Evening journal., 1916-08-04


real ball club. But so are South
Wilmington and Bancroft's Banks.
Cheer upl
II hadn't occurred to us that Os
Murphy lacked science until he re-
fused to meet stirlith.
If Schooner Long will keep cool,
stick at least one foot in the ground
and stop thinking about his last
years vacation, he may get four hits
off Jake Hogan tomorrow.
Eastlake's manager plays third and
Bancro.t's second. but there are
some teams that play nine managers
when Bob Cunningham jumps.
II is impossible to tell how many
| friends Jack MCGOWAN has on the
/ east side, as the town has grown
since the last census was taken.
The White sox are leading the
American League today for the first
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! struggling, in which they climbed TO
| second place only to be showed hack
to the cellar, they landed on top Of
the heap yesterday through a day Of
idleness and defeat of the leading
Boston Red Sox by the st. Louis
Browns. Chicago is the sixth team
to have led the league this season.
The sox will play a double bill with
the Senator's today as rain forced
the calling off of yesterdays game in
the second inning.
Yesterdays hero: Fred Merkle--
| "Old Didn't Touch Second" clouted
the ball into left field stand in the
eighth inning for the only run Of the
game.
Luderus, OF the Phillies, got a home
run and two singles out OF four times
up.
Casey Stengel. the Teuton-Terrier,
of Brooklyn, also got a homer.
The White sox didn't play and as
a consequence took the lead IN the
I American League. the Browns de-
feat of the Red Sox doing the busi-
ness.
1t was thesthirteenth straight win
for the Browns and they are still in
seventh place. Thirteen more and
they'll haye everything in the league
behind em at the rate the leaders
have been knitting one another lately.
Mitchell, of Cincinnati. pinch-hit-
ting for Pitcher Schulz, cracked out
a two-bagger with the bases full in
the ninth, putting the game on ice.
Red Smith, of the Braves. did even
/ better for his outfit, banging out a
! home run with the bases full in the
: first inning Of the second game. The
Redlegs never caught UP.
> The Giants got but three hits but
: they totaled seven bases. That is all
the seven hits Of the Cubs came to.
with Pants Rowland's Chicago
White sox now in the lead. the Amer
ican League standing today shows
the unique situation of seven teams
with averages of better than 800 By
their thirteenth straight victory yes
terday the st. Louis Browns climbed
Just above the fifty-fifty mark. Only
, Connie Mack's Apathetics, with a
record of fifteen straight defeats to
date, are below the line.
Bill Donovan's demoralized Yanks
. tumbled another notch in losing their
seventh straight game and a visit to
Ban Johnson, as we'll as hurry call
for all Yankee talent decorating the
bushes was the result Urban Shock
er. the sensational Toronto twirler
and Aragon, of Richmond. have been
ordered. despite protest by their IN
ternational League owners to report
to Donovan before the end of the
present series.
The National League race takes on
a roster hue each day for Uncle Rob
bic and the Brooklyn Dodgers. Casey
Stengels recent home-run habit and
the apparent trouble in the Braves
camp between Johnny Evers and Red
Smith have resulted in the Brooklyn
team pulling away to a clear lead of
FIVE and a half games.
The weak line of the Dodger line,
through which they have seen many
games roll away ,-Shortstop-ls
apparently to have a new protector
soon. Robbie purchased Jack Kel-
leher, of Denver. who is slugging SEQ
and is said to be better fielder thar
either O'Mara or Olson.
Babe Adams. the Pirates veteran
pitcher who won them a worlds
4 championship in 1909. passed from The
Big Tent yesterday, when Callahan
handed him his unconditional re-
lease.