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Giants Bow to Braves and Lose Ground in Pennant Race.Dodgers Overwhelm Phiifíes Poor Southworth'sHome Run in Fifth When a Feller Needs a Friend By BRIGGS Mitchell Steadies After Causes Downfall ofLocal Team Start and Gains Easy Victory A._____.-I Boston Outfielder's Circuit Clout Scores Three Runs Rohfoie's.Men Pile Up 19 Hits Off the Ten Leading Batters j and Chases Nehf to Showers; Oeschger Pitches Pitching In the Leagues Well After McGraw's Players Take Early Lead of Hubbell and Betts Major AMERICAN LEAOf'E The had little in Ptorerurirlf'lnb. G. A»«. R. H. PC. Dodgers difficulty "fplhïîan. Detroit. .Pit* fill 103 ?0« »07 By R. J. Kelly winning tho first contest of a four-; I Cobb, Detroit 101) 482 10.". 170 .89* The onward rush of the was Rath, Now York.12« 4'0 117 170 .8R*1 pennant-mad Giants halted at least gamo series from tho lowly Phillies Staler, St. U>iii*..lH 48» 100 IM .87« temporarily by the*battling Braves in the first game of the series at the at Ebbets Field yesterday. They Speaker, Clevè ...118 463 101 170 .373 NATIONAL LEAGUE Pok> Grounds yesterday afternoon, when the home players were defeated pounded tho Offerings of Hubbell and | Bctt3 for Plnyer and Club. G. At», B. H. PC. by a score of 6 to 3. This unexpected setback, combined with the victory nineteen hits, while Clarence «ion--«»?. St .L. ..130 509 114 207 .407 Mitchell subdued tho batters.^ Ctirshnw, Pitt»- K,'i 314 14 11» .3.10 of the pace-setting Pirates over the Reds, again put the Giants one full Philly. 1'ournier, St. L. .128 41>4 87 172 .348 Tho final score was 10 to 4. It was Jloimli. ( in.101870 ft» 130 .346 game behind the League leaders. <$>- 'McHenry, St. L ..123 486 7» 1«« .342« In scoring their tho Braves Brooklyn's fourteenth victory of the Labor and triumph season over tfte cellar Day, drove to cover ace champions^ L-i-'-i-1-.-Jj nothing Artie Nebf. of Mc- Record Last Week The to do but Graw's pitching staff. Nehf went along of visitors gave a poor exhibition play. at a great rate for three innings, but In Two in the field before the small Sunday Champions Stage Back on was Major Leagues the job to-mor¬ pounded severely in the fourth, crowd. The pitchers were ineffective and Defeat during which the visitors scored three and Hubbell blew a row with Fall runs and took the lead. resumed week's record in each league two-run lead which Rally their They npiIE his mates in the firtt everything assai.lt on Nehf in the fifth, the of games played, won and lost, piled up inning. 9 to 5 men and wear. climax of which was a home run by with After the first Mitchell set¬ Tigers by boys runs, hits, errors and runs inning Billy Southworth with two men on the scored by opponents, including tled down to a fine exhibition, Fresh and bases. This circuit clout a per¬ of but.(let fairly priced. spoiled games Saturday, September 3, is up in the when his team was Indians Come Back fectly good afternoon for the home as follows: eighth, Strong Closed fans ana 10 to 2. to-day. gave the Boston players their NATIONAL I.EAOrK leading, Tho Phillies scored After Shower in Fifth margin of victory. their final runs in this on five Nehf was P. W. L. K. H. K. O.K. inning Rogers Peet led to the showers imme¬ Pittwhnrrh_ 6 3 4 14 47 6 22 hits. and Pound Out Victory Company diately after Sju,thworth's wallop and New York. 5 4 1 23 45 7 IS Broadway Slim Sallee was hurried to the rescue, St, Louis. 6 R 1 41 86 0 10 The nineteen hits, which included Broadway but the- had Boston. 7 3 4 32 02 12 2« DETROIT, Sept. 4,.The champion at 13th St. "Four at damage already been done. Brooklyn. 5 2 3 0 37 6 16 two triples and a trio of doubles, 34th St, Bailee was removed in favor a Indians evened the series with the of hit- Cincinnati. 6 3 3 21 54 10 23 equaled the season record Convenient less pinch hitter in the seventh and (h'cago. 5 1 4 19 40 2 21 Dodgers' Tigers to-day by winning, 9 to 6. Th-? 6 3 3 for safeties. member of the Broadway Comers" Fifth Cecil Causey, who recently returned to Philadelphia... 34 52 10 38 Evgry visitors, ou. the short end of a 5 to 0 Ave. the Giants from his exile in Philadel¬ AMKBICAN LEAGUE team at least one hit with at Warren at registered score when rain halted the game nearly 4_st St phia, held the visitors in check during P. W. L. R. H. E. O.K. the of who the last two innings. New Tork. 7 6 1 63 03 13 20 exception Neis, played only an hour in the. fifth inning, returned to Cleveland. 6 3 3 41 66 7 28 half a game. Myers collected a triple Oeschger Humbles Former Mates St. Louis. 7 5 2 40 83 1- 30 the field after the shower and hit Joe. it Washington... 7 0 7 24 56 7 62 and two singles, while Kilduff had Dauss and Parks hard. Oeschgen who, will be recalled, Boston. 4 3 I 23 33 3 23 three was sent to Boston in the deal that singles. Smith's home-run with two men on Detroit. 6 4 2 83 68 0 41 Le Bourveau Stars in brought Nehf to New York several ( hic-tiRo. 7 2 5 31 70 8 34 Field in the eighth was a feature of the rally. II ye»rs ago, pitched with great effective¬ Philadelphia.. 4 1 3 81 39 3 20 It was a slow and uninteresting The score: Salomy Defeats ness against his former team mates garrte, the only play out of t.VA or¬ CI.KVE__A.Nr> (A. L) DETROIT (A. L) after getting off to a poor start. He dinary being a fine running eaten by abr !iji »t¡ ab r h po a. e in was for five hits in .lam'non. 'f 6 1 2 2 0 0 Blue, Ib.... 4 1112 BO Snapper Close bumped the first Pirates Dewitt Le Bourveau, the Philly right- Wain*»», 2b 4 t 2 1 4 0 Jone», Eb. 4 00 0 0 0 four innings, but he allowed only two Triumph fielder, of a short fly by Olson. The Speaker, '-f 4 3 3 6 0 o r*obb. cf : 10 4 0 0 more hits for the remainder of the af¬ two double Smith, rf.. »2 '.' 1 On; Vf ach If... 411 :¦; 10 Race at Greenwich Dodgers completed play.', Gardner. 3b 4 o i i 4 OIHellman. rf 311 2 0 0 ternoon. Not one of the home but - players Over Reds, 2 to 1, apart from these plays the "fielding Sewell, ss.. 2112 BO;Flagst'd «s ;: 1 2 1 2 0 advanced as far as second base after was ragged. Jolma'n. lb âO 110 0 0 Sargen;. 2b. 200 t 5 0 the fourth inning. Ed Konetchy, who made his first ap- O'Neill, c. 410 4 1 P Ron-fr, c.. 40 1 1 2 0 Only 3 Seconds Separate Both teams performed in errorless In Twelfth Suthoron. p 3 0 2 0 Û 0 n.uss, p... 3 0 1 0 10 in Inning pearance at Ebbets Field in a Philadcl- Parks, p... 0 00010 Yachts in the atyle the field and accorded their phia uniform, received a hearty wel- 'Walsh, p... non 0 0 0 Indian respective pitchers some very fino sup¬ come from the fans when he walked to "Shorten... 10 0 0 0 0 Harbor Club port. Dave Bancroft and Horace Ford Tierney's Triple Followed the plate. He forced over the first Totals.. 38 9 14 27-12 ol Totals... GO 5 7 27 12 0 Regatta contributed the features of the fielding Grimm's Scores Philly run by drawing a pass. .Batted for Walsh in ninth Inplng-. contest, both of.which came in the by Single The. Phillies' two runs in the. first Cleveland ...0 0 0 0 1 3 1 4 0.9 GREENWICH. Conn., Sept. 4..Not ainth inning. Bancroft made a mar¬ Run for a Detroit .3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bine* the season velous one-hand Winning Leaders inning resulted from streak of wild- 0.5j yachting began thli leaping catch of Ford's ness on the part of Mitchell.* Monroe Two-base hits.Sothoron, Flasstead, year has there been sucn ciosy line drive toward right field, which had doubled Smith, Johnston, Wambsganss, Gardner. compe¬ all CINCINNATI, Sept. 4..The Pirates and Miller walked. When Three-base tition at the finish among the Arrow the earmarks of a safe hit. Ford Schmandt hit Miller in a hits.Flagetead, Jamleson. robbed Earl Smith of a defeated the Reds in a con¬ attempting Home run.Smith. Stolen base.Cobb. Class yachts off the Indian single several keenly force play of Le Bourveau's rap the Sacrifices.Jones, Sargent, Gardner. Harbor moments later by making a bare hand tested twelve Yacht. Club as the race which of the latter's inning game to-day, by a bases were filled. Williams popped Double plays.Veach and Sarfrent; took stop sharp grounder and score of 2 to 1.