New York, Sept. 10.
Registering at least one hit in every inning except the ninth, the Cincinnati Reds swamped the Chicago Cubs today by a score of 9-1 to gain a full game on the cubs and maintain pace with the New York Giants in the battle for second place in the National League. 5 Frank McCormick was the hero of the day for the Reds, scoring a double and four singles in five trips to the plate. Wallie Berger homered for the Reds, while Rip Collins replied for the Cubs.
The New York Giants climaxed a batting spree by scoring seven runs in the eighth inning to rout the Brooklyn Dodgers 20-2. Alex Kam-ponns connected for three timely singles to drive in five men, while Joe Moore blasted out a homer with the bases full.
The Pittsburgh Pirates maintained pace with the Giants and Reds by trimming the St. Louis Cardinals 14-7. The Bucs scored three in the sixth to tie the score of 7-7, and then went on to lay down a barrage in the eighth inning which drove three pitchers fo the showers and scored eight runs on seven hits and an error, Lee Handley was a big gun by clouting a triple with the bags saturated,
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