Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 183, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1912 — SPORTING RESUME. [ARTICLE]

SPORTING RESUME.

(By B. B. Bug.)

yesterday’s Results. National League. Chicago 11 Brooklyn 4 New York 7 Cincinnati 0 St. Louis 4-0 Philadelphia 2-6 Pittsburg 7 Boston 6 (19 innings.) American League. New York 12 Chicago 3 Detroit 4 Washington 1 Boston 4 St. Louis 1 Philadelphia-Cleveland—rain. Ames blanked the Reds with five widely scattered bingles yesterday; the Giants winning 7 to 0. The White Sox kicked the ball for 8 errors yesterday, New York winning easily 12 to 3. Ray Schalk, a clever young backstop of the Milwaukee Association, has been sold to the White Sox for SIO,OOO and two or three players. The backfield was a weak place in the Sox machine.

'Marty O’Toole, of Pittsburg, and Hess, of Boston, engaged in a sensational 19-inning bout, Pittsburg winning in the last frame by counting 3 runs when Hess gave down. Brennan, Philly twirler, held the Cards to 2 hits yesterday, winning by a4to2 count. — John M. Ward sold his interest in the Boston Nationals to James E. Gaffney. The owners failed to agree and one or the other had to sell. Smiling Al Orth, a former major league pitcher, made his debut witl) the indicator at Philadelphia yesterday. President Lynch saw the game in order to watch the of Orth. The Athletic’s chances are again reduced by the absence from the game of Danny Murphy, veteran right fleldwhonsTaid up with water on the knee and may not get back in the game this season. Brooklyn field is infested with mosquitos and in the second inning yesterday Zimmerman was drilled in the right optic by a Jersey pest as he was trying to field a grounder and he threw the ball so far from the first sack that the runner got two bases. Miller Huggins, the Cardinals’ second sacker; connected for four safe one in as many times up. yesterday. Washington lost to Detroit yesterday, 4 to 1. This is the second game the Nationals have lost in the west this year. The Cubs sent four Brooklyn pitchers to the cooler yesterday, getting a total of fourteen hits. “Miigsy” McGraw claims that Merkle is the greatest first baseman in the business and that he would not trade him for Daubert of Brooklyn or any of the rest of the initial sackers.

Central League clubs are all resorting to booster days in order to be able to finish the seasoh out. Financial troubles stare them in the face. Manager Pat O’Day, the third peerless that the basement Indians have had this year, has been using his Central League recruits with good results and has won 50 per cent of his games since taking the reins. He hired detectives to watch the players after hours and fired the erring ones. “Josh” Devore, the midget outfielder of -the Giants, has been replaced by Beals Be|ker, on account of the latter’s consistent batting. The White Sox three leading catchers are on the hospital roll. Young "Buck” Weaver, the White Sox recruit short stop, made 4 errors out of 8 chances yesterday.