Show I I Practice Ball Games I OAKLA OAKLAND D Cal March 13 The Tho The Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- Cht- Cht cago Americans opened their series Benes with the tho Oakland team of oC the Coast league yesterday yesterday- b by winning 3 to 1 Devlin Oakland Oakland's Oaklands B 8 third baseman and manager scored tho the only run for tor his team singling and coming homo home on Catcher Alexanders Alexander's triple In tho the fifth Ping PInE Bodle Bodie got two hits and ono one run aa as did Fourner Fourrier Chicago's Chicago's Chica Chica- gos go's first run was scored by Collins In Inthe Inthe Inthe the second Inning when FournIer beat out an In eld hit The Tho score It U. H. H E. E Chicago o 3 S 0 Oakland 1 6 0 Batteries Russell Batteries Russell and Fourner Fourrier Malarkey Malark Malar- Malar k key y Pruitt and n Alexander VEr- VEr VENICE VErCE CE Cal March 13 The The Chicago American team No o. o 2 defeated the Venice Coast league team yesterday 4 to 3 3 In an Inning eleven game The score R. R H. H E. E Chicago 1 i 1 8 4 Venice 3 5 1 Batteries Batteries Roth and Sullivan Sullivan Sullivan Sulli Sulli- van Chelette re and Elliott Ag- Ag now new HOUSTON HOUSTO Tex March 13 The The Houston Texas league gue club yesterday de debated de- de bated tho the New York American regulars 8 6 to 6 The score fl R. R II E E. Houston 8 s i 13 i 1 Now New York 6 13 3 Ra fla Ray Ware aro and S. S Allen Alien Burch McHale Caldwell Burr and Rog Bog ers TArPA TAMPA Fla Pla March 33 The Tho Chicago o National club dub took ten tori Innings yesterday to detent defeat the Philadelphia Americana 3 to 2 The score R. R II H. E E. Chicago S 7 i 4 Philadelphia 2 2 S 8 3 Pierce Pierce Humphries and Archer Archer Ar Ar- cher Plank Pennock Baldwin and |