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Show QUESTION HITS UUOIEJECEIKD ST. LOUIS. Oct. 10. Each of tho five local sporting writers In commenting com-menting on yesterday's American league baseball games between the Cleveland and St. Louis teams charge today that certain of the local team allowed LaJoie to obtain hits. The object of this, it is charged, wa3 to enable hl.n to score more hits during the season than were credited to Cobb of Detroit. LaJoie is credited by the official scorer as being at bat four times In each game of the double header. Each lime he obtained a hit. In the summary he Is also given a sacrifice bit. The first time he hit a liner and luade three bases. The ball went over the center fielder's head. Six other times he bunted down the third base line and either teat Baseman I Corridon's throw to first base or else Corrldon did not attempt to throw. Another time LaJoie grounded to Wallace, who threw wild to first base. Once LaJoie bunted to Corrldon, who fielded H, but threw wide to first. This was the play that gave LaJoie the sac rifice hIL When LaJoie was nt bat Corrodln played far back of third base. He ran up each time LnJole bunted. Malloy and Nelaon we-e the St. Louis pitchers In the only other game which Malloy pitched against Cleveland, Ia.Tole got one hit In three times at bat. Nelson never'pltched to j Iajole before. President Hedges of the local team refused to discuss the team's playing. Says Hitting Looked Suspicious. DETOIT, Oct Frank J. NavJn, president of the Detroit American league baseball club, declared that the hitting of Lajoie in St, Louis looked look-ed suspicious. "It looked like a raw deal." he said, but I doti't know whether the league will take action. The league can throw out games for justifiable reasons. rea-sons. "These prir.es." declared Navin, "only serve to create dissension on a tea.ru." |
