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STANDING OF THE CLUBS CUBS SHOW AGGRESSIVENESS National League AND IT WINS 'W.L. Pet. W.L. Pet. Br'klyn 44 28 .611 Chicago 37 41 .474 By Mark Shields Phila.. 40 31.563 Pittsb'h 34 38.472 Ten hits of loud import were great 37 30.552 SL Louis 35 44 .443 factors in the Cub winning, smash- N.York 35 36.493 Cinc'ti. 32 46.418 ing a dour losing streak, but this American1 League great feat would have been impossi- W.L. PcL W.L. PcL ble if considerable aggressiveness N.York 45 32 .584 4137.526 had not been interspersed with the Clevl'd. 45 33.577 Wash'n. 39 37.513 mechanical stuff. 43 34.558 StXouis 35 43 .449" Some members of the cast still Boston any Chicago 40 36 .526! Phila... 18 54.250 seem to lack inspirational spark, but Zim, Knabe, Mulligan and Windy YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Bill Fischer are furnishing almost enough pepper to compensate for the National League. Chicago 6, Phil- deficiencies. 5; SL 2, Brooklyn 1; adelphia Louis One run was counted solely on ag- 0; 5, Brooklyn 7, St Louis New York gressiveness. Zlm was the perform- Cincinnati 2; Cincinnati 7, N. York 4. er and the achievement came in the American League. New York 6, fourth inning. Heinie singled, and Cleveland 3; Detroit 3, Washington when Bender let off a wild pitch he 1; St. Louis 7, Philadelphia 3. scooted for third base, though the Phils had a chance to get him. It Hint for sign at Hawthorne race required a hurried throw and Burns track: "No Betting Aloud." pegged low, the ball escaping Stock. Kid McCoy has been appointed or- Zim picked himself out of the dirt derly on Gen. Dyer's staff at Browns- and dug for the plate. Again there ville, Tex. Certain oldtime fighters was a chance to get him, but Ban- say the Kid was very disorderly in a croft, who backed up Stock, couldn't 16-fo- ot ring. retrieve the ball and Zim landed Baseball "Follies" might knock safely. 'em stiff featuring the president of That is considerable space to de- the National league in a Tener solo vote to one play of a full afternoon, entitled "Be It Evers So Humble." but it is worth it. Sure, if Zim had John McGraw's promise of new been killed off at cither station he straw hats for his Giants will be un- probably would have been termed a filled until John learns what sizes are bone, but he would have been doing needed. The 1916 brand of Giant the right thing There was a chance, skull has shrunk something awfuL Land taking a chance when there is a Art KiII,am was the star of the possibility or getting away with it is Springfield (Mo.) Gun club tourna- the correct thing. ment Killam, as his name implies, Punk baserunning is when the Js a dead shot athlete runs to certain death, an end- Bat Levinsky outpointed Jack Di- ing that should be plain to him, with- llon in ten rounds at Baltimore. Bat out a chance. The Cubs won by a was the superior in boxing and single run. Cheers for Zim. opened a cut over the Hoosier's eye. Also Zim hit over the right wall Dillon forced the Ighting when he with one on in the ninth to cop the could an n swapped blows pastime finally, but his energetic lustily. baserunning, while not so spectacu- -