Show TO eO 1 Spart 1 Dope j I l h I vu l T II I ITHEN Darzy Vance Brook Drook- Brooky y lyns lyn's great pitcher set down 1 4 the without 0 a solitary safe saCe I swat the other day he turned In a rather unusual piece or of work I For only five days das before the strikeout king had set the same back with but one hit thus I making 18 Innings ot of hurling In inless less than a week eek and allowing just justa a a. single safety On both oc Vance Yance was vas just about as near to a perfect game as he I. perhaps r ever W will be I In t the first r one a single gle b by I Chicken Hawks robbed him ot of a a Place In hall ball or of tame alongside ot of Addle Jose C Cy Young Youn and Charley Chancy Robertson Hawks was the only roe foe to reach first base and as he was wall later caught steal steal- ing only 27 batters raced faced Vance In the second contest It was Hawks again who proved the th Jinx though a a. two base muff by John John- ston the Dodger outfielder permit permit- permitted ted the batter balter to reach second front from Whence ho ha later scored Vances Vance's two tilts over a stretch ot of five lve days certainly stand out u a J the premier performances for tor quite J. J a a. while LOW Lo JUT GAMES G. Speaking or of low g games gamu there have been quite a few Cew during the tho last lut few tew weeks or of play or since the modified ball came Into exist exist- ence Pitching duels uncommon for a tong long stretch have b beers en In order to a great extent Many x p-x- Inning tra-Inning frays have also alo cropped I out On top or of Vances Vance's two remark remark- remarkable remarkable able pitching exhibitions came a two hit contest by Sad Sam gam Jones or of the Yankees Jones held the th hitting heavy Athletics to R. R pair or of blo blows one on a scratch by Cochrane I Jones Jonel tailing failIng to cover first on the Mack catchers catcher's infield tap A perusal or of the box scores s reo re- eals that more games are being played under the double figure hits than above the single mark these thell I days Summed up the pitchers are a again aln coming comins- Into their own on and I Ia Its It's the revamped sphere that Is I dO-I do- do doIng Ing Ine i. i I AND T American league batting championship no now seems to rut rest between Cobb And Speaker The Theatter latter atter commands Sl a slight flight lead at this writing But a sate safe one by any means Speaker according to reports will not play again this season so it will 1 be up to tl the Georgian to overtake the pilot or of the Indians who ho boasts a hitting percentage ot of The battle between the two for tor indIvidual supremacy recalls recall the fIght they waged aged back In 1916 when Speaker finally nosed the Tiger out thus hailing a a. string or of nine successive c hat battIng ling titles tilles Cobb recently returned to the game after an extended absence and set fet to put ut on a hectic bat 4 Ie e wIth hi old rIval to the end ot of the th campaIgn j |