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Show BATTED OFF SLAB BUTWQN GAME Chicago, Sept. 11 Investigation as to whothcr a pitcher can be batted off tho slab and still bo credited with a victory carae up after the game between be-tween the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago White Sox yesterday afternoon. after-noon. Incidentally there was much argument ns to whether Pitchor Joe Wood should have been credited with his fifteenth victory. Ho was officially offi-cially declared the winning pitcher, but thero were many who argued that his string of victories had been broken, brok-en, and that Pitchor Hall should have been credited with the victory. Under the system worked out bv John Ilcydlcr and Robert McRDy, when the latter was secretary of the American league, no pitcher was given credit for a victory If ho was battod off the slab. Preeidont Johnson did not follow that sjstem In a recent ruling involving I'itcher Walter Johnson. John-son. The president of tho league could not bo found last night and no ruling from him could be had regarding re-garding Pitcher Wood. |