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Show 4 . ; PREMIER HARD LUCK HURLER CAN'T GET CLUB TO AID HIM 1 i ADOLFO LUQUE AT THE WATER BOTTLE. Auolfd luque. Cincinnati's Cuban Cu-ban pitcher, is leading all Hie hurl-ei'H hurl-ei'H of both major leagues In defeats. Hut Luque also pretty near tjjjfe leading hard-luck pitcher of the big show. He's pitching for a club thatji halting hal-ting mighty well Ihls year, and ticorln? a lot of runs. Hut tbe Reds seldom make runs for Luque. .So far (Including gamers of Friday, July 7,) Luque has lost A fames and 12 oi the is games which he has started start-ed were contests in which thfl Reds made two or fe"wer runs for 1 1 1 ill. He has been shut out twice. Hit team has made only one run In five I different games he has started In five others his club made bvo run:; for him All U)ld, Luque has pitched 144 Innings In-nings for the U-mIs this year and yielded yield-ed 6.1 runs, an average of not unite four runs a nlne-lnnlng game. He has pitched sight gatilea In which he he'd the other team to three or fewer runs n game, but of there he has won only one. , At the time these figures were eom- pi! d only one Z rational league pitchorj Reuther of Brooklyn" had pitched more ball than Luque, and Reuther, had worked just ono more Inning. Six 1 American league pitchers had toiled more innings at that time, but none of, them was close to Luque s record of 1 I dele;:l3. Bn ting Is mi the only place In t whit h the Reds have failed Luque. Ho. has boon taken trom the box a few tlmi a this year, and the game gone Into the records as a knockout against him when he would have stuck it out : and probably have won had not his 'tes ....oted tiv bull behind him or missed catches that writ for hits. Luquo's pitching record for the season sea-son is Interesting. What has happen- ed in each of the Cuban's 18 starts lis here given: April 13 Knocked out In eighth Inning In-ning by Chicago, Reds made only one I run April 17 Beaten i rittsburg. z to 0. April 22 Beaten by Chicago. 3 to 1. : April 27 Knocked out by Pittsburg In eighth, but given credit for an 8 to 5 victory. I May l - Knot kotl out by rittsburg in seventh and beaten. 7 to 6. May 5 Beaten by St. Louis. 3 to 2. May 10 Knocked out and beaten by Boston Left game In seventh Inning In-ning with score 6 to 2 In Boston's favor fa-vor May 15 Beaten by Brooklyn. f to 5. May 20 Won from Philadelphia, 2 to 1. In 12 Innings. May -A Beaten by New York 2 to 1 lln 10 inning-. May 28 Knocked out by Chicago in fourth and beaten before Reds had scored a run. June 1 Won from Chicago. 6 to 1. June 7 1' fi-at. il Brooklyn, 6 to 2. . I une ll Defeated by New York. 2 to 1. June 1C Knocked out in seventh and defeated by Phillies. 7 to 2. June 24 Defeated Pittsburp through ton ed to retire with a lame arm at end of fifth with score of 4 to l in Clricjnnatl'e favor. July 2 Defeated by St. Louis. 2 to 1. July 7 Defeated by Philadelphia. 3 tq 1. |