregating $500, in honor
of his 25th anniversary in baseball.
Umpire ''Biil" Klein also presented
Mr.. EmsHe with a diamond pin, a
token from his fellow umpircs.
There were few changes among Amer
lean league batters this week Speak
or. Cobb and Jackson are relatively in
about the same positions. Cobb now
has 80 stolen bases; Weaver of Chi
cago leads in sacrifice hits with 81;
Baker of New York in home runs with
:: Jackson in total bases with 202:
Speaker in runs scored with Is and
Detroit in team hitting with 255.
R. Norris Williams defeated George
NJ. Church. western and northwestern
champion for the Achilles challenge
cup on the turf of the Seabright lawn
tennis and cricket club at Scabright
y. J., Saturday ut 81, 6-3, 6-2, 4-6.
/ 90. The cup becomes the property
of Williams because of his three con
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Hornshy OF It. Louis, one OF the new
stars OF the National league, has at
| tanned thIrd place among its batterS
robertson still holding first and Dau
bert second. Hornsby leads in tota
bases with l69: Carey of Pittsbure in
stolen bases with "a; Flack Of Chica
90 IN sacrifice hits with 30; William.
of Chicago in home runs with 10:
Burns OF New York in runs score,
with %, ana Brooklyn IN club battin.
with 200.