RcmtffimQQQaaflQIlllillllllJIIPIllllllllllm or campaigning, used to the rigors or T ers, tne game being held over until a final drive for the pennant, will August. draw farther away. Bresnahan made a shift in his In the last four games the South alignment, sending Red Murray to Side fellows some of them have left field in place of Frank Schulte, seemed to play frightened baseball. who has been in the throes of a bat- Apparently some o"rHhem are calcu- ting slump. Red poled a triple in lating every time a ball is hit to them the first game, and had collected a what a disaster an error will cause. pair of singles in the second one. ) The result has been some very sloppy is probable Roger will stand pat on playing, though at no period has the this combination for some time. team lost heart. ft wasnt a good day for Cub pitch- It has played vigorous ball, deter- ers. Humphries and Standridge mined ball, but with enthusiasm bor- worked the first, and Vaughn lasted dering closely to hysteria. one inning of the second, when Za-b- el That is natnral. The Sox, not re- took the burden. The defeat and garded highly at the start of the sea- a victory for Brooklyn brought the son, have been out in front for two Robins into a tie with the Cubs for months and the strain began to tell second place, and another reverse on some of the less experienced mem- today will skid them into third posi- bers of the cast Rowland, with the tion, a small margin ahead of the assistance of Eddie Collins, must Giants, who are at last playing some work them out of this state of mind real basebaH and steady their eager efforts in the McGraw is getting some regular right direction. pitching, the only commodity that Boston has a fine ball team, a club has been needed all season to make of pennant caliber, but the Sox have the club a winning entry. Last sea- a few chunks of class in their own son the Braves went from tie bot- systems. tom to top and through the Giants, Fourner's homer was the only ray mainly because Larry Doyle and Fred of sunshine yesterday. It scored Merkle were punk batters. This sea- three. At other times Ray Collins son both infielders are back with a and Leonard were masters, allowing resounding crash and hitting well five hits. Errors by Eddie Murphy, above .300. Earlier in the season, Weaver and Founder were bunched however, Tesreau was the only de- with hits in a manner disastrous to pendable pitcher, and even Big Jeff the South Siders. was not unbeatable. Now, however, Baseball Wasn't last interest in cit- Stroud, a youngster has stepped for- ies whose teams have a chance in ward, Perritt is in form, and Mathew-so- n the pennant battles. Philadelphia, and Marquard have been pitching never a rattling good town for at- wining balL The Giants are by no tendance, turned out a Monday means out of the race. : crowd of 18,000 to see the Cubs and Dave Black, Whale southpaw, was Moran's club. This will be bitter news a fortunate hurler against Brooklyn, f , to Connie Mack, who disposed of his He was off badly, but his mates rolled stars because of poor patronage. in eight runs in the third and three Luck was fickle. First it beat the in the fourth, which enabled Tinker Cubs because a single rolled through to keep the youngster at his task and a three-f- ot hole in the fence for a let him gain some more experience. home run. Then rain came along Black is a pretty good pitcher, but and stopped the game in the third, needs steadying. After the second in- with the Cubs three runs behind. ning he pitched a fine brand of baH, There will not be another double-head- er and was touched for but seven hits p this trip for tbe West Sid to all. This feat will give him confix.