Show r T I T rr i J C ii OJ T. T T ar i T r. r T rT I 1 T r r y T y AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAMS JUMBLED IN TIGHTEST RACE IN LONG TIME ONLY 2 TILTS 1 SEPARATE 1ST 5 t FIVE OUTFITS J J V Indians Find Rough Sailing Against Eastern Clubs I By Leo Petersen NEW YORK May 14 H UP The UP-The The Cleveland Indians whose sensational sensational sensational sensa sensa- play was vas one of or the features of the first four I weeks of the season teason season sea tea son are finding the going against eastern American league clubs clubs' a little little lit lit- tle rough Until Y competition 1 f t began last week the Indians were leading th the league ff J with a record of Y I 12 victories and 6 1 defeats against j the western clubs j f irr in their circuit f Today as a re result re- re y t suIt sult of oC four con- con Cochrane defeats three of or them at the hands of the supposedly weak Boston Red Sox Cleveland Is In the second division two games azes behind the league ague leadIng leadIng lead- lead Ing lug Philadelphia Athletics and a half game from rom a a. first division I berth Washington administered Cleve Cleve- land anci its fourth defeat at the hands of an eastern club yesterday 9 to 3 Wes res Ferrell who was injured shortly after he pitched a no hit no run contest against the St. St Louis Browns was pounded hard bard by the Senators and knocked from the box in the fourth inning Brown held the In Indians Indians In- In to eight scattered hits AS A'S NOSE OUT CHI SOX TO STAY IN LEAD The Philadelphia Athletics re retained re- re tamed taine-d their precarious hold on the league lead by defeating the ChIcago Chicago Chi ChI- cago White Sox 7 to 5 in 11 innings George Earnshaw held the White Sox to nine hits Tommy Thomas who had been knocked from the mound In five of his Ills six sL previous starts held the Athletics to nine hits inthe Inthe in inthe the 10 innings he worked Red Faber pitched the final frame and allowed allowe 1 the winning runs to score on Millers Miller's double Dykes' Dykes safe soMe bunt a hit batsman Earnshaw's fly fy and a double steal Mickey Cochrane with a ahome ahome ahome home run double and a single and Miller with a homer and two doubles doubles doubles dou dou- bles led the Philadelphia batting at at- at tack their A late rally raUx enabled d the New York Yankees to keep pace with the Athletics Athletics Athletics' Ath Ath- by the St. St Louis Browns BrO 3 t to 2 2 The Yankees were 10 to 7 and trailed until the seventh when they tied the 1 I score at 2 all Reeses Reese's single and Gehrig's double produced the winning winning winning win win- ning run in the eighth Gomez who relieved ed In the seventh received credit for the victory while went the distance for or the losers TIGERS DEFEAT RED SOX 2 TO 1 In In Inthe the other American league game Detroit won from the Boston Red Sox 2 to 1 Earl al allowed allowed allowed al- al lowed only eight hits with singles by Rhyne Gaston and producing the lone Boston tally aUy in inthe inthe inthe the fourth Gaston held the Tigers scoreless for six innings but in the seventh Doljack singled went to second on an error by Rhyne and scored the tying run on Hayworth's double Alexanders Alexander's single a Gaston's Gastons wild throw and McManus' McManus single produced the winning run in the eighth I All of the contests scheduled In Inthe Inthe inthe the National league were postponed because cause of rain and cold weather Tacoma Scrapper Billy Townsends Townsend's Brother I SEATTLE 11 May a 14 UP UP Freddie I St Steele ele Tacoma lightweight knocked out Joe Townsend Vancouver B C C. a a. brother of oC Billy Townsend TO in iii the second round of a a. scheduled six- six round main event here last night In the semifinal Cecil middleweight middleweight mid mid- fought a fast sL six round round draw with Joe Cortez Cortes of Boise Mrs R. R T. T Stewart Wins Blind Hole Play at Post The only woman to negotiate the second hole in six ix strokes Mrs R. R T. T Stewart won the blind hole tournament tournament ment for women at Fort Douglas this morning Mrs C. C C. C and Mrs E. E E. E Finch each had Ts The No 2 fairway fairway fairway fair fair- way is yards long |