Show A ATHLETICS SUFFER A SLUMP w Ir INDIANS DIA JS PULL ODD PLAY Pirates Meet I Cross Cur Cur- Currents Currents rents Against Bos Bos- Boston Boston ton Club NEW MEW YORK Aug AU 26 RII Re OP Re Recession L cession of oC National league waves tossed up In New York by bya a steaming pirate craft today per permitted milled baseball fans tans to turn their major ml Interest once onee more snore to an American league ue battle of thrills and ond spills between Philadelphia and Washington For the tho la last t two t o days la s th the tho spills spill have prevailed d with such telling ef effect ef- ef fact that the two to leaders separated by b but a single game have been beers chained together to ether In common sub sub- submission submission mission to a I. I firm western estern front fortified by b unbeatable pitching The Athletics Athletic In their worst slump of the year ear yesterday c erday I dropped their sixth game garno In eight el ht I starts to Cleveland but hut the cham cham- plan pion Senators were helpless before the pitching of Gaston In St. St Louis Lou connecting for flee five safeties and taking an 8 to I 2 defeat Macks Mack's men received the count from the Indians with I a stronger protest T After a promising rally rall In Inthe Inthe inthe the second inning had been snuffed out out by a. a triple play they the spurted a aln In the eighth but drive c fell short one run 4 to 3 CONCLUDE CO TRIP Both teams conclude their west est western ern em Invasion on Sunday They will then come to a L moro more definite s st t- t of the dispute In crucial series serle at Washington ton September 1 and 2 antI and 1 nd at Philadelphia Septem Septem- September ber 7 7 8 5 and 9 The Pirates Pirate fresh tresh from their th lr sweeping victory over ov r Now New X W York ran Into cros cro currents current at nt Boston where wh re the Braves fighting to emerge from the cellar tossed beck blk the pennant bound craft 3 2 to 1 and climbed to within a a. tingle sIngle point of or seventh plane A Giant castoff Jet Jess Barnes limited the Pittsburg outfit to Ms six hits as Pres Pres- President PresIdent ident Barney Dreyfuss coming to the Hub for tor th Ih third time since 1908 to 10 see lee his men perform viewed his entry In defeat detent The New York Giants gave trave no no- notice nolice lice tice that they were still In the fight by two demonstrations of ot er belll enn ene While they were ere thrusting back hock the challenge of at Cincinnati 7 to 6 6 and cutting culling lead to 10 five games Ross floss Young flared up a at a Pitcher Donohue after being hit on the arm with a pitched ball PLAYERS 11 BANISHED Young swarmed out to the pitch pitch- pitchers pitcher's pitchers ers er's box and ond aimed a Do return blow at the th hurler but Umpire Quigley turned the diamond into a tern tem temporary gridiron by b tackling the Giant Glans player at the the- knees lifting him In his arms and then banish banish- banishing ing log him from the the- park along with Donohue Brooklyn antI and St. St Louis had h It out for tor fourth place and the Car Car- Cardinals J lost the decision 5 S to 4 The Cubs and Phillies put on a long range ranse firing duel which dented the Ihl Quaker City field with 37 31 torrid shots Including five fire homers homer Chi Chi- Chicago Chicago cago brought brou ht forth the most mORt base hit ammunition to win with 22 31 2 safeties 19 to tal 10 O. O Two homers by Bob his twenty fourth and twenty fifth of the season liberated ceason liberated the Yankees Yanke's from a a. l. l game five losing streak at atthe atthe atthe the expense of the White Sox 7 to 10 4 while the thc Boston Red Sox re- re resigned resigned signed to Detroit after a run 9 ral ul- rally ral- ral ralI ly h I by the Tigers ers In the opening in inning In- In Inning inning ning 14 to 4 |