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Show NATIONAL LEAGUE H Won. LosC Pet. H ' Brooklyn 31 20 .608 M ' Philadelphia 31 22 .585 H i New York 26 24 .520 1 ' Boston 25 25 .500 H ' Cincinnati 26 29 .473 M Chicago ... .. 26 29 .473 H , Pittsburg 22 29 .431 H ! St. Louis 24 83 .421 H ' Yesterday's Results. H New York 7, Brooklyn 4. B ' Boston 1, Philadelphia 2. V Cincinnati 1, Chicago 2. B St. Louis 3, Pittsburg 7. H ) Today's Games. H ! New York at Brooklyn. H I Boston at Philadelphia, H I Cincinnati at Chicago. mi ' St Louis at Pittsburg. V Brooklyn, N. Y., June 23. The H Brooklyn defense blew up in the Hr eighth Inning today and New York H' won the first of a six-game series, 7 M to 4. With the locals leading 4"to 3, H ' Robertson opened the eighth by reach- H i ing first on Olson's fumble. Doyle M doubled and Kauff walked, filling the H liases. On Fletcher's sacrifice fly fl Johnston threw wild to the plate and Hj two runs scored, sending the GiantB H ahead. Cheney hit Merkle and Rari- H( don tripled, four runs scoring on two K hits. New York's other three tallies H were helped along by errors. H I All the Brooklyn runs were earned H; off Benton by hard hitting. Myers H' 5 made a home run in the fifth after H Cheney had doubled. RouBche batted H for Benton in the seventh. Schupp H : pitched one inning and was taken out H for a pinch hitter. Porritt finished H ' the game and held the locals. Dau- M bert's hitting and catches by Cutshaw, H Burns and Robertson featured Dou- |
