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Show NATIONAL LEAGUE. . Won Lost Pet Philadelphia 53 45 .541 Brooklyn .55 49 .529 Boston 52 50 .510 PitlBburg 51 49 .510 Chicago .'.51 : 49 .510 New York 49 48 .505 St. Louis 49 55 .467 Cincinnati 43 57 .429 BOSTON WINS. 's St. Louis, Aug. 11. Boston wound up its series here today by winning the -first game of a doubleheader 6 to 2, and tying the second game. The latter was called at the end of the ninth inning on account of darkness while the score stood 2 and 2. Hard hitting marked the opening contest, each team getting one or more hits in every inning except in the first.' Long wats the star batsman bats-man of the day. In eight tlnjes up Tie sent out a homer, a triple, a double dou-ble and two singles. Ragon. driven from the box In the first game came back in the second and held St. Louis to three hits in seven and a third innings. First Game. Boston 002 110 200 G St. Louis '. 001 000 0012 Second Game. Boston 000 002 0002 St. Louis 200 000 OJQO 2 CUBS WIN FINAL GAME. Chicago, Aug. 11. Chicago defeated Brooklyn 5 to 2 today and thereby prevented the visitors from making clean sweep of the series. The locals lo-cals made all their runs In the second inning off Dell. In this session they gathered four hits, one of which was a triple, and coupled with Dell's wild throw of McLarry's sacrifice, a baae on balls and another sacrifice, took a lead which the Dodgers were unable to overtake. The visitors outhit the locals, but Lavendervjvas given rino support in thopinches, Brooklyn , 010 000 0102 Chicago 050 000 00 5 |