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Unearned - Colonies
Back in Lead.

Louisville was back on top in the
A. A. again today while the Indians
found themselves a few more points
removed from first place. Bill Mey-
er's Colonies downed the Brewers,
Thursday, 5 to 4. in the see-saw
series at Louisville, but the Bush
men fell before the K. c. Blues here,
6 to 3.
Kansas City has played six games
in Indianapolis this season and has
managed to escape defeat at Wash
ington Park. Bill Burwell was the
victim Thursday when his defense
cracked, Ave of the visitors six runs
being unearned. He did not allow a
hit until the fifth.
Sticking Handicapped
The absence of Shannon has be.
gun to prove costly. Sticking is play.
ing short, handicapped by a lame
arm. Eddie is out there. but it is
punishment. He is performing with
a plaster on his right shoulder.
Voter gave the Blues a run in the
first inning Thursday on a wild
throw to first. and in the sixth Sick.
ing was charged with two miscues
that played a large part in the K. C.
four-run rally in that round.
The Indians knocked Olsen off the
Blue mound, but Heinie Meme went
in and there wasn't much doing from
a Tribe standpoint in the late in.
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Umpires Magerkurth and Derr
cracked along with. the Tribe infield
and whenever they booted a decision
the Indians were the victims.
Jack Wisner was in line to do
the Tribe pitching in the third strug.
gle of the series today. Carmen Hill
also was reported ready for duty.
linn and Oldham were in shape to
toll for the Blues. The k. c. series
will end Saturday and on Sunday
the Milwaukee Brewers will play a
double-header mere to start a FIVE.
game series.
Citizen Soldiers
Today was ladies day" and kids
day" Citizen soldiers from FIT.
Benjamin Harrison were guests of
the Tribe club officials Thursday
and about 1000 of the kh~aki.clad
young men were present. They had
a band with them. The c. M. T. G.
boys gave the Indians plenty of en-
enlargement. but it was wasted.
About 1900 regular fans attended.
The crippled Tribe lineup was
certain to blow sooner or later and
it seems as though the explosion has
occurred.
The Indians were three and one
half games back OF the Colonies to.
day and three games behind the
Brewers.
For the second day the Bushmen
outhit the Blues by one blow, but
lost.
Burwell drove in one of the Tribes
three runs Thursday. On Wednes-
day Henry drove in the lone local
marker. The Indian pitchers are
doing their very best to keep the
club from tobogganing.
Rehg delivered with timely singles
Thursday and drove in two runs.
Miller accepted ten chances at
second. Sticking, with a lame
shoulder, accepted ten out of twelve.
Rehg made a line throw to the
plate after sharing Tierney's short
fly in the seventh, but the ball took
a puzzling hop over Ainsmith's head.
Smith scored after the catch, but he
would have been an easy out but
for the break in luck on the throw.
in. If Smith had been retired the
Blues would have won, 5 to 3, all
K. C. runs unearned.
When his defense went to pieces
in the sixth Burwell weakened and
four hits were obtained off him in
that stanza.
Moore's catch off Ainsmith in the
ninth was the outstanding garden
play Thursday. A long run was
necessary.
Louisville beat out Milwaukee
Thursday in the last half of the
ninth. After one out. Gaffney
doubled. Shanks was retired, but
Wilkinson came through with a
timely single, scoring Gaffney with
the winning run.