Douglas Daily Dispatch

Malone Baffles Brooklyn to Increase Cub's League Lead

38,000 Spectators Cheer Star Flinger As Robins Are Blanked Consistently Until Two Are Out in Ninth Inning

CHICAGO, Aug 14 (AP) - The brawny right arm of Percy Malone throttled the Brooklyn Robins to a mere chirp today and derricked the Cubs back into a full game lead in the bitter fight for the National league pennant.

Backed by faultless support and bunched hits early in the struggle that carried him over the top, the big fireman from Altoona, Pa., gave Robinson's warriors just eight scattered blows and conquered them 5 to 1 in the third game of the first place series.

Thirty-eight thousand spectators gave him a big ovation as he waded through the Flatbush ranks with his famous smoke ball that never worked more effectively.

He struck out six, walked but three, and permitted but one man to reach third up until the final inning.

But for a careless let-up in the ninth inning, Malone would have daubed the whitewash on the Robins. Rube Bressler opened the inning with a meek single and when the next two batters flied out, Bressler was permitted to jog around to third base without a play. Then Johnny Frederick came through with a single over second that scored Bressler and wiped out what looked like an almost certain shut-out.

Totals .35 8 24
X-Batted for Wright 8th.
xx-Batted for Louez 8th.
xxx-Batted for Dudley 9th.
Brooklyn .000 000 001 -1
Chicago .212 000 00x -5

Runs batted in: Wilson 2, Farrell, Frederick, English. Two base hits: Cuyler, English, Herman, Grimm, Gilbert. Sacrifice: Malone. Double plays: Bissonette to Wright. Left on bases: Brooklyn 10, Chicago 10. Base on balls: off Malone 3, Clark 1, Dudley 3. Struck out: by Clark 2, Malone 6, Dudley 4. Hits: off Clark 5 in 1 2-3 innings; Dudley 7 in 6 1-3. Hit by pitcher: Cuyler by Dudley. Losing pitcher: Clark. Umpires: Magerkurth, Klem and Stark. Time: 2:06.