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McGraw's Battlers Win on
/ Wild Pitch in First
4 of Series.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Aug. 11.-Fighting
pluck of the calibre which brought
them over the hurdles of four con-
-secutiye drives to National League
championships, has famed the smould-
ering embers of New York's resistance
TO the Pittsburg pennant gallop.
Crippled by a succession of injuries
10 their regular infielders, and bruised
by jolts at St. Louis and Cincinnati,
which hurled them five games behind
the pace, the Giants came back yester-
day in the face of disaster and stung
the Pirates 2-to-1 defeat in the first
game of four game series.
Lee Meadows, pitching ace OF the
leaders, flung the game into the laps
OF the invading host in the heat OF
conflict with a wild pitch. Close be-
hind the heave came Ross Youngs from
SECOND base with what proved the win
ming run of gripping mound duel
between Meadows and Jack Scott.
REDS HALTED
The victory did more than lift Nc
Graw's desperate club q game nearer
the leaders. 1t rescued the champions
temporarily, at least, from a threaten
ing flank movement on the part of
Cincinnati, for, while the Giants were
getting back into a winning gait, the
Brooklyn Robins were wrestling loose
from a losing streak of their own and
were flooding Redland with a deluge of
III hits for twin triumph, 7-3 and
1871. Cincinnati's setbacks detOurcd
them four games from second place
trail.
Lee Meadows was not the only
pitcher who could not tame the truant
curve yesterday. Jimmy Rings wild
ness in the early innings gave st.
Louis, decision over the Phillies, )
10 3, while Milstead could not keep
his benders out of reach of Boston
bats and the Braves took a decision
over the Chicago Cubs, 5 to 3.
\ STANDINGS SAME .
Philadelphia and Washington, locked
In even contest on pennant route for
more than a week, remained separated
by the narrow margin of two games
as q result of triumphs yesterday in
the American League. A five-run rally
in the eighth, capped by Simmons
nineteenth home-run of the season,
rescued the Athletics in a game with
the Browns, 6 10 4, while Ructher Of
the Senators shaded Uhle of the In
dams in battle Of pitching arms, j
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Detroit further fortified itself in
fourth place against the Browns by
overcoming a four-run lead, obtained
by the Red Sox in the first inning, to
carry through an uphill struggle for
victory, 8 TO Z.
A third southpaw was added to the
White Sox pitching staff when Man
ager Eddie Collins claimed Jim Joe
Edwards via the waiver route from
the Cleveland Indians. Dick Kerr and
Mike Cvengros are the other two left
handlers. Edwards was former
Mississippi college star but was of
little use TO Cleveland last season be-
cause of an injured knee.
Tony Kaufman, who relieved Mil
stead in the third inning, was inef-
fective as a twirler but led his club
with the stick. getting three blows off
Genewich in three times at bat. One
of Kaufman's hits landed in the left
field bleachers which are being re-
moved and went for a double under
the ground rules.
The Tigers came from behind and
beat the Red Sox out in the tenth
inning. Ty Cobb's daring base running
decided the issue. The veteran started
the tenth with single, moved up a
base on a sacrifice, stole third and
dashed across the plate while He'll
mann was being retired at first.