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Show AMERICAN LFAfilit w. l. ret. Boston 0 2 .SIS Cleveland 5 2 .714 Washington .", 4 .556 Detroit 2 2 .500 j Chicago 2 2 .5001 New York 4 7 .364 Bt Louis 2 5 .286 Philadelphia .2 7 222 YESTERDAY'S REsI LTS Ai Detroit Cleveland-Detroit game-postponed, game-postponed, rain. At New York Washington 9, New ork 4 . At Philadelphia Boston 2 Philadelphia Phila-delphia 1 At St. Louis Chicago 6, St. Louis 2 : TODAY'S SCHEDULE Chicago at St. Louis. Cleveland at Detroit Boston at Philadelphia Washington at New York. ST. LOUIS. April 26. Chicago hit1 Loudermllk hard and opportunely, and. aided by two errors, won the opening game of the home season here today. 6 to 2 Joe Jackson was the particular star. He got lour hits In as mans tlnv at bat. driving in five of the visitors runs and scoring 'he other himself. In I the fourth, with Golllns on first, he hit the ball Into the right -field bleachers for a home run Eddie Collins, second baseman on the White Box, today broke tho world's record for playing in consecutive gamefl Including today's game Collins hns played in 473 straight games. The record was previously held b Sam Crawford, with 472 games. Score by innings: Chicago 100 230 0006 St Louis 002 000 0002 Summary: Errors McMullen, Ged-eon, Ged-eon, Nunamaker, Gerber. Two-base hits Tobin, LoudermilR. Home run Jackson. Stolen base Leibold. Sacrifice Sacri-fice hits Maisel 2. Left on bases Chicago 6. St. Louis 8. First base on errors Chicago 2. Bases on balls Off Williams 5, off Loudermllk 2. Hits off Loudermilk 3 In five Innings, off Lei-field Lei-field 2 In four innings. Hit by pltchST By Williams (Nunamaker). Struck out T; Williams 4. by Loudermllk 3. bv L--ifild 1. Losing pitcher Louder-milk. Louder-milk. WALT JOHNSON TAKES HIS FIRST OF SEASON NEW YORK. April 26. Walter Johnson, Washington's star pitcher, won his first game of the season here today, defeating New York, 9 to 4. Washington clinched the game in tho opening inning, scoring six runs, five of them before a batsman was retired. re-tired. Score by innings: Washington 620 000 0109 New York 001 110 1004 Summarv: Errors Lavan. Shanks, Judge Foster, Pratt. Two-base hit-Morgan. hit-Morgan. Three -base hits Pratt, Gil -hooloy. Stolen base Shotton. Sacrifice Sacri-fice hits Foster, Judge, Sacritke flies Alnsmith, Peckinpaugh. Double plays-Plpp (unassisted); Foster to Judge; Hannah to Baker; Lavan to Judi;tj. Left on bases New York 7, Washington 7. First base on errors New York 3. Washington 1. Bases on balls Off McGraw 4, off Thormahlen 4. off Johnson 3. Hits Off McGraw none (one out when relieved); off I Thormahlen 10 in nine innings Balk I Thornimahlen. Struck out By Thor- j mahlen 1, by Johnson 2 M ild pitrh. g Thormahlen 2. Losing pitcher McGraw. WILD PITCH TAKES GAME FROM MACKMEN PHILADELPHIA. April 26 Boston defeated Philadelphia. 2 to 1, today. Scott Perr held Boston hitless for Bis innings and then cut loose a wild pitch as Strunk started to steal third in the seventh. Strunk scored. Score by innings Boston 000 000 2002 Philadelphia 000 100 0001 Summary Error Kopp. Two-base bits Hoblitsel, Perkins. Stolen bases Strunk 2, Walker 2 Sacrifice hits Mclnnis, Schang, Gardner Double plays -Leonard to Hoblitzel to Mcln-iii Mcln-iii -. Mclnnis to Hoblitzel. Left on ba-es ba-es Boston 4, Philadelphia 11 Bases on balls Off Leonard 10, off Perry 4. Struck out By Leonard 1. Wild pitches pitch-es Leouard, Perry. |