NATIONALS BEGIN FINAL SERIES WITH BOSTONS ^"Wonder Wlhat Mertz Will Say Today?" 1,1 ¦ ¦«".1 i ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Store Closes at 6 P.M. paign. As (Janley and Junes are close up to Engineers w>os excellent. In the first game Daily the top in the American League in the mat¬ CHICAGO LOST Melster. Moflltt and De Witt figured In a They Open With Double-Header ter of stealing has~s. and t'lymer is touted double play. Not a Congressional man as being better than either of this reached first until the fifth inning, when can be easily seen that he should prove of TOTHECLEVELANDS Parker beat the ball to first, but was caught This Afternoon. great value to th? \Vashingtons next season. stealing second. Not a man passed second until the seventh, when Parker was put At tine Sago off the Moon, If the commission having the amateur CHICAGO, 111., September 16..Fire, water out at home. Mullln and Melster both field¬ in liarge desires to see the tlile and a stinging defeat before 25,0(10 ed good ah«l Meister's work in the box was championship people, excellent. He wttled they should make somearrangement the crowd that saw a ball pitched both games, holding SMITH AND HUGHES CARDED with largest ever the Congresslonals down to three hits In to couple the Treasury-Trinity game frame here, made at the one of tiie WashIng'on-Itoston games this get-away day each game. In the first game he struck week This is about the only way this tie White Sox Park yesterday a record smash¬ out seven and walked no one. In the sec¬ game can be played off. as the Nationals er In Chicago base ball. ond he struck out the same number and Fall I to walked two. Sul' Shortstop McBride Not to Report will occupy the park from now on until the Just an hour before time to the King and Smith, who pitched beg-In for the were both a trifle end of the season, and by that time it will last game on the home to Congressional.*, This be too cold and the will be out of grounds prior wild, while their support was poor. In the Cantillon Season. players the of the a dis¬ shape, so that a true test cannot be arrived champions' invasion east, third Inning of the second game Mullln at. Coupled up with a regular American carded cigarette set fire to the center-field again figured in a double play with Jones, of$20 Fabric League game the amr'teur contest should bleachers. retiring the other side. In the fifth inning ! Parker YOUNG PLAYER FAGGED OUT prove unusually attractive and draw out a Undoubtedly the fine plant would have relieved Hobbs in center field. Moye great many enthusiasts. and Smith both put yp a good fielding been quickly destroyed but for the quick game, but theiV stickwork was weak. This work of a dozen firemen, who rushed from now makes the in a winners thir¬ Man Nearer and nearer the Athletics draw Engineers of $20 i toward their American the grand stand with hand pumps and fire teen games out of the seventeen they have y Great Roseben May Meet coveted goal.the axes and Sprinter a dou¬ quenched thfj fire, leaving nothing played. Next Sunday they will play a doa¬ League championship. By .splendid to do for the fire which an¬ ble victory over Boston Saturday, com¬ department ble-header with the St. Vincent team at the - - Colin.New York Scene Shifts. bined with two defeats sustained by De¬ swered the alarm. barracks. Melster and Mullin will be the n@F for At the end of the fifth Inning, with all battery. The scores: troit in St. Louis. Ma 'k's pennant aspirants the thousands In the celebration Base Ball Notes. gained a clear lead of 21 This screeching An points. of the run which was FI ItST GAME. example of the values made the ">r« material In such a close first of the game, R H O A E R H A E possible by Mcrtz-tailoritig advantage Tight made a storm of rain Con*. Kngineera. O was three more by the Sox, sudden Avery. 2b.. 0 1 3 Jones, rf 1 0 0 ganization.an organization backed an immense stocW augmented yesterday by the who were the by ample capital, pelted fans, 0 .. points as a result of Detroit breaking even occupying Burton. 3b. 1 0 Ryan. lb. 0 10 0 and facilities. had taken 0 0 t rs. . perfect American Games with the pennant breakers, St. I
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