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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND, MAY 23, 1915. WHITE SOX TAKE LEAD OF LEAGUE Victory Over Boston While St. Louis Is Beating Yanks Brings Reversal. INDIANS WIN IN 12 INNINGS Trljilc by Cliupnian Keeps Senators l'rom Taking: Iwsc Game Tigers Arc Victors Because of Ath '' IcMck' Krratic Play. CHICAGO. May 22. Chicago went into tirst place in the American League pennant race today by defeating Bos ton in a shJKin; match, 11 to 3, while New York lost to St. Louis. Two southpaws, Ruth and l;ay Collins, were easy for the locals, who hit each to all corners of the field. Bens was good inj tight places. The score: Boston Chicago BIIOAE! BHOA.E Hoblltz'1.1 2 0 1 ; II Fclseh.m.. 3 2 3 00 (;uincr.l .. 3 Walker.2. 3 M cN m 11 y, 3 2 Hpfak'-r.m 3 J.ewis.l... 6 Hooper. r.. 5 Scott. a.... 5 .lanv'in.3. & Thonias.c. 3 ('Hrl'san.c t Iluth.p. . . 1 rt.Col'ns.p 3 3 0 8 1 O'Roth.S fi 3 12 2 l E.Col'na,:, 3 2 11 OOlKournler.l. 4 3 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 8 l o oi.r.coiiins.r. & 3 O 01 Weaver,., b 1 0 OIBrlPf.l... . 6 2 3 Olschalk.c... 1 2 2 0. Daly.c. ... 0 2 S 0 Benr.p. . .. 3 0 0 (l 1 1 ! 0 1 : 1 lO 0 0 O 4 0 0 0 o 1 o Totals. 411124 1S1 Totals. 54 IS 27 12 J Ronton 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 Chicago 4 1 0 & O 0 1 0 11 Kuds. Gainer. "Walker. McNally, Felsrti 3. Ttolh 3, Collins. Fouraier, J. Collins, Weaver, Renz. Two-base hits. Speaker, IVIsch, J. Collins, K. Collins, Hooper. Tliroe bass hits, .1. Collins, lioth, McNally. Stolen ae. K. Collins. Karnotl runs, off Ruth 5, n. Collins 6, Ben 2. Bathes on balls. Benz 2, Ruth 3, R. Collins 3. Hits, off Jlutli 6 In 1 Innins and none out In second, R. Collins lo In 7 Innings, istruck out, Benz 4. Um pires, O'Loughlin and lllldobrand. St. Louis 6, New York il. frr. IJDUIS, May 22. A single by Ieary in the eighth inning scored Clarence Walker and Williams in the eighth inning of today's game with New York, and thfs brought the total. runs for the locals In that Inning lo o. The first local run was scored in the fifth Inning, ijt. Louis won 6 to 2. The score: New York I St Louis B H O A E B H o A K Mntz"l. 3. . 11-1 nhotten.l . . 4 .1 1 0 0 r-k'p'Bh. :i o i 6 li imt in.;i. . . 1 niCratt.S 0 3 11 n lsn.m . . Iipp.l "ook.r. . . . Ilartxell.l. Ftoonc.2 . . . s fenny, c. MrHulc.p. I 'rep .... Bcaumant 114 0 I 2 0 0 1 0 II 0 2 10 2 I 0 -2 2 II O 12 1 lli W'krr.m 0 2 0 u,w illlams.r. 1 1 0 0l.enrv,l 0 1 Ti II, I. avail. s. . . P 4 0 ljSeverotd.c. 1 1 0 l;Aenew.c . 0 O II III Iain,p . . . 0 O 0 OlWellman.p K. Walkel't. i r. :i (i O 0 (I l o : l 3 3ii o o ii no 1 1 O 0 o Totals. .2 3 24 1.1 2 Totals.. ..".4 11 27 15 2 Butted for Cook In nhuh. tBatted for Bweency in ninth. tBattod for James in elirhth. Mew York 0 00200000 2 6t. Louis 00001 005 ' Runs Hlsrh. Cook. Shot ten. Pratt. V. "Walker, Williams, l.eary. K. Walker. Two base hits L.eary, :. Walker, l'ratt. Stolen bases. Cook. lilK-h 'J, Williams. Karned runs, off Meilale 6, off James 1. off Wvilmati none, llouble plays. Uvun to Pratt to l.eiy. iiuse on errors. New York 1. St. Louis 1. Base on balls, off James olT Wellman 1. Bits otf lumps. H in Si inning: off Wellman, none in 1 inning. Hit by piu-her, by James (Boonel. Strm k out, by JlcHale 2. by James 4. Um pires, Connelly and Chill. Cleveland 7, "Washington 6. CLKVlSLANn. May 22. Cleveland defeated Washington, 7 to 6, in 12 In nings today, the winning, run being scored on Morgan's fumble. Chapman's bunt and llraney's single. Cleveland acquired an early lead by knocking Boehllng from the box but Washington turned the tables by driving iteen out in tho sixth. Mitchell, who finished. for Cleveland, pitched gilt-edged ball, ex cept in the 12th, when Washington filled the bases with none out. Cleve land's third double play, however, pre vented any scoring. Chapman's triple allowed Cleveland to tie the score in the seventh and escape defeat. The score: Cleveland I Washington- B H O A Kl B H O A E Lelbold.ro. 2 S 0 OiMocller.r.. 6 3 3 0 0 Turner.3 i - x z ii i osier, . .. Ii 2 3 3 0(l'onmilly,l. 6 1 11 1 0;Shanks,l... o 3 1 0 o o 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 2 0 3 4 1 9 10 Chap' U.S.. Jackson, 1. Orapey.l.. Smith, r.... Karbare.S o'Nelll,c.. steen.p .. . IJltctjcll.p 14 1 ii .uilan.m. 0 1 0 oiiuildil.l... 2 3 4 0MorKan,2.. 1 8 2 O Ainsmlth.c 1 1 1 0 XlcBiide.s. 0 0 2 0 noelilina.D 2 1 2 0 Shaw. p. . . W ilU'ms .1 0 0 0 Totals. 44 13 38 16 01 Totals. 47 1434 17 3 tine out when winning: run suored ; batted tor Boehllng in fifth. Cleveland 0 03200 10000 1 7 "Washington 000114OOUOD 0 S Runs, T.cibolcl. Turner 2, Chapman, Bar bare, O'Neill, steen, Connolly, Milan, Uan illl. .Morgan 2, Ainsmlth. Karned runs. Cleve land 4. Washington 6. Two-bane hit. Tur ner. Three-base hits. Chapman 2, Connolly, tlandil. Stolen base, Leibold. Double plavs, Barbarc to Jackson: O'Neill to Chapman; losier to Morgan to Uandil: Mitchell to O'Neill to Jac-kson. Hits, off Boe.hlins 7 in 4 innln.sfs, Shaw 6 in 7 1-3 Innings, Steen 5 In & 2-3 innings, Mitchell fi In li 1-3 in nings. Struck out, Steen 1, Mitchell 6, Boehllng 2, tihaw 4. Umpire, Dlneen. letrolt 5, Philadelphia 2. DETROIT. May 22. Detroit took nrivanta.se of erratic work of Phila delphia's pitchers today and won the second game of the series, 5 to 2. WyckofI struck out Crawford three times during the five innings he Pitched. Bush, like Wyckoff, was wild and in the eighth inning with the bases full, he passed Vitt, forcing in Stanage. U'he score: Philadelphia 1 Detroit B 11 O A Kl B H O A E lln.nl..- J 1 I Ik III. 1. I' hi I " - .- - " v I I I lil 1 1 . B . , i Walsh, m.. 4 11 OOVitt.J 2 4 0 1 A. 1 fciirunk.l. . l.app.1. . .. SchaiiK.c. . .aJoie.2. . OldrlnR.l.. Harry, s . . . a 0 8 0 OlCobb.m 4 1 0 OO 1 u i u un raw ford.r 4 O o O0 r, A u u 1 V Pitl'll I '! 0 10 0 4 o 3 4 O.Kavana'h.l 2 1 0 0, Young, 2. . . 2 1 3 Stanage, c. 4 2 IS 10 0 r i u - a io 1 J 20 4 i 4 2 3 2 - i o uubuc.p.. . 2 Wvrkoff.n O O 0 1 I1 1 1 I J. Bush. p. 10 0 Da vies . . o o o 0 0 Totals. S3 7 24 1(1 'A Totals. . '2$ 8 27 14 1 jaitea ior w ycKon in sixth, Philadelphia 0 1 0 O0 1 0 0 O 2 iietroit uuusioil ; Runs, Oldrlng, Kopf, Vitt. Veach. Kav anagh. Stanage 2. Three-base hits Stan ago. Itt. stolen bases, Murphy, Vitt. i.arnea runs, oit uuduc l, orr wyckoft 3, oft Bush 2. TW t, on bases, Philadelphia 11, Detroit 10. Base on errors. Philadelphia 1 Detroit 1. Bases on ball, off Dubue tt. off wyckorr 7. orr rtusn 3. hub off Wyckoff. t in five Innings; off Bush, two In three inninga. Struck nut, by Dubuc 1, by Wyck- 01 x o. U mpire n,vau5. The Dalles Wins Track Meet. 63-59. THE DAIVLKS. Or., May 22. (Spe cial.) The Dalles High School athletes closed their season yesterday at Hood River by defeating the high school of that city in an exciting track and field meet. ly winning the final event, the relay, The Dalles won 63 to 59, Hood River won the baseball game. The Dalles baseball team, however, had pre viously won the Mid-Columbia League baseball pennant. Xew Postmasters Xained. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash Inston. May 22. Postmasters have been appointed aa follows: Miss Dora K Webb, Bordeaux, vice George W. Webb, relieved; Airs. C Janet Caine Edison vire John L. Dale, relieved; Bort B f'oulsor,, Mondovl. in lieu of Mrs. Ruth Coulaon. who declined to serve. BILL RODGERS TERSE AND TO POINT IN LETTER TO CLEVELAND PRESIDENT Treatment at Hands of Joe Birmingham Declared Most Unsportsmanlike Grass" Chance to Jump to Brookfeds Announced and Reason for JOE BIRMINGHAM'S resignation from the management of the Cleve- ; land Americana haa been the biT ! talk in baseball circles the past three days. Birmingham has pulled one boot af lor another since ascending to the leadership in 1912 and Portland friends of Bill Rodgers think Bill should, have been given more consideration than was shown him this Spring. Hence, this appended letter sent by Iiodprers to C. W. Somers, president of the Cleveland club, holds special Inter est in Portland, aside from the possible influence it may havo exerted toward pushing- Birmingham into the discard. Kodgers letter to Somers is rich and racy and uncompromising. Head it: Cleveland, O., May 12, 1915 C. W. Somers, President, The Cleveland Pall Club Com pany, Cleveland, O. Dear Sir; On getting notice that 1 havo been released to the Portland clnb in the Pacific Coast League I have derided to make an investigation as to why I have been sent back. When a ball player is canned, tho logical reason Is that his ability is not up to the standard of the league in whicn he is piaying. So naturally in my case this its. the excuse of Retting rid of me. But In view of the fact that my ability has bocu up to the standard beyond" a doubt, and other conditions and1 circumstances figure in this case, I am con vinced that somebody is playing foul ball. My past reputation is not that of a quitter, so I am going: to make a game fight in self defense, and havo decided the way to ex press myeolf in the most practical and In telligent manner is In the form of a letter. This will avoid confusion and my view-point should be understood correctly. As I have montioned the question of ability, it Is the other conditions and circumstances that need explanation, which I will endeavor to do in th following paragraphs. When I Joined this club last Spring I was practically a stranger. 1 have been playing hacbaH for tlx years, and naturally my ambition always has been to get to the top. After looking over the big brush, es pecially our team, my pictured ideal of what a big league club should be has been shat tered, although our team as an example may not he up to the big- leaguo standard. 1 can hardly imagine a team supposed, to be of big leaguo caliber knowing so little about baseball as the Cleveland club. The main cause of this condition is that the manager seeni to be laboring under falsa impressions, 1. e., to believe a ud take to heart all of this f id inn and hot air we read and hear about. This Is all very fine stuff for the fans and you can't blame news papermen and club owners for believing it, but players and especially managers should know better. However, our club has im proved In this reepect since the season has opened, due mostly to my personal efforts, as T have voiced my opinion on this matter very freely. Kea-on for failure heeo. 1 readily can see why lots of first-class players who have made good records In the minors havo failed to catch on wiLh tbe ma jors. Of course. It to a question of break ing in, and after they have done this they aro considered just about aa good player In the big leaguo as In the league they "arn f rtun, and are good for several seasons to roiuu even though they slump terribly at times. The reason that tho majority do not break in is that they fall for all the above mentioned faction they hear, and gazo at the stars and seasoned men In wonder. They are laboring under a false impression, and con sequently are a little nervous. As soon s they get some criticism from tho fans and press they lose their nerve and gradually slip back to the buhes, where they regain their lost confidence and start playing to their true form again. If they were wised up to this it would help them a great deaL Instead of wising up the promising recruit Birmingham hands out more junk, and pulls tho wool . down further over the poor kid's eyes. Joo can't help it and is to bo pitied. It's conceit. Our Ideas differing so widely naturally leads to discussion as different plays come up. When 1 joined the club in the Sout h Hirm Ingham came to me and said that h wanted me to work just the same on th is rlub as I had In the past for McCredic, and seemed to want to know my opinion on different plays and players. I acted as re quested to the best of my ability, and no atter what the topic was we usually ns- agreed. As a rule it would only take a few m In u tea and I would convince him that 1 viin right. On ecveral 'occasions the snme point would come up again in a rew dayi, and Joe would start the argument again, not seeming to have remembered how it had come out the time before, so 1 came to th conclusion that all of hia reasoning must be sophisticated. Unt 11 we reached. jRirmingham, Ala., all of theso discussions were carried on in the form of an Intelligent conversation. Seeing nice, big city named "Birmingham may have swelled Joe's nut. Bora for the fimst and only time it appeared as though we were In an argument. J oe was bawling Chapman out in regard to a certain play, and .on the way to the bench 1 sided in with Chapman. It mas my next turn at the ntate and as I was picking up my bat wo were exchanging shots, both expressing that we were right. As soon as I reached the Plate Joe made this remark: I will win one argument off of this guy. Just wait and see if l don't. No more was sam untu tne following day, when at an opportune time I talked, tne play over wun .ioe ana ne aa- mittexi I was right. Everything run along as before, discussions coming up In the usual way, and seemingly there being no hard feeling anywhere. During the early Spring training when I am not trying to show a thing I am boosted as a wonder, which is the usual run of dope. Now as eoon as I start hitting and fieid Inc in eood stvle. as the Spring training records will bear out, and begin to show soma class, I am jerked off the Job, the excuse going Into tho office that I am not looking good against left-handed pitchers. Incidentally the last one t faced was touched up for HHK per cent. No newspaper men or other officials were with the club, so Joe took advantage of this opportunity to start winning hi one argument. Barbare was shifted to second base, where he played th lust three games of the train ing season. Being a new position for him he naturally did not show to his best advantage TEAM AVERAGE HIGH Victoria's Arrival in First Place Not Unexpected. PITCHING IS WEAK SPOT Batting of Canadians Phenomenal Witn Solid Front or .30 0, but Ken Williams Stands at Top With Record, of .383. SPOKANE. Wash.. May 22. (Spe cial.) Those who have followed the weekly tables may have wondered why the "Victoria team was down in the ruck while still leading in team bat ting and runfretting". Poor pitching has been responsible for their slowness to get to the front, but to the front they have come finally. It ls impos Bible to keep a team hitting and run ning as they have been down long;. Victoria's team average is a fraction better than .299. but not quite .300. Kaylor. leadoff man, is hitting .298. and, putting' McHenry and Haworth In the battery points, Victoria can pre sent a solid front of .300 hitters since .298 is close enough to call Kaylor a real .300 hitter. That, is unique in Northwestern League history. It has never happened before since the writer began to keep careful cases on the league records In 1906. Here they go: Kaylor. .298: W. But ler. .346; Kelly. .346: Shaw. .333; Tobin. .368; Nye. .313; Menses, .356; Haworth .316; McHenry, .333. In addition, Victoria leads In team base running and In run getting and also In team fielding. How weak the pitching has been may be gathered x i f t i .M ) V J'& .; t VV vl t ! v . tf V j I ! t I V - . : J X i BUI RodKcrs, Whose Release From Cleveland by Joe Blrm Insrbam Csused Rumpus In Cleveland Dall Camp. , . as a ballplayer. Here Is whers Joe makes a pretty ftood move, as his aim Is to Kct me. He puts Turner on second base, who Is Al any place you put him, so that this position will b well taken caro of. There are sev eral promising boys who are candidates for third base, so Turners old position is not worrying him particularly. He haa just disposed of tbe preatest second baeempn In the world, probably for the same reason aF myself, so that Job is beginning to trouble him. Knowing as an absolute certainty that it was not a question ot aDiiuy mat i wa taken off the 1ob 1 supposed that Joe ha me fized up wrong and thought I was try-f Ins to nhnw him up or was getting on ni nerves or something to that efTect. Flgur iiig that there was a misunderstanding sonv place II Ud not take his threat "Win ov argument" seriously) 1 went to Joe on th train en route to letroit and talked th matter over with him. As 1 have the tim- and plenty of paper, will take you into little detail, which is rcully necessary. Lessons Learned Kvery Day. Tnore is not a point in the rules that don't think 1 understand, but common sens tells me there is, as every now and the something unexpected comes up. and whe it does 1 don't let it rest vaguely in m mind, but look up the point and settle even though it should require a letter t the president of tho league. Tho same, idr applies to the gamo of baseball, as I thin 1 know tha correct way to execute ever play in my repertory, but I keep learnin new Muff every day. Consequently whe two members ot the samo club differ on plav, do not argue it out during the progres of the game, but talk It over and get to rniher at some oooortune time In the futurt I explained to Joe that I did not argue baseball for tho sake of argument, but In order to learn something myself or to teach a team-mate After emphatically declaring mvself Joe. replied that there was no misun derstanding between us and that everything was all O. K. . Turner starts off tho s-ason at second base and plays great ball for few when he gets sick. 1 get a chance for a few games while Turner Is convalescing, and fie'd exceptionally well, but do not hit up to my standard. Tuck gets back in the game for a couple of days, but a fresh at tack drives him out and he is not 'n condi tion to take the trip to Chicago. In the ,l game at Chicago we get an awful la?in- " fter getting a sacrifice hit and a base "on balls T am jerked out in favor of Hammond. Birmingham. . Lull 1 Cause of Dismissal ti next day I was back on tho job. where demonstrated that I could nit "in rhi league," also urt-J- Pch.r. th. tune o 3-1. 4-1. " - asi day I went gam,heaVse.rrlke-ou "oIt. thee times, and to "win his. one awment t v. o v . Viler, luicy c" 1 c" v ' TevS av" on the Cleveland club They l,e is already considered so. Here is where iiiirrr1 runs per game have been made off House and Hanson and I yet .these pitch ers have won three ot men ivu. Ken Williams has finally slammed and battered his way to the top ot the i n.it, tbsit he might as well be trying to grab some base-run- . i . I V. - n t Via nPP S n ng honors also, is nsm. . H . i i kio rierartment. The big Spokane outfielder is pasting the pill at a .aoa ciiij. Earl Sheely, another Spokane boy. is Williams' nearest rival, hitting .Abb. Jack Smith, released Dy ADerueeu, close third. Cy Neighbors is tied wun lea rvayiur for the rungetting honors, with 20 completed circuits. Dode Brinker, of Vancouver, has made the largest number of hits. -. . ' , r .T!....;. k the Jim fllfivtui y, Ul . leading pitcher, with six out of seven pitcnea games on me rigm .vv. tional figures throw some light on the real caliber of the pitching to date. Tne nonor or hiiowiuk . . . . . t i t . . 1. .. a? Ahur. Deiongs to rial i y " "f-". ' deen, who has been beaten twice this year witn oniy mree runa ao v positlon. WHITJtAX TAKES FIXAL. GAME Idalio Beaten. 7 to 5. In Closing Conference Contest. WHITMAN COLLEGE, Walla Walla. Wash., May 22. (Special.) In the last conference game of the season the Whitman College baseball team won from the University of Idaho nine here yesterday 7 to 5. The game was fast throughout and featured by the steady work of "Pat" Henderson, the Mission aries" twlrler. He allowed eight hits but kept them scattered. Frye, who was on the mound for the Moscovitea, was also touched for eight bingles, three of which were bunched In the Becond inning and netted two runs. Hits mingled with walks netted a score for the Missionaries in both the fifth and sixth rounds, and three more were added in the eighth when Frye became unsteady. The score: R. H. E. R. H. E. Whitman ..7 8 ldaho 5 8 1 Batteries Henderson and Neale; Frye and Barger. .-li A U VinrMl r had Tha night in tne ioooy ui - ---- another tSlk with Joo. and he as much admitted he was after me. He asked me ft I didn't think I waa a little fresh down in mv tail is not between my legs, ana jl miU hanging around. Birmingham U prob ably chuckling to himself V ell. I win one . nl-f that buy. ln winning tni argument oft mat b"- v.taif im and Manager Is Called "Snake in Turning it Down Is Given. have given him the benefit of the donbt. But when there is so much smoke there must be some fire. Birmingham Ls not a builder of a ball club. Be is a wrecker and has wrecked ono good team for you, and now he Is starting to wreck the ruins. .As I said before, he ls to be pitied. lie Is drifting on a rough sea with conceit &i the helm, with the rocks of ignorance not very far ahead. This is the first raw " deal I have had handed to me since being connected with the pastime. Vou may want to know why 1 think it is a raw deal. During -my cruise in life so far I have always been a "fall guy." In other words, I have confidence in a friend. 1 have considered myself well treated by all my former owners. When McCredie handed me a Cleveland contract to sign last Kail I said, "Is it all right. Mack?" "Yes." No sooner said, than done. 1 did not read it and did not even know about the ten-day clause, and did not care as 1 considered you a good sport from hearsay. 1 st ill think you are a good sport, but simply ha e the wool dragged, over your your eyes. 1 could have had the above men tioned clause scratched out of my contract just simply by request, and now Bernard, who admits I have shown the required class but also informs me that it is the policy of the club to act on the judgment of the manager, tells me that some of the other players would have gotten the ax instead of myelf but for the fact they have been foresighted enough to have the ten-day clause eliminated from their contracts. At the time 1 signed up M.r. Ward, of the Brookfeds, was offering me some fine in ducements to Jump and join the club. Here are the various reasons I did not jump: One reason Is not because the Feds did not look good to me, because In fact I don't know as I have never looked into the business end of baseball seriously, figuring that the way for me to come to the front would be through knowledge and skill to play the game on the diamond. Salary comes inci dentally for a good service rendered. The chief reason I did not jump is because in doing so 1 would be crossing the McCredies, who are on my liat of select friends and who would not cross me. Leaving out prin ciple or sentiment 1 figured it a poor propo sition from this view point. The "O.K." In stead of the "K. O." stamped on you from men of tho McCrcdie type is worth more to anyone any way you look at it, than several hundred dollars a year. The salary 1 signed for it not near what the Feds would have given me, as I did not try to hold you up. for the reason that I had perfect confidence in the Cleveland outfit and felt sure that I would be given a thorough trial at the big show. Chance to Jump Turned Down. You also may want to know why I am sciting up a howl and handing you this letter. I was in a position last Pall to take advantage of you by jumping or holding you up for more money. I did not even Intimate taking advantage of you, but fell right in line in true-blue colors. This Is my reward for sticking with the ship canned in dis grace; !aTar '-tit : v o 'i have made no effort Cieve.au o. Cluo. but j --i " organized and outlaw baseball, and every body else who Is connected in any way with the inside of the game. w i .hoold have left Cleveland wlthou' expressing myeelf as I have done, beating it for the i;oasi wun i . legs and the can bounding off my ear ai i.imn I would have had to place my self in the 'class of the biggest cur in thrj business. In fact. It would nave nnuun' me for the rest of my life that I had showi yellow. Now that I havo this out of m system, I feel very much relieved. As 1 have given Joe a pretty good panning show him this note at once, before 1 leave town. Everything is down here in black ami white over my signature. If 1 cannot glvr Illustrations, examples and proof for every thing mentioned, it is up to me to -use thr crater. I still think I am a big league ballplayer as' 1 have a batting average in the Americai. League way over .o00, and my fielding, base running and "sore arm'' have shown par- excellence. Why should I feel discouraged'. I am lucky this affair came to a head a; soon as it did. I have plenty of friends li the American league who may be able t do something for me. A blow-off like thl? from Birmingham puts a feather In my cap instead ot disgracing me. Although 1 sj warned. I was not on the lookout, and I dhl not see the snake in the grass until after it had stung me. 1 did not even sus pect it. Kvery player on the Indians' payroll has expressed himself as sorry to see me going, while McCredie w-lres me that himself anti the Portland gang will welcome me back That should be convincing to you that 1 am not an undesirable for any team. Get busy and kill the snake. You have my best wishes and also my sympathy. 1 have expressed myself. Yours. BILL KODGEHS. I. P. Never let it be said that I threw a stone and ran. 1 will be here in town for tho next few days. CUBS DISPLACE PHILS THIRD VICTORY JV ROW OVER B3AVES PUTS CHICAGO UP, Breanahan Almost Throws Game Away by Muffins; Two Balls at Plate, but Ht Hit Decides Contest. BOSTON, May 22. Chicago went into first place in the National League pen nant race with a third victory over the Boston Braves today, 5 to 4. Four runs behind, Boston had tied the score in the seventh inning on three hits, with as many errors by Chicago. Among the latter were two throws muffed at the plate by Bresnahan. Chicago's win ning run came in the ninth on a hit by Bresnahan, a wild throw by Maran vllle. an out and Phelan's sacrifice fly. A home run by Zimmerman over the left field fence was a feature. Score: Chicago I Boston B 11 O AEi B H OAS 4 0 :l 0 0 1 O O O 0 3 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 4 15 0 0 4 18 0 0 4 2 t 2 0 4 0 2 2 2 2 0 4 0 0 1 1 J 0 0 10 0 10 2 0 0 8 0 110 0 0 O 0 0 0 0 o ii i .. 1" 0 0 00 34 7 27 10 i Phelan.3.. 3 0 1 Kisher.s.. 4 0 Schulle.l.. 3 0 1 3 3iMoran . 0 0:Kgan.2 Zim'an.:., 3 2 Saier. 1... 4 0 Willl'ms.m 3 o Bresna'n.c 4 1 Knlzely.r. 1 1 Vaughn, p. :t 1 McLarrj. 0 0 fctand'ge.p 0 0 Hum'r'a.p. 0 0 u Lonnolly.z. OiCather.l. .. 1 OiMagee.m . . 2 2 Sehmldt.l. 0 O Smlth.3. .. 3 0!M'r"nvtlle.s O O:Vhallng.c. 0 OlStrand.t. .. 1 OiTragess'r.c ITyler.p Oowdy.f. .. Gilbert.x.. Totals. 2 6 27 12 51 Totals.. Batted for Vaughn in ninth. Batted for Fitzpatrick in ninth, x Batted for Kgan In ninth. t Batted for whaling In seventh. t Batted for Tyler In seventh I Ran for Gowdy In seventh, x Batted for James in ninth. Chicago 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 5 Boston O 0 O O 0 0 4 0 0 1 Runs, Zimmerman 2. Williams. Bresnahan Knlsely. Smith, Maranville, Strand. Rudolph. 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