New-York tribune., 1916-07-17
Indians Hold First Plaza
for One Day, then
Drop Back. d
GIANTS STICK WORK
FEATURE OF WEEK
Dodgers Lead Margin De-.
creased-Cutshaw Stars al
Bat-Cullop Beaten.
The race for the pennant in =,

The race for the pennant in u.
American League grows more erei,,.
as the season advances. and the enS J,
the last week found New York in S..
place and Detroit in fifth place. ss,,'
rated by less than 10 points. Az 4.
end Of the previous week New YORK ~.
more than 30 points ahead Of De,rs,
then in sixth place.
The Polo Grounds last week va, "a.
scene Of some bitterly contested b,..
ball games, as New York played s...
Cleveland and Detroit. The Ysnts,.
slipped back as the result OF the visit,
of the Indians and Tigers. losing Il,
out Of nine games. Cleveland took tov.
out Of six games from New York al
went into The lead for ore day onv -
lose it Thursday. when the Ys,.,.,
beat them 20 3. Friday New Yor. ,,s
Detroit played two twelye-inning gsne.
each team winning one.
Cullop Beaten Finally.
Cullop, the winning pitcher for Ma.
ager Donovan, lost his nrst game .,
the season 10 Detroit on Friday. I'D.
same double header Home Run s.u,
was injured, and probably will Be- o.,
of the game for several weeks n,
may be a serious blow 20 Donur a.
he is also without the services otx,M
and Gllhooley, outfelders, beesgs q
injuries.
Despite the victories over New Ys,k
Cleveland did not better is positss
greatly. Detroit had little ,rcsb.
beating Washington, and for a TIN.
threatened TO enter the first d.ysisa
again, winning five and losing ,ss
games for the week. Boston and Chi.
cago staged a pretty contest for ,hi.:
place. They played double-hesders o,
three consecutive days, and the Re.
Sox won four of the six contests.
On Friday the Red SoX played 5;
Louis 70 seventeen-inning 10 0 e
the second long no-score tie the So
have taken part in this season. Th
Browns used one pitcher, koo0, and
was his failure TO touch third in d
fifteenth inning that prevented s
Louis from scoring and probably vi,
ming the game. Boston used two pite:
ers. ST. Louis made ten hits and Boz
ton fourteen.
Dodgers Margin Decreased.
In the National League, Brooslr
held the lead by decreased may'
over the previous week. Phlladeli.a
and Boston continued their fgh, .,l
second place, and the Giants ersF
back into the first division. Brooky;
met Unexpectedly strong opposition /,
both Cincinnati and St. Louis. Bcs
ton, winning five and losing one, is ro'
only 80 points behind Brooklyn an.
playing very good baseball. 70.
Braves made only three errors dsrr!
the week.
The Giants, after breaking even
ittsburgh, had better success in C,
cinnati. and took two extra-inni,
games, both Of ten innings. from u
Reds. The Phillies went back slightl
not being able 20 do better than brsi
even in eight games. The team hit,ls
of the Giants, mainly through y
ability of Burns. Kauff and Roberts,
was one Of the features Of the wss'
The Giants had the best week sl,a
West. winning five and losing Two.
The sectional results were as q
lows: National East, Il; West !
American East. II; West, IS.
Cutshaw, of Brooklyn. was the lea.
ing batter. with a perfect average 9.
of six times at bat in a double-hescs
at Cincinnati Sunday.
Russell led the American piichC
with a one-hit win over Boston. Au
ander. Philadelphia Nationals, a.
Johnson, Washington. turned IN thn'
hit games. There were also seven
four-hit contests.