The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-05-10
Red Sox Cant Stem Tide Of De-
feat-Eddie Collins Has
New Record
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDING



At MISREPRESENTATION s, New
York ..
AT Observation-Disclosures IA, Bos
ton 4.
The Red Sox yesterday lost their fifth
Straieht game, Two Of the five BOs'
ton has dropped to the Senators and
the previous three TO the Yankees. Be
ginning ahead Of the whole bunch, the
Boston Americans have the past few
days struck a losing streak which they
seem unablk TO stem, Although still
at the top sf the club list, Boston IL
only half a game ahead of the Yankees
At Washington yesterday the Rel
Sox were again defeated, the score be
ing a very oneSsided one, The day be
foe. in the hAst game of the series
the senators shit Boston out. Yester
day score; Warrington IA, Boston 4.
rhe best American League game wa
played yesterday at Philadelphia, wher,
the Ath etics managed to win from tn,
Yankees, bringing 10 a temporary halt
at least, the New York Americans win
ing streak, the latter having just prev
i0usly fattened ON the Red Sox. Score
Philadelphia 5, New York Q.
The Browns played rings around the
Tigers at Detroit, winning an easy
1t was q very ragged exhibition chi
cagO fans were in for yesterday after
noon, for the White Sox took the In
dams into camp only after the sides
had piled up 4 total of fourteen runs.
Srore-Chicago o, Cleveland 3. :
White Sox Third Again .'
Cleveland has droppeagfrom secon0
t" fourth and Chicago has gone up from
the latter station to third place. New
York not only is in second place but
the Yankees are only half a game
behind the Red Sox for" first place,
Washington got out of the cellar yes
terday and let Philadelphia down into
it.
Only two American games are SEIZED
uled for today: New York at Phila.
helphia, and Boston Mt Washington
these games closing the present series
Tomorrow will witness all four West.
ern teams playing in the East. The
schedule for the new seSies-May 10,
IL, IS aud l4-being: Chicago at Phil,
adelphia. st. Louis at Boston, Detroit
at New York, and Cleveland at Wash
ington. It will be the first series Of
the year in which the West plays the
East. There will be no games next
Sunday in the American League, -
PHILADELPHIA, April y 27-Four
former Athletics defeatedi Philadelphia
today, TO |, giving Boston the series
three out of four. Joe Bush, for five
years Mack's mainstay in the box, hello
the locals safe in his first appearance
against them. g.
Eddie Collins New Record
ST. LOUIS, April 26--The Chicago
Sox got even with Grover Loudermilk
here today when they got to him in
the first, fourth, and fifth innings and
won from the Browns, 6 to 2. Williams
had one bad inning, the third, when q
single and two doubles scored the
Browns two runs.
Jackson of the White SOx was the
feature today, making four hits, home
run, double and two singles. Besides
this he scored two runs and drove in
the other four for the visitors.
fIuule tOblnS set ne" hoIiu ieS
ord for continuous ball playing. 1t was
his AID straight game. The previous
record, 472 games, was held by Sam
Crawford.
NEW YORK, April 26--Walter John
son, Washington $ star pitcher, won his
first game of the season here today, de
feating New York, 8 to 4. Washington
elinched the game in the opening in
ming, scoring six runs, Eve of then
before o batsman was retired.
DETROIT, Michigan, April 25-Us
ing a team made up mostly OF substi
tutes Cleveland won from Detroit to
day s to 4, mainly through their ability
TO hit Finnersan and fast base running
In the five innings Ffnneran pitched
he allowed seven hits and three bases
on balls and let loose a wild pitch. Ont
Of the irregularS the visitors put IL
the game was Schaefer, who played 8
splendid fielding game at second.
NEW YORK, April 25-The New
American, League baseball club, tonigh
announced the purchase of Catehe
Thomas Clarke from the Cincinnati Ma
tionalS