Cubs
Then: The Spuds give Mordecai Brown a six-run lead before Brown takes the ball, and that’s all he needs—that and his three fingers—to ice the win for the Spuds.
Now: Bad mood, swings
White Sox
Then: The Sox need to sweep a doubleheader in Detroit to have a winning record on their trip. But they don’t, so much, and starter Frank Smith even gets into it with manager Fielder Jones in the second game. The Sox also dump some dead weight before returning home after almost a month on the road.
Now: Shooting blanks
Other sports stories
Entry of Quigley may open breach: University of Chicago athletic director Amos Alonzo Stagg tries to get star quarter-miler Raymond Quigley into the Big Nine conference track championships. Quigley was ineligible when entries were due, but is eligible the night before the race. The meet managing committee overruled Stagg’s application, but the faculty committee allowed it. Drama to follow.
Illini shut out Chicago: While their A.D. is busy trying to jockey a runner into the conference track meet, the U. of C. baseball team squanders several chances to surpass the two runs it gifted the Illini, and loses 2-0, extending the Illini’s win streak in Chicago to four.
On the front page
Government wins beer rebate suit: Standard Oil isn’t the only one with shady dealings with the railroad companies. The government wins a suit against the Refrigerator Transit Co. and several railroad companies for offering rebates to the Pabst Brewing Co.
Seek to end water famine: Several neighborhoods on the South Side, notably West Pullman, suffer from a water shortage, with domestic water rarely reaching above the first floor or multi-story buildings. The shortage, which is also a fire safety hazard, is caused mostly by the fact that only one pumping station in Hyde Park with a narrow water main is used for the entire West Pullman neighborhood, along with parts of several other neighborhoods.
