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ATHLETICS AND SENATORS BOTH
SLIP; GIANTS WIN, PIRATES LOSE
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vi?ur VYifeir. Ami or. (United Now) The New Yor
Giants, chastened by Pittsburgh, have found somebody they
can lick, and Tuesday proceeded to polish off the Cincinnati
Reds, would-be contenders for second place in the National
league, and one-time pennant contender.
Art Nehf. who used to pitch for coal minors' teams out
around Terra Haute, Ind., before cominff to the ,ig team, won
a close decision. 7 to fi, over pitchers Pete Donohiio and Brady
of the Reds at the Polo Grounds.
Meanwhile the Pirates wont from the sublime to the ridic
ulous. Having soundly whalod the Giants, who comprise ex
tremely tough baseball opposition, in a series just closed, the
Pittsburgh team went to Boston and permitted the last-place
Braves to tan them for a 2 to 1 count.
The Phillies and the Cuba, in
their stirring tight for sixth plate,
staged a circus exhibition such a9
only the Phillies and Cuba can pro
Tide. Chisago won. IS to 10. ob
taining 22 hits to the quukers' 15.
Five home runs or the equivalent
of a good -week's work for Babe
Ruth, In the dear, dead days of
1921, were among the blows. Brook
lyn crept within one point of the
fourth place Cardinals by beating
them five to four.
The Athletics and wasnmgton, in ooney ISLAND STADIUM. NEW
the American league, codtinued the yORK. Aug. 25. (I'nlted News!
merry slide together. While St.Samm)r MandeUi Rockford light-1
Louis was disposing of the Senators jght won a 10.rOund decision
In the Browns' ball yard. 8 to 2. ,Tdav from So.lv Seeman. New!
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GETS DECISION
10 ROUND BATTLE
Wodiu-silay. vAuir. 2f. 1!25
tor the World's Golf Title!
..tUtfrT, ' IL.- jim Games IK;.' ti;
haven for batters, however, a. II " "
was bef' r. the center field bleacher.! I.l. r.r-tl. ' lrf..l
"re cul out. Fly ball, that seemed J II. caught for Ih. Illlnol. Law t
Mt. . more .ha. Texas .e.gu. b.ows. year ..4 h. ... m.k.
dropped into that section while out- !.,. .1 ' ' ta- 1
fielders leaned nonchalantly again.., was green, ofrour... .,..1 Ih, O.rd.
the wall and looked on. "' "l""'?. l lnt"-
, . ... . Jtiallonal league. The lolly bosses of
The Ametican league .a . I . .1 1 1 .
fences, loo. Perhaps th si. to.- (iul ()f uBd
U,l way lo cut down l ' ', , . ln lh. .,,. M
""' i. i . . f,.r l. lilnd the plsder. The neit year
IT" 7 " , ;." . .jihe card, called hlui hack, fearful
IIIUIH'IIHTB. inry "in -
: rv
turn to the habit of getting under,
every ball liiKlead of gauging lln
rilslil calmly ud then wui. hlog It '
dr.ip Into a bookkeeper-, hands.
Rut there ha. been a surprising ,
Increase In I he average weight of I
outfielders of lain year. a. It l. I
And this is the ng of reducing.
The ranks of Ihe rollene men In
I he major leugues are going to be in.
creased this full by Harry McCurdy.
the man who led Die I'niversity of
Illinois basi-bull team lo the llig Ten
title three years ngii.
McCuruy went up to the majors
direct from college al the close of
Willie McFarlane, L'. S. open tfolf champion, itnil jmi Barnes,
holder of British open title hare been hooked to appear in a T2
liolc match Sept. 1H-13 fdt the unofficial world's championship.
Just previous to this announcement I.co Dicifcl, Cnnoilian oH-n
-champ, sugjiestcd a scries among himself. Barnes and Willie lor
the title. Now why not have Dicgcl meet the winner?
small crowd in the.
i Coney Island stadium. Mandell got!
Philadelphia fell victim to the Cleve
land Indians, 4 to 3.
. iiaoe umn taiiea u conuoue m the deci8ion on superior aggressive
string of three home runs in three L(a He hs(1 cle-ar margin in
days, but the Yanks won anyway Hvc rounds and smn nai, a mar.
over the White Sox In Chicago. 7!s,D , only ,w0
In A (herohv otnnnintr the Vow Ynrtr I
SROKCS DONE BVVK
Tk. f..h nnr have hit ' the bbvs hit 'cm Into Ihe air and
upon a novel way of checking the! drop, them Into-a fielder's hands.
losing streak of four games.
Detroit turned hack the hapless
Boston Red Sox, 14 to 4. Th?
Tigers made nine runs in the first
InniDg. and then added five later
on for good measure.
In the Cub park, at I aw ba" m0" " oM """r
The big !ew n.netils would .nanus oceans . unu u.....ej ....
take any action to brim; the;"eld-
bosses have done to
home run evil
least.
not
the attack to ball back to normalcy. The scouts i What th
Mandell in the first round, but he couldn't find pitchers who could hold ! lengthen the left field is to remove
was set back on his heels in the the opposition to less than a couple J Ihe bleachers entirely a section
second by a hard right to the Jaw. 0f dozen runs a game. , containing some l.too seats,
and he became too cautious in the( So owner Wri(.lev and , of! The elimination of Ihh section
niralning rounds. ,he boys ,ook a crowbar and made'adds fifty feet to the length of the
Joe Tiplitx, Philadelphia, was the park larger. 'eft field.
Title May Be Taken
From Fidel LaBarba
NEW A'ORK. Aug. ST,. (United
News) Fidel La Itnrbo, ll-ye.-ir
ofd Pacific coast fighter, who sep-
. aralefl f rankle (ienaro from the
flwelj;ht cliauiplouship at Los
Angeles Satunlay night, may not
be regarded as chnntpinn after
all at least not in New York.
The New York boxing commission
hs dwjared it will not be able
to recognize him.
Furthermore (he commission
says with the earnest ness of one
. who means it, that La Iiarba
couldn't even fight in an elimina
tion tournament If one were held
to decide a new champion. He's
too young. The state law forbids
minors to engage in more than
six-round bouts. " -
I : acked out for the first time in his,
f-.irjer by Jack Zivic, Pittsburgh. In
the reml-flnal. Zivic floored Tip-'
litz for tho count ln the third round
with a left hook to the Jaw.
The short left field of the Cub!
I It would he well for the Glnnts,
park was heaven for heavy sluggers, j Cards. Dodger and Phillies lo con
Hits which would have been singles, "'''or '"-n measures lo lengthen one
or doubles at the most, under the 'auction or tho other of their out
old stylo of came and old style of! "elds. There are only three parks
that hs might bs wsaned (way from
cat. Iilng entirely.
McCurdy broke. Into almost half
the game Hi Cards played In ltS,
and thought he was sluing pretty
until Itlekey sent Mill to Houston
wlih a couple of oilier play.ri for
Ki n In Vlck, another backstop, who
rirsl drew attention lu tu .port
world by hi. work on the gridiron
ahlle at lh. I'nlverally of Michigan
Tho deal mu.t ha:e made Mi-Cur
dy a bit peeved, and ha proceeded lo
lake hi. peeve out on Ih pitchers
Al last report, he wa. hovering
around .390. Which Isn't bad in
8cor
New York
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c T7 , ,., . ball, became home runs when dump-' ,n "" -aunnni league wnere a nome Zi$?A U4 -s V X .-B I 1 , -
& th. new .tade. of Stetson. d I)ay ; run Is a home rut... These parks 1 - r'vm jf ' ll '
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COAST LEAGUE
I Score
Seattle
Salt Lake
Batteries Fussell,
rich and Baldwin;
and Peters.
. R-. H.
10 11 1
3 7 3
Stryker, Du mo-
Ponder,
Score It.
Oakland
Vernon 5
Batteries Foster. Kunz and Mc
Donald, Baker; Pillette, Johnson and1
Whitney.
Score R.
Portland 3
Sacramento 2
. Batteries Hollingbworth,
and Hannah; Canfleld and Shea,
innings.
Score r. h.
Los Angeles 5 n
San Francisco C 16
j Batteries Ulazner. Payne, Wright!
and Sandberg; Pfeffer. Griffin and
Agnew, Yclle. 10 innings.
NATIONAL LEAGUE!
"or--- K. If. E.
Cincinnati 6 11 2
New York 7 12 1
Batteries Donohue. Brady and j
Hargrave; Nelif and Hartley.
Score It. H. e.
hi. Louis 4 fi 0
Brooklyn 6 17 2
Batteries Malls. Kolhoron and 1
O'Farrell; Osliorne. Petty and De
berry. It. II. K.
rnisoiirKli 1 6 u
Boston 2 7 1
' Batlerles Yde and Couch ; Barnes
and O'Nell.
score r. 11. E.
Chicago 19 22 0
Philadelphia lu 15
Batteries Keen. Kuufniann and
Harthott; .Couch, Pearce. O'Neal,
Mitchell and Henline, Wilson.
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