New York, Sept. 26.
IHE New York Yankees, in a last desperate attempt to retain the American League pennant and win another world's championship, defeated the Philadelphia Athletics in both ends of a double-header today.
"Ћe victories were the seventh and eighth consecutive triumphs marked up by the New Yorkers in their late season drive for the pennant—which will end abruptly if they lose a single of their remaining games.
(Nightcap) Tomorrow the league-leading Detroit Batteries: Riddle ana Bi Kimball Tigers and the Cleveland Indians will and W. Cooper. open a three game series which prob-12 ably will decide the pennant, Chicago". 6 12 0 Batteries Lanning, Sewell and Davis; Scores:
Amaacny Lecue and Page French, Raffensberger, Bryant, Passeau
8 Standings New York Philadelphia 41 3 (Opener) 4 Ww Batteries: Ruffing and Dickey;
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