The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-11
THREE CLUBS HAVE WON SIX CONTESTS FROM SINGLE TEAM
Leaders in the National Have Been Filing Up
 Victories
By JOHN B. FOSTER

| tCopyrigh-, 1921, by The Age -Heraid) 1 New York, May 10.-While moving day
 was going on in big league hamlets be-
 tween the east and west Brooklyn hooked
 up in the first double-header of the sea
 son Monday and the Brooklyns lost
 chance to gain heap of advantage. 1 A team in the front running which wins
 double-header puts away nourishment
 for the future, and when it can only
 break even in double-header it is worse
 off than if it never had played it, be-
 cause in the long run the defeats, and
 not the victories, in baseball tell the
 stories of a percentage championship. Cadore pitched the second game, which
 Brooklyn lost. He has not been able to pitch a winning game for the champions this year, although he did better in his last attempt than he has before. Uncle Dobbie, the Brooklyns' manager, insists | that Galore is all right and one of the best curve pitchers in the National league.
 The Detroits cleaned-up on St. Louis before meeting the east at home and the
 teams began their first canter with the Atlantic outfit very much reversed from the expectations of their home fans. In St. Louis they figured to be right close to the top in company with Clevelanu' and in Detroit they didn't figure any thing, but were just hopeful. The hope fuls got their reward. INDIANS HIGH SCORERS In the first meeting between the west
 and west and east and east sections Cleveland proved to be the high score club in the American by winning SIX games from the Browns, and Cleveland was the only six-time winner in that cir- | cult It captured five games from Chl- cago and four from Detroit. It was de- feated twice by Detroit, Chicago and St. Louis.
 The six-game winners in the National
 were Pittsburg with a half dozen VIC l tories over Cincinnati, and New 4orh with the same number over Boston. Pitts burgs success against Cincinnati was rich morsel, because in the past the
 Reds more than once have stood between l the Pirates and first or second piace Ill | a National league race. The Pirates won | five from Chicago and five from St. l Louis They lost once to Chicago ana three times to Cincinnati. In their win ming games they outplayed their riva's l except once, and were beaten twice by | whisper.
 BRAVES A PUZZLE l The six victories for the Giants over | Boston are rather nonplussing, i'll vlew ol the fact that Boston won well againse
 Brooklyn and Philadelphia and won nothing against New York. The Gianls
 trimmed Brooklyn only twice and de-
 feated Philadelphia four times. | Washington helped itself to good place
 because it could win from the Athietics | Five times the Senators rappeu 'iio
 Maclxmen on the nose. As in l92O, thes
 iarred the Yankees hard, winning TOUT
 games from them, and in Boston, as III other years, they found their hated ri- vaIs They captured only brace of
 games from Boston, losing four to the Frazee outfit, three to New York ana | two to Philadelphia. The toughest part
 of washington's campaign was the losa of two games when they were nookeu anu
 almost in the boat. Detroit smasneo through the Browns for six Victorles' which boosted the Tigers toward the ton They won but two from Cleveland,
 and Chicago ran them a real race, wlh-
 ming three to rDetroit's four.
 TANKS DISAPPOINTING New York Americans made d1stlnct'N
 disappointing showing. A team whicn aspires to pennants must win more lian three games from each of it's rlvals III a home session. Boston unquestiohapE did better Tn the American race tt'al many had expected, and if the team nau an outfit of winning pitching taient' might upset the American league Jaili not, because the Boston infieid IS lii'e com bination. ,.h
 The St. Louis Browns and the Ath- letjcs were simply losers as were the
 sox. Not one of the three clubs made a real winning showing against any
 rival.
 Seth of the leaders in the lnterna-
 tional league were defeated Monday' and Buffalo is still climbing slowly Iut surelv upward In the Jersey I(titv-Svracuse series, Kane, right fielder for the Jersey City team. has been making a great spring record at that On Monday he hit three singles
 and a triple. in four times at bat and
 in the series of the 10 times that he
 nas stood at the plate he has got or
 each time with seven and three bases
 on balls.