The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-06
Toney Holds League Lead CTS in Check for Seven Innings But Cubs Score Five Runs in Eighth Vaughn Also Knocked out of Box.


 their 1918 business at the Polo Grounds yesterday, and closed 1t with a bang. The September series carded | between the two teams in Harlem will have to go into the schedule as unfinished business. For seven and | two-thirds innings yesterday the Cubs were as harmless as toy Teddy Bears but in one eventful third of an inning 1 they were fighting bearcats.
 After two Chtcagoans had been ex- tinguished In the eighth the Cubs started a demonstration which did not | dio down until five runs had trickled | over the gplate, By that time the Giants were preparing to execute another retreat, and the Cubs event ually won the game, to 3. The followers of Fred Mitchell won the series, four out of five, and ex- banded their lead to six and a half games. This, 1t may be remarked, Is quite lead with the season clos ing on Labor Day.
 z Jim Vaughn and Fred TOney, who were the opposing pitchers in the first game of the series. tried it out to the finish The excessive heat seemed to bother both of these burlies, though Toney pitched a splendid game until his final blowup In the eighth
 Vaughn had started every series against New York this season with a splendidly pitched game, but when he also tried to take the last game he invariably got drubbing. Yesterday was no exception, the Giants getting to him for three runs in five innings before the gave way to Barber, a pinch hitter, The locals were unable to score on either Carter or Douglas Vaughn's successors.
 Only three Cubs got on bases on Toney until he suffered his cavein in the eighth. Merkle got a life on Zimmermans huff in the second, and Pick beat out a bunt for Chicago's first hit in the fifth. Killifer beat out another bunt In the sixth. The Cubs tried all sorts of tactics to harass Toney, waiting him out, bunting, and straight hitting, but all with no ap- parent result.
 The eighth inning started as though 1t would be another soft round for Toney. He easily retired Pick on a foul to McCarty, while Fielder raised gentle fly to Burns,
 Then everything happened. It fairly rained base hits. Killefer singled to centre-the first Cub hit to get past the infield. O'Farrell batted for Carter, and Toney, who had had perfect control, sent him to first on four straight balls. Wortman ran for O'Farrell
 Flack then drove a clean single to
  Wortman to third. Hollocher lined another single to centre, sending in Wortman. Mann lined a single over Doyle's head, just out of Larry's reach, and Flack sped home with the tying run. On Young's futile peg to the plate, Hollocher went to third and Mann to second.
 Causey, who has developed into the Giants lone pitching dependable, was rushed to Toney's rescue. Paskert however, drove a single between Flet- cher and Sicking, which Fletcher checked, but could not field, Hollocher and Mann both scoring. In an effort to catch Paskert trying to take sec ond on the throw in, McCarty threw into centre field, Dode continuing to third Merkle walked, but on a dou-
 
 It was a tough inning for Toney, and his tenth defeat in his last F games
 The Giants started off with two runs on Vaughn in the first innings Burns walked, and Young knocked a single to left. both runners moving along a base on F1etchers sacrifice Doyle singled to left, scoring. Burns Mann's good throw easily would have nailed Young, but it took a sharp bound to Killifer, and got away from him Young also scoring while Doyle went to second.
 Larry went to third on Zimm's in field out. Thorpe beat out bunt, and Doyle was out trying to score after Jim beat the play at first. Doyle came in ahead of Merkle's throw, but Rigler claimed Larry did not toucf the plate. McGraw could not see thi, contention. and led minority repor in heated language.
 The third Giant run came in thu fifth. Sticking bounded a double owe Picks head, and took third whel Mann threw wild to stop him at sec ond. The kid infielder scored whel Toney whaled a long double to cen ire.
 The feature of the- game was a sen sational running catch by Burns of ; long dri~e to deep left centre in tn seventh. The ball bounced out of hi hand twice. but he ran along with fl and eventually squeezed it.