Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1917 — FAN FODDER. [ARTICLE]

FAN FODDER.

Yesterday’s Results. National — No games scheduled. American — ■- Boston 2, Chicago 1. Cleveland 3-5, Philadelphia 1-2. Detroit 1, New York 0. St. Louis 4, Washington 3. Boland, of Detroit, won his own game by doubling in the eighth after Spencer had been hit by a pitched' ball. This was the only marker of the game. Cobb out Moisei down at the plate in the fourth by a swell peg from center field. The White Sox led l the American league in scoring during the past week with 44, while Philadelphia and Brooklyn in the Naitional tied for the honors. Artie Hoffman, former Cub, has been signed tas a utility man by Cleveland. . Bob Groom., of St. Louis, held Washington and managed to earn a hard victory from ithd Senators. Cleveland handed the Macks a pair of packages all in the same afternoon. GiouHd held the losers to one blow in the first game and Bagby toyed with them in the afterpiece. Chuck Rhode, former Rensselaer player, now with Hammond of the Chicago city league, -drove the ball out of the .park Sunday afternoon with the Mutuals, with one man on base and kept his team at the top of the percentage 'ladder. Mays, Boston’s underhand flinger, kept the Hose from the plate except in one instance. Scott was driven from the hill by the champs. Benztook up the duties on the mound and the scaring was stopped. , The Lafayette Red Sox were defeated for the second 1 time this season by Frankfort, who lambasted the hurlers of the Lafayette slab men flor a total off 13 runs.