Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-13
BASEBALL INTELLIGENCE
CHANGES IN THE STANDINGS S
 DUSlNG THE PAST WEEK.
New Yorl's Good Lead--Hard Struggle of the American observation-disclosures
 Base Ball Topics.

the American ASSOclatIOn--SeneraI
 Base Ball Topics.
 NEW YORK, Aug. 13-The New Works | have now a lead of seven games, which is seventy-fve points, for championship
 honors. Their march up the pen nant pole has not been without a fight Indianapolis and Plttsburg have given them all they could do to win any of the contests and few of these were raked out of the fire in the last inning. The games put up by the Hoosiers and the Pittsburgs shoWa wonderful improvement in many respects to those played here in the opening series. Both teams have been materially strengthened and show the ln- tuence of the new blood which has been infused. The scores in all these contests
 were close and the battles fought to | finish.
 | The struggle now lacks the excltemeut Ut | but not the interest which was so marked | a week ago when the teams were
 punched together. Then. the fight for
 first place was the prettiest ever witnessed | in the history of baseball. Nevertheless | the winning of so many games by the l 'Giantsn is what Gothamites are anxious
 for, as they realize that the bigger the
 lead the better their chances are of over
 coming the evils of the unforeseen acci-
 dents which may overtal1e them. Between
 this and the close of the season there IS ! long road, over which there may be many
 pitfalls set for Mutrie's men. This the
 men know from bitter experience i'll the
 past five years, during which they have
 tried their best to land the coveted emblem ' on the Polo Ground and Tailed.
 Three years ago eney mnde a grand fight, Holding first place from the beginning of u ,e season until the middle of June. Then Oh icago forged ahead aud the Giants took sect md place, where they concluded the seas, M. They were also tied for first place lR Ma v, 1886, but after that they never rose sCs high until the 31st of July. For almost two weeks they have cen in the lead ,vltls A gradual improvement of their chances O f maintaining it to the end. Their record sin, ;e June 20 has been as good as that of any club, with tho probabI.' eXcep- tion of the >Cine' e'innatis, who played k the en- tire season of lSt,;9 without defeat.
 On the date given above the Giants lost their series od gam. played up to dA te They subsequently, took three straigl from the N as;hingtcAls, and ill the WGsN won two of the three played hn Detroit, Indianapolis and Chicago, and the only two 1 played in Pittsbtlrg. On their return to lAe East they lost ono of the three games played with the Phllade!phias in the Quaker City and one to the N ashugtons
 here. They also captured the entire series of three with the E0StOnS and Quaker City lands on the Polo grounds before the three straight at the "Hub." They have since ! the Western teams came East taken the 1 series from IndsanapOlis and two thus far 1 played with the PItGsburgs. This makes 1 total of twenty nine victories and five de- | feats in the last thirty-four games played. l This play is superior 10 any team Ill the ! profession.
 New York lovers of the national game, ! while approaching the fine work of their ! pets, must not forget that they greatly indebted to the Hoosiers and Gas City ! teams for their present position. Not that these two western teams have played in [ the interest of the Giants any moro than they would for any other tenn, but through | their victory over the D4troIts and Chi cagos tho New York efforts have been { crowned with success. BoNA of these teams were hopeful of helping Ausons men and the Wolverines up the ladder
 again when they entered the gates Of Man-
 haitian Island. Their hopes have been
 blasted.
 The Chicagos will be here /. f. day
 Tuesday and Wednesday, and will be fol
 lowed by tho Detrots on the closing days
 of the week. Tue Chcagos have several
 new players on this trip who are just as great an attraction as tn ose they had with
 them tl1e last time, arrayed in swallow
 tails. They Duffy and Mains. The
 people are probably as anXlous to sec the
 tall player of Maine the are to see James
 G. Blaine of the State. That the eX-
 champions will play thelr best for victory ] Is positive.
 The Western teams have been roughly 1 handled in the East. Even the Bostons , who week ago were in such wretched straits, have pulled themselves together. { They have met the Pittsburg and Indiana : polls teams ill four games and won three i and tied one. Two new players who were 1 with the club before have been resigned. l Mike Hines was one of the best back stops ! in the New England League, as well as good batter, while Higgins, whom tue Syracuse Stars released, has gone above
 the highest expectations of his most san ! guine friends in the two games he has : played The team is again working har- moriously together and trying to hold it's
 present position in the race at least. Philadelphia and the Washngtons also deserve a kind word. The latter have been
 playing good ball right along ever since
 Ted. SuE1t yan resumed the managership,
 They do not seem, however, to improve
 their position in the race for the pennant.
 Should thedr Eastern rivals continue the
 present camnonade against the Western pitchers, the chances arc very favorable
 for the Capital City teams lofty ascent. The Quaker City boys now think it time to come up toward the top and trouble the leaders little. They have begun with the Chicagos and Detrots, and may do similar work against the Giants before the season ends.
 The standing of the League clubs arc as follows
 Detroit .;...".47 O5 5 5 Philadelphia M 4