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Show T. LOUIS IS EUGULFED lft B100L. AS PEHCJAWT HOPES FADE' TWO AND HALF GAME LEAD HURTS Little Chance Is Seen for the Browns in Pennant Chase - J : -: S ST. LOUIS. Mo., Bept. Jn. visions el the first baseball championship for EL Louis In thirty-four rears wera dimmed. If not hopeleaaly clouded, today as tha result of tha Browns' defeat at tha hands of tha Washington Senators yesterday, while it,. v.T vrfc van,,., wtr, wll Ping tha Detroit Tigers, thus Increasing ths margin between tha two teams, which hava been contesting hotly all season for flrstp lace, to two aad a half games In favor of tha Eastern club FANS 0 LOO MY. . Tsaterdays setback seemed to dispel most of ths fane' optimism, although tha Tankeea are not yet conceded tha flag. With whatever little chance that remalne ror the Browna to win goes tha fane' hopea that the New York team may yet fall into "hard luck," with alightly mora It". wek'" Pl to go, and that If the locals stay within their preaent distance dis-tance of the leadership the race may not be over until tha last conteat is played. WANT PENNANT. k.!;' .'"' Ks last championship baeeball In ism, when the Browne In the American association went over tha T'u' .""11 "Of'd la engulfed In gloom, whlrn started when the Yankeea won an Important aerlea from the Hrowns and ? w wa" '"'"sod by yeslerrlay'a loss to Washington, considered one of the weaker teauia of the league However, applications for reaervatlons ror the world eerles continue to pour Li . 'J.' ,'nouna o the headquarters of ths tit. Louis Americans. Giants' Road Easy to Ride CHICAGO. Sept. M.Tha New Tork rankers were a notch nearer their eec Sl..tc,!llh """"''n league cham- t. "KK.,0J'r..'." 1 r'"uIt ot lfells; . Ty cobha battling Tlgera. 4 to I In the iJ,T.i.u rl'. while the 8t. if!owun,, " without tha aervlcea ?t f.'lt.r nd "owing a reaction iST? li i"'0" t "" losW struggle with the Hugmen, succumbed to Washington Wash-ington by tha aame score. YANKS INCREASE. .hilt Jnkees Increased their lead ln the race to two and a half gamea. They can clinch the pennant by taking given! S't ."Z, r'mrln'" mV. even Tf tests " " lght of fian..Ton" ol ,he Tankees and Hcr-0" Hcr-0" "'' Cfbb's twirling ?JTh 'J to abMy alarts: but Jones waa 'tight after the second Inning. J r,.,1 wsakened aey.'rr.h aniX tlng and winning runs Hahe Ruth. tTJ Thom'r' eSUt b? Srhanff and Jones, and extra, ha, wal-lopa wal-lopa by Hipp wn Meuael weraUJsoTin; factorg for tha Yankeea coring Ken Williams of the lirowna matched Ruthg circuit clout, wlthhig : thlrtj-ninth thlrtj-ninth puttln him two ahead of Romti Hornsby of ih au Loul. Cardinals and increasing the probability 4 hat VS w"ll chief" lh " lhU - -cl Sn Ql ANTS SAFE. Tha Nw York Olantg holdinr tha aeem ngly impregnable lead of gS a half iramea wrre ready to battfe the second place tlttaburg outfit In thi fir.! of a three-Kama serieg today The PI- ' rates gained half a jram In Ih2 ri?I by trimminr PhlladelphiS'i to ' I J2 th championg were idle. The Oianu to clinch their eighth National leiiuo title jilnca IitM. need win but Jnn of the ir thirteen -ames. even If the Pi rates ture aU ten contests le" CI" Two rvruit twirlerg. Metevlar nri Winn, pitched Cleveland to a douWa " tory over the Boston Red Bok T to 4 l to J. Nauher la.ued VtLn Homaby hit nfelr In hla thirtv-thlrd i'(UJ im' whi,e 8t- Loul" downed the Boaton Bravee. to 4, In the only other game played In either major league. |