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Show LAJOIE CERTAINLY MADE m HITS St Louis, Oct. 13. E. V. Parish, who officially scored Sunday's double-header double-header between ihe Si Louis and Cleveland American teams, last night made the following statement of the Lajoie case: "Tho first game, which I gave fi- j Joie four hl's for as many attempts. was without incident, nave that there was a continual procession to the' press box for information regard'ng the scoring, which was given. Sometimes Some-times the scoring pleased the fans, at other times it didn't. The game was scored ns I saw It. and had I to score It again, I would credit Lajoie with four hits for his efforts. "In the second gime, Lnj'.ie bunted his first time up. It was a clear hit. His second time up. whlr'i was In! the third inning, he bunted again. Corridon, third baseman of the St. Louis team, fumbled the hall and Lajoie La-joie was rafe at first. A runner was on first with none out. He advanced to second. In my opinion, Corridon coiibl have gotten Lajoie at firt easily eas-ily by clean handling of the bnll.There was but one way to score the play a sacrifice hit and an error for Corridon. "As to scoring of the hits. I have this to say: That In my opinion there is no question as to their legitimacy. They weie clean scoring b ita and had they been scored otherw'se, it would have been an injustice to Lajoie." Pailsh claims that during the second sec-ond game, Sunday, a messenger boy handed' him the following unsigned note. "Mr. Parish- Tf you can see where I ajoie gets a 13. S. instead of a sacrt rice I will give you an order ror a ?40 suit or clothes sure. Answer, my boy. In behalf or I ask it of t you." |