The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-05-08
CLEVELAND MAKES A
SENSATIONAL Squirt
in AMERICAN CIRCUIT
Indians Win Six Games.
Leadership in Both Major
Leagues Is Shifting
Continually

| The sensational playing of Cleveland
W hich won every game it played in the
American league. was the feature OF
the baseball battle in the week jus,
closed. Starting in fifth position
Gle, Gland was In first place at the
ton also was rapid. Extra inning
games marked the week in the Ma
tionaI league. There were several
shifts in the standing in the older Or
ganization, Brooklyn being entrenched
in the lead when the week closed.
The first real test of the relative
strength of the eastern and western con-
tingents in the two leagues comes this
week when the eastern clubs in the Ma
tional invade the west and the western
teams in the American come east.
Brooklyn gained first place in the Ma
tional league on Monday, lost it again
Tuesday and regained it Wednesday.
The hitting of Daubert and Stengel and
good pitching we're factors. Nap Rucker.
the veteran left-hander, made his first
appearance of the season Monday.
BOSTON HOLDS SECOND
LAY lIlS otcdNliy III every department,
Boston held second place after being in
the lead for one day. Chicago broke
even on it's games for the week, but
managed to retain third place. The
league champions, the Philadelphias,
dropped four games during the week.
Alexander won the only victory for his
team.
The hitting of Cincinnati improved and
the Reds moved upward in the race,
chiefly at the expense of st. Louis. The
Cardinals batted poorly,
Both the Pittsburg and New York
teams batted hard. but neither seemed
able to win games consistently. One con-
test won and four lost was the record
for each. The Giants have been UNI
lucky enough to lose several extra in
ming games. .Mathewson beginning his
sixteenth year, but lost to Boston in 10
innings. In the American league Cleve-
land played well in the field the pitchers
were in good form and the batters espe-
cially Graney, Speaker and O'Nel', hit
opportunity.
Washington gained the lead in midweek
by defeating Boston, only to lose it Sat
urday by losing to Philadelphia Walter
Johnson contributed his usual victory.
Ability to win only one game out of
three from Philadelphia caused New York
to break even on the week. The Yam
KEGS however, managed to maintain their
position. Boston also failed to do much,
but kept the pace nevertheless. Leonard
won the only game of the week by hold
ing the Yankees to two hits on Tues
day.
TIGERS FAIL TO WIN
Detroit did not win a game. The Tigers
failed in every department to keep up
the splendid work of the previous week,
when they finished in first place.
st. Louis. Chicago and Philadelphia re-
tain their positions. st. Louis broke it's
losing streak Thursday by defeating De-
troit in IS innings Sisters hitting was
one redeeming feature of the Browns
work.
Although still in last place, Philadelphia
succeeded in winning three games. Con-
ME Mack's men put New York out of
the league leadership early in the week
and did the same to Washington Satur-
day
The weeks record in each league of
games played, won and lost with runs,
hits and errors, including the games of
SATURDAY. Nav g. is as follows: