The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-09-23
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Philadelphia at Chicago.
Boston at Cincinnati.
Brooklyn at St. Louis.
New York at Pittsburg
NATIONAL LEAG1

for victory each day. no matter now
ington has filled the hearts of the Sox
team and even the rooters with re-
newed courage and they are out now
capital they will go over to PhideI-
happens. They hook up again today
with Washington and fully expect to
get away with the game. From the
capitol they will go over to Philadel-
phia where the crucial games of the
season will be played. The result Of
this series will come pretty near tell
ing the story as to which team will
buck the Tigers in the final argument
The Sox pitchers are holding out bet
ter on this trip to the East than was
expected. excepting that Ed Walsh
looks to have lost his cunning. Even
the tail end teams seem to be able to
fathom his shoots and it would be a
good thing for Jones to give the big
fellow a layoff for a few days SO that
he may be right towards the last.
White Is going pretty near right and
Smith and Altrock seem to be in good
shape and the burden Will have to be
borne by this trio. Johnson the Idaho
wizard may go in the box for the last
game today and If he does, the Sox
Will have to work some to beat him.
| From the present outlook the pen
nant race has narrowed a bit and
Cleveland is practically out of running
unless they show a wonderful streak
and capture about all the games they
have to play, fourteen in all. 1t is true
that they are only fifteen points behind
the Sox but the Sox are a like
number of points behind the
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big streak that will bring them up
to the leaders. They are not going
just right for such q squirt and their
hackers are on the point Of giving UP
all hope. Detroit is looked upon as
the best choice at the present time be-
cause Of the smuggling of the team and
the good work of the pitchers. AL
except Mullin are pitching the game
of their lives and it Is expected thai
after MuIlin wins his twentieth game
he will be back in form. Philadelphia
has a lot of work to cut out, and only
two pitchers do the work. Plank and
Bender are the real mainstays, al
though RUDE Waddeu and Little Dyg-
ert are good as a second string.
The Cubs got one of the two game:
from the Boston team yesterday ant
still Will have to get another game be
fore the pennant is cinched. But no
body seems to be worrying much a,
the possibility of losing the coveted
rag. The first game went to the Cub.
by q score of to and the secon(
game was lost to . Overall wal
the whole cheese in the first, although
he was touched up very freely. BIain,
Durbin went in on the second gam,
and pitched right smart ball although
he lost. The enemy only got five hit.
most of them being crowded into tn,
first inning when three runs wer,
made. Philadelphia today at Chicago.
The batting average list Of TIL
American association shows some yer,
interesting dope. Old Jake Beckle,
practically leads the league with So
per cent Then follow the famiHa
names OF ex-leaguers. Erwin, Arm
bruster, Gessler, Mccartney, Bucl
Smoot, Carr and O'Neil~ London. tn
ex-Sox finished way down with 1S9.
Alexander Thibeau won the Chicag
Marathon Saturday in the good time o
three hours and ten seconds. Johl
Lindquist just missed winning by
hair He ran within a mile of tn
tape but collapsed and at that he ra,
the last two miles asleep. He was un
able TO cross the tape and was IN
placed.
Stage evidently believes in secre
practice early in the game and viii lin