New-York tribune., 1886-08-16
NETWORKS CREEPING UP.
HOW THE LEAGUE pENNANT RACE STANDS
RECORDS AND PROSPECTS OF THE CLuBs-NorEs
AND COMMENTS.

RECORDS AND PROSPECTS OF THE CLCBs-NOrhS
AND COMMENTS.
Local baseball enthusiasts viii have to
watch the Of the in which their avorite
clubs play by aid Of the telegraph Tor several days
The York club is now It's last tour away from
home, and will not be the Polo Grounds again
unt september IL Interesting League "a nes can lhen
be pected from that until the close OF the base
bali season The Metropolitan and Brooklyn clubs re-
turn to grounds thursday, the Eastern. clubs
finishing their tour through the West Nondsy snd
Tuesday The for the coveted trophy OF the League
attracts general attention tnan previous series
Of games In the history Of baseball Although the season
is much than half finished the question OF suprsm
acy far from being settled Half OF the clubs hcVe oi
course. fallen back beaten, but there are still three
clubs We'll up In front, ami any one o. then may WI"
the final victory. The recent tour Of the western
clubs of the League disastrous one 10 fact theSe
clubs made poorer showing than the Eastern H'"es
made their hrst trip West The Detroit snd Choaeo
clubs far in the lead until their warm receptions "
New-York Philadeipha and Boston Their next trip
East kely TO be Just costly. The Ne"-forS' hos
ton and Philadelphia mines show great improvement
fn their playing OF late The Detroit and Chicseo hne
have dore poorly their records during tne past '"'
weeks being ie those OF the weaker ei"oS
from ST. Louis and Kansas CITY.
The Detroit club still holds the lead three victories
abead Of Sew-York and Chicago. The wolverines
have turned fifty victories on, of eighty games spa
The record Is wonderful one for any nine to make In
pes OF strong baseball cllbs IL is much better
,han The club will make dariag the remainder OF the
SEASON. Dunlap the latest addition TO the nine. Is
great player bui he has not a. yet made the elu0 win
any more games. Some people think he takes more
strength from the team than he adds 20 IL.
The club has returned TO home grounds but
hos rot improved much its work. The widely circu
lated rumors about carelessne and indifference amon2
the cn am p0ns absurd The take prIde in
the pennsnt bravelY last year ash will repel
attempt to take n away With nll their might.
The SewYork club is still in third place, Int is q
mnch b-,ter third than IL two weeks The local
niue has hltS-six games-the same "a Cbcag0-and
LOST twenty -four-Iwo more tina Chicago Friends OF
the Giants more hopeful than they have been De
this The club has been playing IN rtnarkl-
ble FORM and II continue tn do AZ well TO the cDh
OF The chances the trophy mach bettcr
than those Of other nine Tho season closes In tn
East year. that gives certain advantages 70 the
local MAE. The defsa, IN Boston Saturday was not
expected. but mother was the Boston cnb 6xprrtei 10
make Radbeurne, its best pitcher. pitch IN all three
games New-Yorkers will remember tnis little trick on
the the Bostous visit TO the metropolis
Local BASEBALL enthusiasts will waste sympathy on
club II the three consecutive games in winch
pitched him to Ose much uf his effect
ivencss. The New-York cuh did good work III winning
OF the three from So great pitcher as Rad-
bourne The Philadelphia club will apparently find ts
nnal resting place IN fourth position II will hardly fall
below that place. and few people expect TO II get
nearer the front The Boston Will probably nnish
the In It's present position. The won and
lost 10 date are as follows: