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Show CUBS OVERWHELM GIANTS IN BIG LOAN "BALL GAME" (Chicago Tribune Special Service.) CHICAGO, May 9. Chicago's Cubs simply swamped the New York Giants tonight in the "ball game" played by telephone to aid the Victory loan drive. The game was conducted at tho Blacks tone by the Gold y tar Mothers. So far as could be learned, the combat broke up in a riot in the first inning, when Albert Loeb, pinch hitter, knocked the ball out of sight. It was flashed from New York over a "phoney" phone that the Giants hud scored four runs. Then the Cubs began. Max Flack went to bat and "Walter Wilson put him on first with a $17,000 subscription. Hollochor followed, fol-lowed, and Potter Palmer put him on with $1 0.000. Mann was next, and Edward llinos slapped down $50,000 for a home run, thus giving tho Cubs three counts. Eouis tStrumer gave $10,000 to get Puskort to first ba?e. then Mr. "Lueb tossed a ?1.0oO,000 subscription in tho game, and they haven't found the ball yet. It was reported over the "phono" that McGraw and his men had walked off the field. Other big subscriptions followed after thf "ball game' broke up. There was $1,000,000 handed over by tho International In-ternational Harvester company, and William Wrigley. chief stockholder of the Cubs, wired from Pa.vade.na to put him down for 770,000 to help the Cuba win. A baseball Autographed bv Manager Mitchell and Pitcher Alexander netted net-ted $7n.n(ii) by cumulative bidding, Walker Huies making the final bid. Tht total umount realized at tho dinner and ball gam was f l, 000,000. |