Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-05
PITCHERS IN BETTER FORM
WARMER WEATHER HELPS
MAJOR LEAGUE HURLERS
Cincinnnti's Winning streak Checked
when Cardinals tSe Three Mounds
men In Friday Game.

| NEW YORK. May 4.-Botter form
was displayed by pitchers OF both ma
| jor leagues with the warmer weather
Of last week than in the opening. week
! OF the season. although numerous con-
tests were features by heavy batting.
| In the National. Cincinnati. topping the
league. ran its winning streak 10 seven
straight Victories un,!l checked Fri
day by st. Louis when the Cardinals
used three pitchers TO hold the Reds to
two hits.
Chicago went into first place in the
American League. getting three vic
tories in four tries while the Boston
and losing three.
Ray Fisher. of Cincinnati, with two
games TO his credit during the week
yielded three hits to Pittsburgh. while
Reuther downed the Pirates with five
hits. Sallec. of Cincinnati. allowed
Chicago three hits today.
Brooklyn kept up it's effective bat
ting and. after dividing two games
with Philadelphia. trounced Boston
twice. Wednesday. oeschgcr. OF Phil
adelphia and Grimes. OF Brooklyn. bat
tied twenty innings to .? tie. Bos-
ton held on for thirteen innings against
Brooklyn Saturday before admitting
defeat.
after the league leaders today by caus-
ing Boston. which has yet to win a
contest. to lose its eighth straight
game.
New York Wins -Four of Five.
New York gave much promise, win
feated Boston twice. The Giants ham
mercd out sixteen hits for a total of
twenty-four bases in one of its VIC
tories over Philadelphia. New York
a r., IL
liams' home run in the ninth decided
the game in the Quallers' favor.
Tyler and Douglas of Chicago. each
scored f"ur-hit victory over st. Louis.
Douglas blanking his opponents.
May. of the Cardinals. held the Cubs
to four hits and no runs. Chicago
made five double plays in this contest.
pittsburgh lost two games to Chicago
Tyler winning Friday and Vaughn out
pitching Hamilton in an eleven inning
game Saturday. The Pirates beat ST.
Louis today.
Tho Chicago Americans took three
games from Detroit and lost ono to
81. Louis when the Browns pounded
three pitchers hard. .In the Detroit
series the White Sox won each game
by II two-run margin. Cicotte. of Chi
cago. held ST. Louis to three hits today.
Yankees Take Two From sox.
Boston placed three games to its
credit out OF four with Washington.
Jones BANKED the Senators Sunday,
ana harper held the Red SoX 10 four
scattered hits Tuesday. New York Of
fered more formidable resistance to
the champions. winning Thursday by
scoring four runs after two men were
out in the ninth inning. The Yankees
won again Friday. but the combina ton
OF Ruth's batting ami pitching was
too much for them Saturday.
Nick's two triples aided New York
IN a twelve-innins victory over Phila-
delphia Monday. The teams divided
the next TWO games. Morton, OF Clevc-
land, ,wirled two -oui games, his
victims being ST. Louis and Detroit.
uhlc, OF Cleveland. made his major
league debut Wednesday,. defeating the
browns Cleveland lost to Detroit Fri
day. when the Tigers touched five
pitchers for sixteen hits. Cleveland
beat Detroit today.
shaw Ciouts Two Homcrs
Washington defeated philadelphia
twice. Shaw making sure of his game
Friday by making two home runs The
Athletics refused 20 take ADVANTAGE of
the generosity of the Washington
pitchers when they gave ten passes
SATURDAY.
Philadelphia outbased WASHINGTON
today, but the Senators scored the most
runs.
The weeks records In each league
or games played. won and lost, with
runs. hits. errors. men left on bases
and runs scored by opponents. includ
ing games of Saturday Nav