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Show I YANKS NOW LEAD 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE PENNANT SEEKERS, i NEW YORK Sept. 13. New York, yesterday gained first place in the! American League pennant nc' with I six point lead, while all five other oil-tenders oil-tenders of both major leagues lost to i second division clubs by one sided i scores. The Brooklyn Nationals suffered : their first defeat In 11 games today! when Chicago batted Cadore hard, hut Cincinnati and New York failed ' 4 take advantage of the slip. The! Reds had low score in Philadelphia I and New York fell before St. Louis 1 T'no Yankees won their fifth consccu- ! tlve game artd made it three straight from Detroit. Cleveland and Chicago both were shut out the Indians being unable to hit Rommel of Philadelphia, Philadel-phia, while the White Sox could do little with Acosta of Washington. Today will he a day of rest for the pennant contenders with the exception of Cincinnati and Brooklyn, who play Philadelphia and Chicago respectively "Babe," Ruth added another mark to ills credit yesterday when, he scored twice and brought his season's total of runs to 4 47, equalling the American I L'-ague record set by Ty Cobb In IS 11 i The National League record Is 196. j mode by Hamilton of Philadelphia, In j 1 S 9 4 |