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Show AMERICAN LEAGUE. Chicago, April 21. The Chicago Americans played a batting game today to-day and won the final contest of the series with St. Louis G to 1 Benz hold tho visitors to six scattered hits. The locals started their attack upon Pitcher Mitchell with Collins' double and before the inning was over five hits netted four runs. The visitors were saved a shutout as a result of Schalk's error. Now York. April 21. Through spectacular spec-tacular ninth and tenth inning rallies the New York Americans evened , their series with Washington by winning win-ning the second game in the tenth inning. 3 to 2, today. Boehllng, the visitors' young lefthander, left-hander, pitched great ball until the ninth Inning, when with the use of pinch hitters and base runners Chance's men tied the score. New York won in the tenth when with one out Maiscl doubled, look third on Moeller's bad throw and scored on Hartzell's single. Fisher and Cole pitched brilliantly for New York, both Washington's runs being the result of infield errors. Detroit, April 21. The hitting of Cobb and Crawford today was responsible respon-sible for Cleveland's seventh consecutive consecu-tive defeat, Detroit winning 7 to 4. For the third time this season the Tigers had to come up from behind to win. John Williams, the Hawaiian pitcher, made his major league debut for Detroit. The debut lasted one inning During Dur-ing that Inning, the first, Cleveland obtained four runs. Covoleskie pitched pitch-ed the remainder of the game and was invincible. Boston, April 21. Boston and Philadelphia Phil-adelphia battled for thirteen innings today without decision, darkness end ing the game with the score 1 to 1 Loonard and Shawkey both pitched brilliantly.' Leonard struck out nine of the Athletics. He fanned Baker twice when Philadelphia had a man on base. Shawkey kept the Boston hits well scattered and did not allow a hit between the third and tenth innings. in-nings. In the thirteenth Shawkey reached second with one out. Daley lined to Speaker, who ran Into second and completed a double play unassisted. |