OTD 9/28/1914: Tip Tops Ed Lafitte Turns Back First Place ChiFeds

From the desk of: THE BROOKLYN BAKERS NINE

ChiFeds lead Tip Tops; 3-1

I - CHI 4; BTT 1

II - CHI 7; BTT 6

III - CHI 5; BTT 3

IV - BTT 9; CHI 5

Chicago ChiFeds

vs.

Brooklyn Tip Tops

FROM

WASHINGTON PARK

Brooklyn staves off par with their first victory of the series against first place Chicago.

• BOXSCORE: Monday, September 28, 1914 - BR

Leading 8-1 through six, starter Ed Lafitte withstands the ChiFeds four run outburst in the eighth to gain his 15 victory of the season with a 2.70 ERA.  He allows five earned runs on eight hits and six walks with eight strikeouts in a complete game effort.

Making only his fourth start behind the plate catcher Art Watson hits his first home run of the season off Chicago starter Claude Hendrix who is denied his 29th victory of the season.  A former 24-game winner for the Pittsburgh Pirates, the 25-year old Hendrix' record remains at 28-10 with a 1.73 ERA.  Center fielder Al Shaw goes 3 for 5 with a double and two runs batted in.  Al Halt goes 2 for 4 with a triple and run batted in.  And Claude Cooper, Solly Hofman, and Tex Wisterzil, also drive in one run apiece.

The Brooklyn Tip Tops improve to 72-70 but remain a distant 8.5 games back of Chicago with twelve games left in the Federal League inaugural season.  Meanwhile the ChiFeds hold a precarious 1.5 game lead over the Indianapolis Hoosiers.