The Washington herald., 1907-09-29
Special to The Washington Herald

Special TO The Washington Herald
Philadelphia. Pa, Sept 2S.-Rain this
afternoon prevented the second of the
Detroit games and the Athletics must
now wait until Monday to renew their
effort 30 wrest first place from the Tigers.
To-day's game is Cancelled permanently.
as there is no room on the schedule 20
play It off. A double-header was origin
ally slated for Monday. and on Tuesday
Cleveland comes here for the final series
Of three games. so there is absolutely
no way Of crowding Ia the game which
the weather so inoPportunely prevented
this afternoon.
TWO games VIII be played Monday, and
in order 10 remain in the running for the
Dennant the Athletics Will have to win
both. Should they win only one Detroit
will still be in first place, and il IS doubt
ful if Mack's men viii be able to over
take them. Connie, however. IS hopeful
Of capturing both games Monday. and
viii depend on Jimmy Dygert and Eddie
Plank to pull the team out of the uncou-
Portable position il now occupies
Must Keep Going.
While Detroit is naturally the favorite.
because of its remarkable work away
from home. IT must win majority OF
the games yet 10 be played In order to
capture the pennant. Should Detroit only
break even, while Philadelphia takes six
out of nine, the latter would win the flag
by just two points. A straight winning
streak by the Chicago White Sox such as
the one with which they finished last
year would give Chicago a percentage Of
COS at the close of the season and proba-
bly, the flag.
Detroit has the best Of everything on
paper now, as after playing two more
games with Philadelphia. one Of which
IS a postponed one. the Tigers must meet
Washington and St Louis Both look
easy, but both are determined trouble
makers. That Detroit will do better than
break even in the games vet TO be PLAYED
Is generally conceded.
This means a titanic struggle for the
Athletics, who must meet Cleveland for
three games and then wind up in Wash
ington. Chicago has yet 10 finish its
schedule at Boston. play three games in
New York, and then two with Cleveland
on its home ground.
Manager Jennings puts forward two
reasons as to just why Detroit would win
the pennant and backs up each With a
good substantial argument-that Is. ac-
cording to his way Of thinking
His reasons for favoring the Tigers are:
FlTst-BeCause he has the best team
Second-BeCause even with an even
break here he argues that Detroit had |
the best of the schedule situation.
Modestly passing over his natural idea |
that his team is the better of the two |
Hughey Jennings endeavors TO convince /
that even with an even split on the |
present series Detroit has easier sailing /
than the Athletics on the balance of the !
games.
You see. We have nine more games to !
play. Well, two of these will be right /
here between ourselves. leaving seven. /
We each play four games with Washing. |
ton. Yes and although 7 think we are /
better against Washington than Won are
We will call that a stand-Om. too. That
leaves our three games in St Louis as
your three games here with Cleveland
and that IS where we are going 10 cinch
the pennant- The Maps VIII beat Macl's
men, while we VIII win against the
Browns this time"
The argument did not appear at all
clear, and a reason for Jennings SUNNI
siuon that Lajoie's team would beat the
Athletics was asked for. Here it is:
Cleveland is only a few points back
of Chicago, and the Maps are crazy to
finish third. and thereby beat out the
White SOX. There is no love lost be-
I
viii tight all the way especially as they
wind up the season against the White
Sox.
How does the argument look now?"
Mack Makes Claims.
The cool, crafty. and cunning Cornelius
McGIlicuddy, alias Connie Mack. refuses
TO concede the pennant TO Detroit. The
elongated leader of the Athletics has lost
weight wrestling with his pitching prob
lem. but he stlIl maintains that he has an
ace up his sleeve. Perhaps It is Bender.
the Indian pitcher, who has been under
cover several days. Some say Bender is
IN bad shape; others accuse him of being
yellow. Jennings thinks the Indian may
come to life any minute
The once redOubtable "Rube" Waddenl
is an unknown quantity. Mack says the
eccentric pitcher can be relied upon. but
his record against the Detroit club this ,
season eliminates him. The Tigers have
made "Rube" take to the woods Just nine
times this season, knocking him out OF
the box something like seven times. The
only reason that ''Rube'' didn't lose any
more, according to Jennings, was be-
cause he didn't try to pitch any more
Those fellows were certainly lucky 10
get the decision yesterday" said Mack,
as he tabled up his private score. we {
viii euthit them, ] think. on the series.
and our hits won't go to waste, as they !
did yesterday" y