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Show RUTH INS G1E by mm Yankees Virtually At the Top; Indians- Lose to Browns; Athletics Drop Another WASHINGTON. Aug. 14. (American.) (Ameri-can.) Ruth's forty-second home-run ri presented the margin by which New ork defeated Washington today, their 3 to 2 victory sending the Yankees to irtually even terms with the' leegue-le&dtag Clevelantla Ruth hit over the right field wall In the first inning. Ruth's single, following a r.lk to Pecklnnn uch unrl I'iMs ilmi. j ble also gae the lsitors their other I two runs In the sixth. Shaw struck1 .out Ruth In me thiid. Score. R H. E. New York ...100 002 0003 9 1 Washington . oio 001 000 1 V 1 Battel les: Collins and Rucl; Shaw ai'.d Oharrity, J CLEVELAND. Aug. 14. (American; (Ameri-can; Cleveland sustained its fifth I consecutive defeat today, being beaten' ; by St. Louis, 5 to 3. Snocker was In-..t.'ible In-..t.'ible alter the third Inning. Score: R, li. E ' ,St Louis 004 000 010 o '.i t Cleveland . . . 012 000 000 3 5 0 Rulteries: ShucKer and Billings. Morion, L'nle nnd O'Neill. PHILADELPHIA. Aug 14 (Ainer- lenn Boston won th deciding ganie of the series Iroin the Athletics, 6 to! 3, today by a batting rally in tho seventh. Keefe held Boston scoreless until mc seventn, when a wiiii throw and several hits got him into trouble OOd Rommel was rushed to his rescue. Six hits gave Boston the lead. Score; P.. H E. Boston 000 000 510 6 12 1 I Philadelphia . ..002 010 000 3 I Batter u s. Bush and S Chang, Walters; Wal-ters; Keele, Rommel and Perkins. : DETROIT. Aug. 14 ( American.) Detroit and Chicago divided B double- I header today, the visitors winning the; Ik at, 5 to 2, and the Tigers the sec-1 end, 6 to 1. Kerr's pitching brought I victory lo Chicago in the first, while I Detroit took the second by hard hlt- tlng. bcore (first game): R. H E Chicago 010 002 0205 11 1 Detroit 0U0 110 000 2 6 1 Batteries: Ken and Schalk; Uld- Iham, Ayirs and slanlon, Btanage, Ain- Isnilth. Score (second game): R H E. Chicago 001 000 000 1 5 01 Detroit loi 013 00x 6 11 1 Batteries Kaber, Wilkinson and! Schalk, Lynn; Ehmke and Stallage. 00 |