The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-12
DODGERS LEAD IN
 NATIONAL LEAGUE
Bad Weather Causes Post ponement of One-Third of
 Major League Games

New York. May 11.-Inciement weather, which has caused the postponement of one-third of the major league games thus far scheduled, disrupted play during the latter part of last week, the Nationals postponing ten games out of g and the Americans Y out of 27. No games were , played in the National league Wednes- day and none in the American Friday. ] The Brooklyn Nationals went into first place Monday, although they did not play when Cincinnati dropped hard | fought 19-inning battle to Chicago, which i had tied the score in the ninth inntnS with a sx~run rally. The Chicago Amer l jeans kept ahead of their rivals by SCOT ing four victories in five contests. In the National league Brooklyn won three games and lost one. Brooklyn de- 1 feated Boston last Sunday for the sixth straight time this season, and took two i games from Philadelphia. Tuesday the 1 Superbas overcame scven-run lead, while Griffith's home run and double 1 he1ped on Thursday. Rain interfered with the New York series until today. when the Giants won, Causey allowing Brook ! lyn four hits.
 Sallee of Cincinnati held Chicago to three hits last Sunday After losing the league leadership Monday the Reds ap- peared helpless before Vaughn of Chicago | three hits Vaughn set them back again Sunday.
 l Alexander, the Chicago ex-soldier, WIS in good form Friday, but lost to Fisher in to duel Filler of Cincinnati had his name inscribed in the baseball hall of fame today when St. Louis got neither hit nor run.
 1 New York dropped game to Philadel- phia last Sunday when Williams made a home run in the ninth inning. fhe I Giants beat Boston Tuesday, the Braves ninth straight defeat Boston sprang g surprise Thursday, however, when 1t won it's first game of the season by defeating the Giants in a t-inuing tussle. Steady pitching and opportuno batting gave Pittsburg three victories in four games. Cooper and Hamilton each held St. Louis to five hits, Tho Pirates were Iunable to score on D.<1as of Chicago
 today.
 In the American league Chicago used the bat to advantage while It's pitchers
 were holding the opponents in check. Cfcotte won two victories but lost Sat
 urday to Cleveland in an l1-inning game
 which ne entered in the ninth. Williams
 held Detroit to four hits Tuesday. Chi-
 cago hammered Uhle of Cleveland for +
 hits and ten runs today.
 Boston batted weak'v but won two
 games because Caldwell and Jones each
 shut-out Washington, Caldwell allowed
 three hits and Jones five. New York dc
 feated the worlds champions Monday,
 making it three out of four for the Yan- kees in the series.
 New York divided two games with Philadelphia. Shswkey after losing to the Atehltics Tuesday, came back Thur
 day and just missed q no-hit game when l Roth got the only hit New York and
 Washington played l2-innins nothing nothing tie today in which Johnson gave 1 only two hits.
 Cleveland evened up tho series with
 Detroit by winning last Sundays game,
 St Louis shared two games with Clev4- land the first going 12 innings In this
 contest Jacobson of St. Louis in six trips
 to the plate made two doubles, three sin- gles and a sacrifice.
 Washington made 1t four straight from
 Philadelphia by winning Sunday and Monday, although the Athletics outbattes' their opponents in both contests. De troit beat St Louis Saturday when Weii- mar received poor support and repeated . today when the Browns were unable to ] hit the ball.