Evening times-Republican., 1920-09-28
Leaders Continue
to Win in Close :
Race For Pennant

All three leaders in tho American
race won Monday. Cleveland. which
has a half game lead over chicago
/ has six games t9~p.as, and III ha
! Indians win half OF them the Ha>fs
Sos must win their three remaining
] games with st. Louis to lana lirst
| place.
While il is mathematicaHs possible
I for New York to pass Cleveland. the
Yankees can only tie with CHICAGO.
The local team has two games 70
| play and by winning them while the
two western teams lost all their con-
| tests. New York would be on even
terms with Chicago and game
ahead OF Cleyeiand. A victory by th@
Chicago White SoS or defeat for
the Yankees will put the eastern
team out of the raca
! Cleveland continued Its drive for
| the American League pennant. de-
feasing st. Louis, 10 4, and retain
ing its half game lead on ci.<aso.
Mails held st. Louis at his mercy
with the exception OF two innings.
when seven hits were punched for
| four runs. II was his Sixth straight
win -
After working at top speed for four
innings, Davis faitered. being finally
removed in the (siNth when he al
lowed two hits hnd three bases on
balls. forcing in the run that put the
Indians ahead. Deberry went the
| rest of the way and was reaehel
for three runs indhe eighth inninS,
when Jameson hit into the right fieta
stands for 'aNhome run with o'Selt,
and Mails on bases.
Sisler drove In three runs and
scored the other. his three hits bring
ing his seasons total to 24s. to tie the
American League record made by
Cobb in 1911
| Brooklyn won the championship Of
the National League Monday. altho
idle. as q result OF New York being
defeated, 8 to ., by Boston here in
the second game Of double header,
The Giants won the first game, to
/.
Each now has four games to play
and II the Giants win all of theirs
i and the Superbas lost their four, the
final standing would be:
/ Biooklyn ..,,...... Won 80; lost 81
New York ......... WonSS9: lost Ga
! Boeckel's home run into the left
field bleachers in. the ninth inning
gave Boston victory in the second
game utter New York had tied the
score il the eighth on Frisch's homer.
Both Townsend and Pierotti pitched
/ good ball for the Braves.
| New York took the opener by
/ punching two of it's four hits in the
/ fourth inning. These coupled with
two ihfielders choices and Maran-
villess error, gave two runs, After
this inning not nit was made off
| Townsend.
Bad Tournament at Buffalo Center.
Special to Times Republican.
Buffalo Center, Sept 2S.-The
American Legion is to hold base
ball carnival here the 1st, End, and
3rd of October and has secured the
Moline Club of the Three / League to
play three game series.
Buffalo Center has one of the fast
est ball teams in northern Iowa AMI
southern Minnesota. Last Sunday
they defeated F'airmont to 0 and
Iowa City 8 to 2 at Hands Park
MINI. 1pe first game with Fairmont
was M-hit, no-run game. Powers
and Dippendohl were the batteries
for Buffalo, Knoll and Knox fol
i Fairmont. Powers pitched perfect
ball, neither hitting nor walking a
I man. He struck out eight men.
He pitched seven innings of tbs
second game. He held Swea City hit
less for five of the seven innings.