Show CHICAGO CUBS LICK PIRATES WITH 14 TO 9 Indians Beat White Sox and Giants Defeat Cardinals By The Associated Press Having matched the slugging of Waner and Harris with the wal wal- walloping walloping walloping loping of Webb Wilson and Steph- Steph Stephenson Stephenson Stephenson enson the Chicago Cubs were pressing forward more confidently today In their duel duei with the Pitts- Pitts Pittsburg burg Pirates for National league supremacy In winning the opening game of the Important series serles 14 to 7 7 yes yes- yesterday yesterday es esterday the Cubs the feared Pirates 14 to 9 9 slammed the only home run of the game and made madea a single error to the Buccaneers' Buccaneers 3 Charley Chancy Root had the better of the pitching argument with Hill Yde Ydo and Cvengros As a re result re- re result sult suIt of the victory the Cubs are only a fraction more than one game behind the Pirates Playing the big series on their home field the Cubs got away to a much better start In their bid for tor forthe forthe the lead than did the tho Chicago White Sox a II few days ago when they sought to oust the tho Yankees from the American league attic In Ina a a. series serie In New York The Sox Sex could win in only the last one of the four our games and since then have been losing dismally HELD TO FOUR FO UR nITS HITS Even the tho White Sox's pitching ace Ted Lyons was ineffective yesterday against the Indians who 1 ho beat them 3 to 2 L It was Lyons' Lyons first defeat In nine starts and his clubs club's ninth In the last 12 games Iame of the Indians earned his victory by pitching hit four-hit ball In the only other American league game the Detroit Tigers won a point in their attempt to dislodge the Senators from the first divis divis- division divisIon division ion by winning a a. 5 to 1 decision At last tho the New Work Giants found round themselves with good pitch pitch- pitchIng pitching Ing and beat the Cardinals 4 to 3 Larry Benton whom McGraw has Just acquired from the Braves Bra fanned eight and allowed only two hits h In the five innings before he was forced out of the game by be be- being being being ing struck with a pitched ball bali and Clarkson gave only two safeties the rest of the way A third 1 good pitcher In the game was Sherdel of the Cardinals who was hit safe safe- safely safely ly 1 but six times PITCHES TWO GAMES GA Jack Scott of the Phillies how how- however however ever outshone all the other hurl- hurl hurlers hurlers ers era of the day at least In ambition After pitching a 3 to 1 victory over the Reds In the first game ame of ofa f fa a double header Deader he hurled the second game too losing it by 3 to 0 0 |