New York, July 18.
Beating the National Leagu leading Pittsburgh Pirates to-da; the Giants brought their margin over the third place holders to six games while the Chicago Cubs, winning over Brooklyn, were up within a game of first place.
Pittsburgh now stands at.646, Chicago at.638 and New York at 688. Tu the American circuit.
Philadelphia's win over Detroit boosted the Athletics' lead to.721 while the Yanks, chated out of the scheduled Cleveland game by rain, were still at 630, Fredtriek of the Brooklyn Dodgers made a home ran in the course of the Chicago-Brooklyn affray. The Cubs won 11-7 though they made two errors and only one more hit than Brooklyn, the hit totals being respectively 14 and 13.
Cantwell of the Braves blew in the eighth inning of the Boston-St. Louis fray and the Cards took runs after they had been held to a total of two hits previously. Boston. made three errors. The final score, with nine hits apiece, stood: St.
The Phillies made four runs in the first inning of the Cincinnati game at Philadelphia, and aft that they were never headed, winning 6-4.
Tu the American League a tight! 10-inning game between the Red Sox and the White Sox went to Boston made but five] its, ani Chicago nine.
The Senators drove Blacholder of the Browns to the showers in the seventh inning after a seven-run barrage which aided to a 10-3 victory. "Goose" Goslin of the Senators made a home run.
'After the Athletics had made three runs in the seventh inning, the rs' three runs in the ninth were) unavailing to stave off defeat by the score of 8-4.
The following are the detailed results of to-day's games:—
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