The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
THE WEEK s SPORTS
Whole of Random Awaiting Decision on Chicago
 Giants Game.
FOOTBALL THIS WEEK
L. I. Motor Parkway to Open Satur- day--Great Balloon Race
 is Scheduled.

New York. Oct. 4.-with the close of the season only two days away In the American league and only three days away in the National league, the out come of the race in each league still hangs in the balance, to be decided by the games yet to be played. Never have the finishes in the two big base ball organizations been so close and exciting and never has the interest in the game among its hundreds of thou sands of followers throughout the country been kept at such intense pitch to so late a date Which two teams will line up for the worlds championship fight may not be decid- ed until the last of the present week, or possibly the first week following. Mondays meeting of the National league directors, which will pass upon the protested Chicago New York game of Sept 2S may have an important bearing upon the settlement of a ques' ton which has the baseball fraternity of the nation by the ears at present The decision, involving intricate ques' tons of baseball law as well as the actual merits of teams in the field, will he eagerly awaited by excited enthusi- asts throughout the length and 1 breadth of the land
 Football Games This Week.
 Next Saturdays football schedule calls for games between the Universl- ty of Pennsylvania State at Philadel- | phia: Yale and Holy Cross at New Ha- ven: Princeton and Lafayette at ! Princeton, Harvard and Williams at Cambridge. Carlisle and Syracuse at Buffalo: West Point and Trinity at West Point: Annapolis and Dickinson ! at Annapolis. The mid-week events will be games Wednesday between Princeton and Stevens at Princeton; Annapolis and st. Johns at Annapolis, and Pennsylvania and VIllanoya at Philadelphia.
 Tennis at Philadelphia.
 The tennis feature of the week will be the tournament for the intercollegi- ate championship, which will com mence Monday at the Merion Cricket club. Philadelphia. The womens cham pionship games will be started Monday at the Longwood club, Boston.
 From Monday until Friday over the links of the St. Louis Country club, the women of the Western Golf association will compete for the western golf championship The entry list Is large and noted one.
 Events for Autoists.
 The automobilists have several events of interest for this week. One of the sweepstake races for stock cars mex, Saturday which will inaugurate the opening of the first section of the new Long Island Motor parkway. The course will eb circuit of 25 miles nine miles of which Is of asphalt. When completed the parkway will be SO miles around The races Saturday will be al 100, l5o 200 and 25O miles Philadelphis also will be the scene of a great ract next Saturday when sixteen high pow ! cred cars will start in 200 mile roat race In Falrmount park during tn, celebration of founders week, Great Balloon Races.
 For the great balloon races 10 talk place near Berlin Saturday and Sun day next, sixty air vessels have beel entered and arrangements have beel made to accommodate quarter of { million spectators. For the James Cor don Bennett cup three Americans vii compete, Lieut. Frank P. Lahn an' Capt. Charles Der, Chandler of tn signal corps, and Major Henry F : Hershey, of the weather bureau. For f ty balloons are eligible to start in thl long distance race and as many nor will take part in the shorter al 5 cruises.