| Show Cards Slip In Baseball Race K K H Browns Win Over Red Sox By fly The Associated Press i S MIT S WH-r WH descent deacent of the world worl 1 champion St St. Louts Louis Cardinals from Crom second to fifth place In the thc National league drew attention to today to- to today day dllY to a red hot struggle for tor sec see second second ond on 1 place by four teams team While the Giants like their fel tel fellow tellow fellow low townsmen the tho Yankees In the American league had a good hold holdon holdon on tint first place the next four teams In the National atlon 1 circuit wen en bunched so liD closely a n. cap would cover them The four were the Cubs Phillies Pirates and Cardinals named In Inthe Inthe inthe the order of their presen rank be be- behind behind behind hind the Giants Between the tho first t tand and last of this quartet Just 21 l points intervened CLOSELY IlU A single defeat t U Is enough to send sen one ono of oC the four down several sen ral steps and that Is what happened to the Cardinals when they lost to th the Braves es S 8 to 1 while PIttsburg was wa trouncing the league leading Giants 13 to 6 6 Chicago was beat beat- beating lug ing Brooklyn 7 to 4 4 and tho the Phil Phillies lies tics were Idle Wee Willie Sherdel of the Car- Car Cardinal I dinal little slow ball king was wao batted batte 1 out of the hot box In the sev sov seventh Larry Larr Center Benton of Boston hell the champions to eight Jilts J and h hadded he h. added a i double of oC his owr In the sixth that tallied three runs In the first appearance at the Polo Grounds tho the Cor Corsairs crashed d out 18 hits off three pitchers while Vic Vie Aldridge held the Giants' Giants to 10 Just half that number Joe lIar lIar- riss Pittsburg first sacker had a perfect day at bat with four sin sin- singles Kles and a pass In five fUe attempts Home runs made bj by b Wright and Traynor of the victors and Doc Farrell the youthful Giant Charley Roots Root's pitching plus loose Brooklyn fielding gave gave- the th Cubs the victory that carried carrle l theil from Crom fourth to second place It was Roots Root's sixth w win Ih of oC the sea sea- son A WIX A shake up In the tho American league took place when the tho Tigers made their hits count to defeat d Washington S 6 to 3 3 and the Browns d the Red Hed Sox fox for tor anS an to 6 decision The Senators thus sank from fourth with a tie tic with I Cleveland l to next ne to last Detroit and St ft Louis were deadlocked for forI I fourth position lollIon Disputes with the featured the Detroit game and one ono man of each team was banished for tor talking back Lack White White- Whitehall Whitehall hall fanned tanne d ten Senators The high spot at h it Ht t. t Louis was the batting o oBing of oC Bing Miller of the Browns Drown who made four foul hits one a homer horner in five rive times time up and boosted boost d his average r aver arago age ago to 16 for tor the tho season se ason Eddie Collins now with tho the Athletics vya as a handed a wrist watch atch diamond stick pin and a base on balls bal by his us old oid teammates at Chicago be be- before toro fore rain ended the game in n the I second Inning |
