Then Bill Dickey, star catcher of the Yankees, retaliated in the Yankee half of the eighth inning. He also crashed out a home run. 3 Play became rowdy toward the end of the tussle as the Cubs tried to stage'a rally which never came about for the Yankees buckled down and crushed the Cubs the minute they showed the first sign of reviving.
Larry French, who took over the mound duties from Jack Russell, who relieved Bryant, almost staged a fist fight with George Selkirk.
French's furious fast-ball deliveries, which were wild, nearly precipitated battle royal as Selkirk lost his temper after nearly being "beaned" and rushed out to the mound to tell French what he thought of his tactics. It took most of the members of the two teams to pull them apart, as they both were fighting mad. and made threats about knocking each other's block off.
Pitching screwball in the eighth inning, French sent over a delivery which was so dangerously close to Selkirk that the Yankee leftfelder was forced to duck and fall face first in the dirt, should be the seventh, the Handicap for all ponies at 1% mile, as it has the good entry of 22, and seeing the light weights many of them have been given, a full quantity may want to weigh out if jockeys can be found to scale the weights as allotted.
The only pony asked to carry extra weight is Saturday's easy winner Cordon Rouge, and he gets off with the light penalty of 3 1b. only. The majority of the others in the race might start with a 10 lb. allowance and then not smell him.
If he should start, he must, win— if absent, and Gold Vase is there, he may win, though Merrylight, on his spring form, should hold this latter.
The eighth race is also open to all ponies and at 7 furlongs—and though such speedy ones at the d stance as Night Express, Woodbridge, Going Haywire, and Busted Straight may all be in the field, I think Cherrylight will be able to account for all and add another win to his present good record.
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