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M'GRAW'S RECORD . BREAKERS HAVE NOT PROVED YET THAT THEY ARE CLASS OF LEAGUE
BOSTON BRAVES ARE STILL
IN RUNNING FOR PENNANT
AND MAY SURPRISE GIANTS
Stallings's Team Has Lost Only One More (Game
Than Phillies and Dodgers and May
Upset Dope of Critics
AB WAS 'to be expected, the claim Is bclnff made that the best team In the
"Nation; League will not take part In tho world's eerlos. Critics throughout
the country are taking up the cry, being Influenced by the wonderful winning
streak of the (Hants and the syndicate articles sent out from tho metropolis.
The marvelous winning streak- of McQ raw's team and tho faltering of the pennant
extending trams are enough to cause this belief to spread, but we do not agreo
with those who contend that th.e National League's best team will not bo In tho
world's series.
Perhaps the team playing tho best ball nt the end of tho. season will' not
ce the American League pennant winner, but the best and most deserving
team will take part In the world's series. The Giants deserve, full credit for the
Wonderful ehowlnjr they have made, and any team that can compile such a mar
velous winning streak Is a powerful machine; but ono must take Into consideration
that Now York had all to gain and nothing to lose when the, "streak was started.
The addition of Charley Heriog and Heinle Zimmerman strengthened tho
Giants a great deal, and .McGraw's team will enter the 1917 raco a heavy favorite,
but being the popular choice to land tho flag Is going to make tho road harder.
The Giants will not be meeting a lot of worn-out or indifferent teams from the
tact of tho 1017 race until the flnlsh, nor will they be entirely free from the
train If they arc going to figure as well as tho critics believe.
The Giant do not look a bit better now than they did when they were piling
p the ruo of seventeen consecutive victories earlier in the season, and yet no team
looked -worse In mldseason. Sensational winning streaks denote that tho class Is
there, onco the team gets a start, but streaky teams do not win pennants. It Is
the plugging and consistent aggregation that invariably wins, and the Giants of
1S16 ara the most Inconsistent team of recent years.
Giants Have Not Faced Ileal Test Yet
TF THR Giants had been battling for tho pennant and. running neck and neck
A with two powerful and well-balanced teams, whose pitchers refused to crack
under the stialn, there would bo a different story to tell. The same New York
team, with the exception of Zimmerman and Her70g ind at the time tho first
Winnlnsr streak was being compiled Bill McKotchnlo and Larry Doyle were
playing Just as well as Zimmerman and Herzog nre at tho present time cracked
badly dust when It lied a chance to take the lead In the National League race.
The Giants have not 'been put to a test yet. The test comes when they meet
the Braves tomorrow. Manager McGraw and his players insist that the Giants
will beat out the Braves for third place, and Stalllngs Is Just as posltlvo that New
York lum not a chahce to overhaul his team: and for tho first time slnco tho
winning streak sturted tho Giants will be placed In a position where they are
Battling with something at stake.
While the fans throughout the country nro saying that tho Braves will bo
eliminated from tho race before tho end of tho week, wo believe that the Giants
are due for a surprise. Two weeks ago Boston apparently was hopelessly out of
jthe race, but If, one takes a glance at the standing today he will find that tho
Braves are still very much In the pennant race, and John McGraw probably will
realize this in a few days.
The ability of the Braves to climb back close to the leaders Is a tribute to
.the wonderful managerial ability of Georgo Stalllngs. Another manager probably
,would haw given up hope two weeks ago, but not Stalllngs. He pulled his team
together and has Instilled the 1914 spirit Into the players, and It is still a trifle
early to figure that Boston Is out of the running. Success for the Giants In the
coming series with the Braves would mean that McGraw's team would fight the
Dodgers harder, but we have a hunch that tho Giants aro going to be brought to
a halt. '
Boston Still Has Chance to Win
AT THIS time of the year It Is best to watch the lost column, as no pennant
Xicontendlng team considers a gamo lost until It Is played, as good teams do not
drop many games In the stretch; and every ono appears to have lost sight of the
fact that the Braves have lost only ono more game than tho Phillies and Dodgers.
(Boston has lost fifty-eight games, while the Phillies and Dodgers have dropped
(fifty-seven; but the Braves seem to be much further behind because they have
played five srtmea less than tho Phillies and seven less than Brooklyn.
Just suppose, for Instance, that tho Braves take five straight from the
Giants while the Phillies win three in a row from Brooklyn. Tho standing
would then show tho Braves to be only ono and a half games behind the Phillies,
and Stallings's team would bo half a gamo ahead of Brooklyn. With six games
scheduled with tjie Phillies fan the last four days of the season, the Braves could
win tho pennant by taking four of the six games, it being necessary for tho
Dodgers to mako a clean sweep of the series from tho Giants to finish on even
terms with Boston with ninety-three victories and slxty-ono defeats.
Of course, the above is not likely to happen, but with the pennant-contending
teams under agreat strain the breaks of the game aro likely to change the whole
race, providing the fighting spirit of Boston proves greater tnan that of the
Phillies and Dodgers. It all goes to show, however, that counting the Braves
out of the race is a serious mistake Just so long as tho lost column shows the
three teams so closely bunched.
It Is best to wait until New York has tested the flying Braves and the Phils
and Dodgers have hooked up In a battle or two before any team is a heavy favor
lie. It still is anybody's, raco, although we must admit that tho Phillies' chancp
la somewhat better than that of the Dodgers and Braves, because of the presence
of Grover Cleveland Alexander on Moran's team. But this talk about the Giants
being the class of the league must be taken for what It is worth, and ono must
consider Just how strong McGraw's team would look today If It had been through
the mill as have the Phillies, Dodgers and Braves.
Phillies Won Yesterday by Playing Inside Ball
YBSTERDAY the Phillies made it four straight from the Beds, thanks to tho
excellent Judgment used by Manager Moran, the daring of Cravath and
Luderus and Cooper on the bases, and a well-executed squeezo play by Bert
Nlehoff and Oscar Dugey, on which the latter scored the winning run. Tho Beds
were leading, 2 to 1, going into the last half of the ninth, and the sudden manner
In which the runs were made dazed the fans,
Ono of tho odd features of tho winning rally was that Cravath and Luderus,
Jtwo of the slowest runners on the team, pulled off clever bits of base running
that, placed runners in position to score, but both were allowed to retire In favor
ef pinch runners. After Cravath had stretched an ordinary single Into a double
Cooper was sent In to run for him and gave a wonderful exhibition of speed and
Airing when he scored-from second on Luderus's hard infield single that Bounded
eff Chase's glovo to Groh.
Tho ball reached the plate in time to retire Cooper If Wingo had held it,
but the play was so closo that the Red catcher allowed tho throw to get away from
Mm, Cooper worlng and Luderus reaching third. Many pf the fans thought that
Cooper had no right to try for the plate, but we are of the opinion that it was a
ood play, even If he had been caught. The former Federal Leaguer was think
ing faatand realized that not only would It take a perfect throw to catch him, but
that It also was likely that the Bed would underestimate his speed, not having
hlra in action ofUm. It was a Cobb chance, taken by a man who should be
m second Cobb on the bases In another season, and like many of the apparently
foolhardy chances taken by the "Georgia Peach" it succeeded because of great
feed and the fact that tho opposing team was taken by surprise.
Luderus went over to third before the ball was recovered, Just beating the
throw by a clever ullde, but Moran did not allow him to linger there. He sent
Duy In to run, and the clever utility player dashed for the plate on the second
ball pitched to Nlehoff, at the samo time warning the latter that he was coming.
Wtaheir cleverly laid down a bunt, and there was no chance for Chase to stop
the winning run. It was a game that was won by superior strategy, bralnwork
nod bustling.
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Evening Ledger Decisions
of Ring Bouts Last Night
ItVAX A.C. Chnrlfr Rear drew with
Abe Kahtikolr, Johnny Mnrphr won from
Ororilo Mrehan, J or Kn bent I-cflr Hitch
man. tun rnuniUj Krunkle Riemm qnlt to
bammr Wnl (hlrili IranVie Maker drew
with Joe Kurti.
3IODEI. A. C Willi Jtakfr nnd K. O.
Ranwm drew. Mncklci lleftj- drfcatrd J'ddle
Mrrarlnmi, Irnnkle Cooler hroke hl right
arm and una lorrrd (o retire ncalnut Al 1'nx,
third .round 1 hid louhert knocked out Kd
nle llnin, flrt ISddle t'neur stopped llt
tllnx .MI11. first.
, niUIMMl, I'll. Sailor Smllej drew with
Johnny Miller. Jimmy .Met a lie won from
Jack Kantron, r'ronkle Conway defeated
Hatch Menicel. ,
SpV YORK. flunboat Hmlth beat Tom
Cowlrr, Joe l.inrh outpointed Jack sharker,
llcnnj .Mr toy and Illlly I Itislmmon drew.
, COMMIIirs. o llatUlne Lerlntkjr de
feated ltuttllne Brandt.
ST. I.OU1S Jo CoMldr won from Io
Kelly.
Scraps About Scrappers
Br LOUIS II. JAFKit
Jimmy Murphy, of Wet Phllly. mi conaldered
tha .beat light welcht In the city last acaaon,
until Kenny Leonard bowled hjm over, thus et
tlnK the l'hlladelphlan'H championship elar. Now
Murphy la training diligently, and in two weeka
he will be ready to restart on hla uphill climb.
Jimmy defeated Fred Welsh and Ad Wolgaat last
year, and he figures to get himself In een
better condition than when he whipped the
champion and former title-holder.
Chickens and cowa look good to two local box
ers, and they are working out among the hay-
P"w miiu ruuim-ii lur ivmueiillon Wlin
ineir
tioya of
Farm. Pcnnsgrove,
training; quarters.
respectie
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with the best
welghta. They ara
Frankla White and Al Nelson, and Doushten'a
the scene ox their
Johnny Tillman "put It over." and he desere
lot or credit for his demonstration against
the knocker-nut, Henny Ionurd.
to o that Tillman "ataya" prealledBat the
plympla Monday night and aulte a little filthy
lucre, changed hands. It Is probable Buckle
Fleming will get the next chance at Leonard.
After hla match here with Tlarney Hahn Sat
urday night at tha National Club Pete Herman
will return home and meet K. O Eggers, of New
lork. In a fltteen-rounder at New Orleans Oc
tober 10. Eggera recently knocked out One
Punch Hogan In the sixth round at New Orleans.
Herman certainly must be a classy lad to stand
off Kid Williams and Frankle nurns In twenty
round matches. There must be something? to his
alibi of being 111 when he first appeared here
agslnst Lew Tendler.
Speaking of Tendler. Manager Phil Rlassman
nu Biftiicti uicKennK lor inmcnes lor tneeoutn-
Lewie recently hurl
training, dut ine initt la in gi
paw newsboy
his hand In I
shape again. Johnny Kllbane
rtngaiae. la one match
tnia
to get
aeason.
mrt
At 122 nnunda
Classman Is real anxious
Battling Murray, who tlpa the beam around
the 100-pound mark. alwaa haa been handi
capped by weight In his matches. He Is a great
little battler, but -matchmakers have trouble get
ting opponenta of een weight for hlipv Patay
Wallace, recent winner of severar amateur
tourneys. Is about the same poundage, and these
miniature maulers probably would make a rip-and-tear
aet-to.
Another scalp waa added to Gene Delmont'a
mum
g the other night, according to a wire from
mo Aicmpnis uoxer ae
l'lttsburgh, Itobert also
natth will lm In flitn-aln
against the Indian Kid.
Hobby Keynolds, when the Mcmphla boxer
N lounr uuiaie. I'limmirvn
states Delmont's next match will
feate
Bailor Smiley and Young Palmer will box
again, rather once more, when they clash In
the semi at the Olympla next Monday night to
tha Kid W llllams-llenny Kaufman mix. Hmtley
and Palmer met several times last season and
they wero real hard "you punch mo and I'll
punch you" scraps.
Johnny Kllbane vs. Denny Leonard or Fred
Welsh elands out as the biggest match of the
season, and If the bout can be staged Philadel
phia fans are going to haie It right here In tha
Quaker City. A l0O0 purss. ft Is said, has
been offered Leonard, but ha is holding out for
an extra thou.
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TN THE Phillies-Dodgers
X. opens tomorrow In Brooklyn of the cur
rent or incumbent week It might be Just as
well for the Brooklyn club to win at least
two out of three games If there Is any In
tention on Brooklyn's part to participate In
the next world serlei For thero Is a dis
tinct hunch abroad In the land that Brook
lyn will be fairly lucky to win more than
one gamo from the Giants next week while
the Phillies are engaged with the Braves.
With tho schedule as It Is, Moran's club
has a chance to plclt up at least two games
next week, and If his club can win the
coming Brooklyn series, Colonel Ebbets's
dream of a $5-per-seat empire will bo a
gray ghost wandering In the gloaming of
Lost Desires.
For the Giants, having crushed tho
rhlllles four straight, aro more likely than
not to Inflict the same amount of poignant
anguish upon the Phillies' leading rivals.
A New Phase of the Amateur Question
We were discussing the amateur standing
of certain entries a day or so ago when
Colonel Franklin P. Adams, the daring and
Intrepid Wheeze King, blew in upon the
scene.
"What." said Colonel Adams, entering
democratically Into the polite chit-chat of
the moment, "what is the main idea of the
meeting?"
"We were dlscuss'ng;' we answered, "the
amateur standing of Miss Clare Cassel
Have you any contribution to make on the
subject?"
We knew on the lnutant that wo had
made a serious mistake In advancing this
query by the Hash that came Into the Great
Humorist's eye.
"Tut-tut I" he replied. "I see nothing
complex In that case. Why shouldn't she
lose her standing?"
"Tho answer being?" we remarked
"She was an Ice-skater, wasn't shef" The
Wheeze King said glopmlly. .ducking a
cuspidor Just in time to save his well-known
brow.
Beyond the Dope
The Giants all season have been one of
those ball clubs far beyond the borders of
the dope. .
When they looUeti to have a great ma
chine at the season's start they lost thir
teen of their first fifteen games.
Then, Just as every one had given up
hope, they went West and won nineteen out
of twenty-one.
That settled It. They wero then on the
verge of breaking up the league.
But before they could achlevo this destiny
the cog slipped again and they flopped back
once more upon the chutes without any
reason whatsoever for the decided change.
Later on McQraw added Buck 1 Terror
and Slim Bailee, the most valuable Inflelder
In baseball and one of the game's best left
handers. Even this made no great chan.ro
In affairs, for the Giants continued to floun
der along.
And then McGraw replaced Fred Merkle
By GRANTLAND KICE
scries which with lounc Holke and traded Larry Doyle
for Heinle Zimmerman.
It would bo hard to say that Zimmerman
and Holke outclassed Merkle and Doyie.
Yet from that spot on the Giant machjne
suddenly broke loose again and pitchers
who for two months had been second-raters
began to work like Alexanders and Johnsons.
There was no particular reason why the
arrhal of Zim and Holke should produce
great pitching. But, whateer happened,
from a palo nnd flabby array McGraw's
club almost In a day turned the one great
club of the older league the only club, ap
parently, with a chance to beat the Red Sox
In October.
A Tip to Colonel Ebbcts
Colonel Ebbets has advanced a decidedly
worthy ldoa In connection with the TB
charge for grandstand world Berles seats.
"I know," says the Colonel, ."that Brook
lyn fans would hate to have Brooklyn re
ceipts fall below Boston receipts. Their
civic pride would be greatly hurt."
This Is true enough. Wo can see now the
mingled rage, cbagrln, disappointment and
fury of the average Brooklyn fan when he
heard that Boston receipts were JC5.4B6,
while Brooklyn receipts wero only (64,576.
It never would do to take the chance.
But, In order to make absolutely sure that
Brooklyn's civic pride will not be dented,
why doesn't Mr. Ebbets raise the price to
$25 a seat, thereby crushing Boston to an
utter and Insipid pulp?
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Runs Scored by
Majors for Week
1
RUNS scored by nil teams in
American nnd National Leagues
from Wednesday, September 20, to
Tuesday, September 2G, inclusive.
Only runs that figure in official
averages nre included. Scores of in
complete games arc not counted, but
the scores of games of five innings
or more are included in the table:
AMERICAN LnAOCE
W. T. F. S. S. 8. M. T.Tls.
Itoston 4 10 4 B S 3 !H
Unslilntton 3 2 S 0 S 8 JK
Detroit .1 2 6 3 6 S 2.
Athletics 7 8 3 2 4 24
St. Louis 7 4 0 4 3 24
Chlcnrn N 0N 0 2 2 ft 21
New York S S 3 7 1 1 20
Ueielunu 3 3 13 5 0 lS
NATIONAL MlUi:
- ... Y' X- S.' 8- M- T-Tl"-
Itrooklrn Oil fs 8 4 3d
Phillies 10 3 7 11 4 3 3ft
New lork 4 4 B 0 7 6 Sis
Itoston 4 4 S A 8 S SI
Cincinnati 12 B 8 3 o 2 SO
rlttkburill .' 2 8 4 3 2 120
Chicago, 2 O 0 4 o 116
ht. Louis 2 3 1 1 2 Iin
Did not plar.
Miller and Smiley-Dravy
nWiriTV'il Ta Kant T Tns.A..
lJirjA'ini e..ei. spi. jomiiiv Alllier Anil
Bailor Smiley, two Philadelphia llshtwelsht.
put up an een atx-round battle In the wind ud
at ft... nlvmnln A. A. InM, n vh. u
MURRAY AWARDED
JNU. i PLACE OVER
GEORGEMXHURCH
Coast Southpaw's Victory in
Nationals Over Ex-Tiger
Results in Selection
By WILLIAM T. TILDEN, 2D
When one has Selected William. . .
.lunnsion ror woe. l and 2. resrTn 7"
without much dUpute one 1, bS't' I
against a BeroUa question for ?..' 1
..c.o wo nave tnrce contendere of UmZ 1
equal etrcns;th In It. Llndley wB2!' 1
Oeorgre M. Church nnd I Kumawa ,r '
..l rtcord ot Church for the tMK ul '
llehtly better than either of the "wwTJ? f '
but tho fact that Murrnv ,i.rT..l2"r -
tho national after he had defeated KJM t
grae In straight seta previously bIvmiuw?MA
precedence over him for No. 3. f 1
Murray haa played little this seasonitS
pared to many of our leadlnc m.n ???
has made a most Impressive record, w"
won thfl'ntfnRkAll am! rAaAA. .
nnd waa rnnnep.iin nt eBnt,.i-w. urnanleWJ
Tho Seabrlght ovent gave 'Murray a u.
of victories over Alerlo H Man. ,.
ami. In ths aetnlflnril T t... "'
... ... ., a, nuniarae. 1
final., howeer, resulted In a stralehi
defeat by George Church. ' '
In the Crescent A. C. tournament iu.r
ray defeated Itand. 6-2. 7-5: PUman l?
G-2-. Mllmml. 0-0, 6-4, And Itj the semideir
itowara vosnen. e.i, 7-5, 6-4, white . ,
Karly In the Reason Murray lost to If... "'a
old Throckmorton,6.3,6.3 at Slceny ItnlwJ
He wns forced to default to Watson w "$
Washburn In the Hast s. West match l7i.r
inu nets, nu owing to Illness. As befoi. t.i
mentioned, fihurrh .f..j i.i . "on
-.M mm
uriKnt.
at Sea-
Then came tho national event .c. ....
rhy did not compete either at v..?r 11 '
Southampton. He received a default fro '
Alfred Dabney In) the first round. beatS"
Thomas easily In the second, gate Richard "
Stevens but one gamo In the third and fap
ioweu una uy oeming Kan Behr lD th;i
Then enmo the wonderful mntrh i. v,.t "
ho pulled up from two sets down and de.1
Seated O. M. Church, thus gaining No, V"S
position. Here he faultered and f.n ..' . J
tho terrific attack of William M. Johnitona
HI complete list of victories includes thl
...K . .j, uoitr, inrocKmorton.
N'lles. Mathey. Mlkaml. Man ...,.'J
Kumngae twice, Voshcll, Stevens, Behr and t?l
Church, while he has lost te? Throckmorton. -1
Washburn. Church and .Inhnstnn 4
n
'Chicago Club Drafts Charles Deal (.
CHICAGO. Rent. 27. hl.. r..t l.-.j .
tlnr third baseman of the Kn... oi.S .?J.DU" .. i
Aasocliittim Club, haa been drafted by the cK
rago Nationals. It has been announced, ni.1
formerly was with the Boston Nationals.
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