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Show F W .. HOUARD. PLAYS PUGORE FOR m-TEEOWnTADC v. CUBS CUHB f INTO THIRD IN NATIONAL r Macks Score 3rd Consecu- tive Victory Over Washington (By United Tress.) Tha world champion Philadelphia aithletlra jeegalned a tie for first I place tn tfis American league Saturday Sat-urday and appear well started toward a successive American league pennant. Philadelphia climbed back Into first place hy defeating Washington, Washing-ton, their moat dangerous rivals, 1 to S, and now are In a position to ' fr-m wndlaputed posseaalon of the Jvad by winning ths final gams of the aeries Sunday. Three consecutive victories In two days gavs proof that ths Athletics have broken the "Jinx" held ever them by ths Senator, and the A'a SLT confident of aweeplng the series 111 aex,1 slej"tlng thetr flrnt western In vaaton at the head of Uie league. Previous to the current series the Senators had won seven of nine james against the Athletics. WALBERQ ALLOWS (ONLY ft HITS Rube Walberg held tha Senators to five hits today, pitching no-htt 1 ball for ths final five Innings. His mates won ths game with a four- gun attack on Brown In the eeoon 1. Chicago's crippled Cubs rallied ' to score three runs after two were out In ths ninth Inning and de-k de-k feated the Ht. Louis Cardinals, 6 to S. The wlngave the Cubs clean weep of thl three-game series and enabled ths 1U2B National league champions to regain third plsce. Hap Co liar d bested Dassy Vance In a pitching duel and the last place Philadelphia phitllea defeated the league leading Brooklyn Robins, 3 . to 1. Cincinnati's Reds took advantage k of Pittsburg errors and Larry French's wlldness to defeat the Pirates, 10 to 4. French wsUrrd is men and his mates mads 4ur gnlsplsys. A two-run rally In ths ninth fell short and the New York .Giants dropped their third straight game to the Boston Brave. S to S. The 1 defeat wss the fifteenth In eighteen atsrts for the Giants; Ed Wells pitched ths New Tork 5'ankees to their third ntralght win ever Boaton, fi to 2. Wells allowed eight hits, but coasted to an easy .victory after his mates knocked alsrk Russell from the mound with gk four-run attack In the second. Cleveland pounded Wyatt for five guns In ths third Inning and defeated de-feated the Detroit Tigers, 7 to 4. Clint brown pitched for the winners, win-ners, scoring his fourth victory of ths year and his third consecutive rin over Detroit. Oscar Mellllo stole horns In ths ninth Inning to give the St. Louis Browns a 3 to S win over the Chi-cago Chi-cago White Box. Alvin Crowder and Red Faber each allowed only five hits, but ths Browns combined two hits, a walk and Mellllo theft to score ths tying and winning funs. |