Giants Defeat Cubs.Dodgers Lose in Tenth.Ruth's 39th Homer Saves Yankees Shutout Barnes Holds Nine Trounce Chicago * BRIGGS Tigers To Triple and Single Oh, Man! By Shawkey, 7-1, Vaughn Also Pitches in Masterly Fashion, but Ban¬ In First Game croft Settles Outcome of Game With His Three- in "Murderers" Are Easy Bagger Sixth Inning, Which Scores Two Runs Ehmke; Baker Now Readyforj! By R J. Kelly to Return to the Yankees j After a day of rest, tho onrushing Giants resumed their ascent in the chase for the pennant by defeating Fred Mitchell's Cubs in the first By W. O. McGeehan game of the series at the Polo Grounds yesterday afternoon a scoro of DETROIT, Aug. 5..Still wallowing by in their life of shame that have 2 to 1. It was the fourth straight victory for the McGraw men, and it they them four behind the led since they left New York, the put just games league-leading Dodgers. They have Yankees dropped the first game of the now won nine of their last ten contests, and if they can maintain anything series to the Tigers hero to-day by a like their present pace, ought to be out in front when leave for score of 7 to 1. The lone tally of the they they Yanks was the thirty-ninth home*run tVipir iipvr trmi- nf tli« Wdct of Babe Ruth. Yesterday's affair was a brilliant« Tho Yankee outfield had as many Tag! pitching duel between Jesse Barnes holes in it as a full sized Swiss cheese You're it! almost as and Jim for¬ The Scores and the infield hnd many. Southpaw Vaughn. The Murderers' Row failed to answer to Satisfaction or mer rmcAao (N Li KF.w YORK (N. L.) gave just about his best exhibi¬ ab r h po a <>' ab r h P1' ft « roll call. There was nobody home in money. tion of the current campaign. He Flack, rf_3 00 3 0 0; Rum*, if.311 1 0 0 the cells from which tho asBassina back, any time, if you want allowed only two hits and would have lb-nog, L'b...(M 0 2 olllan.-roft. W..S01 2 5 1 to with and Tom', «s ...ion 2 3 0 Young, rf...3 0 0 0 0 0 used emerge their clubs it. shut out his opponents but for an ex¬ Barber. lb..300 11 0 0 Frisch, Rb_3 o n l 7 0 clout. The whole tram seems to be cusable error by Dave Bancroft in the l'HHkcrt, cf..3 0 0 2 OOKolly, lb_8 0 0 18 2 0 from which has be¬ sixth Hnliertsivi lf.3 0 0 1 no1 King, rf.3 00 1 0 0 suffering ennui, inning, which Deal had opened Real, 3b'... 311 1 3 0 2b....301 1 30 come more and more pronounced. At with a lloyle, triple. Daly. <..300 3 0 0 Snyder. O.....10 0 1 1" this rate the Yanks are going nowhere also twirled in Vaughn, p...ion i 2 0 13am«,, P ...311 2 ?0 Vaughn masterly .Mcrkle _ion 0 0 0 at all. The Boston Red ..hem Tag! style, but his performance was over¬ from plumping into third place. shadowed by that of his rival. The big Totals ...27 12 24 10 01 Total» ...272427201 It. They're it! left-hander has come out that J. Franklin yielded only four safeties, .Batted for Vaughn In ninth Inning. linker, the late home run king, may ho Some more men's but three of these were bunched in the Chicago. ooono toon ] induct join the Yai ¡near suití sixth inning, when the local players N'eu 'i nk. 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 x 3 future. Baker has recovered interest that were much scored their only two runs. Three-base hita l>r;i!. Bancroft. Sacri¬ in the and thinks that the New higher, fices Vaughn, Flack. Double play Doal, game Now to j Nary a Base on Balls Terry and Barber. T..¦ft on bosos -Chi¬ York team ought to win the American $50 $75. a on cago, 1, New York, 1 Struck out- By League pennant. He will talk baseball Neither pitcher issued base Vaughn, S; 1. balls was by Barnes. Umpires.Klein with the owners of the Yanks in the and each wellnigh invin¬ muí EiriBlle. Time of game- -1:26. Rogers Peet Company cible in the pinches. With the excep¬ near future. tion of the eventful sixth, only throe Present Ilorrible Contrast Broadway BroadwJ men faced each twirler in each on and threw to at 13th St. "Four at inning. Herzog's grounder Huggins's horde to-day were a hor¬ 34th Sd Both were accorded splendid support Kelly for the third out. rible contrast to the team that made Convenient their mates. The not by Cuba did The Giants wasted little time in over- the last Western are a Broadway Corners' make a error and the Giants trip. They Fifth A«J single the visitors' most depressed hand of athletes an i at Warren at 41st were guilty of one only. coining advantage and tak- unless they th $¡J Each was the had ginger up boxman found for only one ing themselves. After Doyle procession will have pass i them le¬ hit up to the sixth. Herzog single.) in had popped to Terry and Snyder had iere they ! nd al Coogan's Bluff again. the first inning, but lie was caught flicd Five thou and flivver ridei ' out to Barnes started the steal a moment later. Larry Doyle Paskert, with a Ruth sock the th also singled in the third, but Snyder timely rally Texas leaguer to I'ho di idiately hit into a double play. left center. Burns then slammed a pill liner to Deal, which the latter could ! t cleared a wire sen en t The work of the Giants' infielders, rst that of Frisch and Ban¬ not hold, and both runners veré ítrfe. teerai fron cabin pa particularly Bancroft engers and spattered a Five Leading Hatten croft, bordered on the sp<ctacular. The immediately proceeded to re¬ field wall. The infant Fordham Flash handled seven more or deem his costly error by smashing one Swatigy, up less chances in the iield with¬ over Robertson's head in left field for in the second inning, soake 11 ¡n Two ltit> difficult one offered Howard Ehmke for the Leaguet out a slip. In the second inning he a triple, which chased Barnes and by Burns across. hunter. made a wonderful stop of Paskert's AMERICAN I F. terrific drive. The force of the blow Both pitchers settled down airain It looked as though Bob the Gob EAOI vas riHv^r. » ini> <; \n it. n. rr knocked him over, but he was on his after the sixth and neither allowed an- Shawkey about to explode with some considerable detonation in the Speaker, Cleveland 101 RI M IN 411 feet in an instant and retired the other hit until tin« end. The L'u'os SUlrr. St. I.nu« 100 HI! HS Ht Mi intact. one .- runner at first. made a final stand in the ninth, but third, but he emerged With .Iik'Uhoh. Chipaco ..« ¡ r,: i^jh liarnos turned them back in out Stanage got a base on bails. Ping Ruth. N>w \..rk too .; in rH M\ For the first five innings both pitch¬ order, Wee, Waahlnarton «7 S01 M us ers were so that it aided brilliant Fred Merkle Bodie, the Wi nderful Wop, in his cele Jti going along well by support. | N MM> M. li \i,t r. mod almost certain that only one was sent in to bat for Vaughn in the brated imitation of Tristram Speaker, Phillies Shut Out made a cat :h OÍ D Player, f Iah. <. \l! It H. Ft run ninth. The former Giant a good r'tinning ¦* would be needed to decide the bounced White Sox Weaken Hornaby, Kt. Lóala. U II US Mt issue. The Cubs scored that run in grounder between Frisch and Bancroft, swipe by Ehmke. i'oung singh Iîoi;-.|i. i ¡nrinnal :. left and was held al I --M i it. si i nul«, 'il the sixth, but the rejuvenated Giants but the latter made a great play and Stanage U u ;: .J;, to bo came nailed the runner a Reds; And Red Sox Win by a fine peg by Meu IlliuiiiH, l'hila were not denied. by step. Kelly By JLiiqiïo . They I «y« .. Brooklyn. : i :; back :. half and rani" back made a fine of 1 h ck yrus Raymond lobb cl opped jn their stop down to Peck strong, shoving two runs across and I rounder and Bancroft pullo.', dow-n Allows 3 Hits By Score of 4 to inpnu thereby clinching the game. ili i'zog's line drive for the lina] out. Only 2\ slipped through P I'h outlook was rather dark for C'hailes A. Stoneham, president of PHII ADELPH1A, Aug. 5. Luque peach sped on for ,n ¦'- Barnes after Deal opened the sixth with the New York club, divided $1,000 held Philadelphia to three hits CHICAGO, Aug. 5..Chicago to-day packed the bases and Shawkey to-,lay, showed effects three wild one-: to ;' a three bagger to deep left center. The among the members of the team y.estcr- and Cincinnati easily won tho first of the strenuous series Veach. out of the loi came for a ;.t for the recent series from of just closed with New York and though Robert the Gobert would either afti r an i Giants' infielders in play day taking game the scries, 7 to 0.