Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1917 — FAN FODDER. [ARTICLE]

FAN FODDER.

Yesterday’s Results. -National— Chicago 4, New York 3. Cincinnati 19, Philadelphia 9. _ Brooklyn 6, Pittsburg 0. St. Louis 9, Boston 7. American— Philadelphia 3, Detroit 2. Cleveland 2, New York 0. Boston 4, St. Louis 3. Chicago 1, Washington 0. Babe Ruth’s triple helped Boston to a victory over St. Louis. Both Davenport and Ruth were pounded freely but good fielding kept down the score. Detroit had fourteen men left on bases in their game againdt the Macks. Listless play marked the work of 'both teams. Noyes was effective in the pinches for the winners. Covelskie held the Yankees to four hits, shutting them out, while his mates secured two runs off of Caldwell. The Redlegs went on a rampage and pounded the offerings of Mayer, Oesdhger and Fittery for 19 hits for a total of 30 bases and 19 runs. Every man on the Cincinnati team, with the exception of Shean got one hit or more. Ring of the winners was also heavily bombarded by the Philly sluggers, who poled' out twelve hits for nine runs. The Reds secured 9 runs in the second inning. Brooklyn shut out Pittsburg 6 to 0. Pfeffer was too much for the Pirate i. Cutshaw of the Brooklyns made two home runs, two triples and a double in his last three games. The White Sox and Washington battled twelve rounds before the former received the verdict. Russell opposed Dumont. The winning run came when. Jackson singled, Fdlsch sacrificed and Joe come home when Dumont uncorked a wild pitch being safe by inches. The Cubs took the second game of the series from the Giants. Phil Douglas pitched steady ball. Despite the big gain of the Reds, the Phils maintained their place as pace setters in the run getting for the week and now have 26. The scores of the other teams follow: Reds 22, Cubs 16, Cards 16, Giants 12, Red Sox 12, Dodgers 11, Braves 8, Athletics 6, Pirates 5, Browns 5. Indians 3, Tigers 2, Senators 1, Yankees 0. 'Les Darcy, famous Australian middleweight, who came to this country in December, died in Memphis Thursday night from pneumonia.

Special sale on trimmed hats. — Mrs. H. Purcupile.