New-York tribune., 1908-07-20

for complaint than the correspondents With per-
haps too keen a sense for news.
The Giants made brave fight last week in
the camp OF the enemy and played the kind OF
ball which wins championships They missed
a rare chance on Friday to climb to the top
rune Of the ladder. and with the mighty
Mathews in the box too, but while the de-
feat at such critical time was disappointing
Il was not dsheartening. the team played
The same high class ball that has marked Its
work fer the Last four weeks Hope now runs
high that McGraw and his sturdy band OF play
ers'wili land the pennant for this city, but the
end of the is still a long way of. and lois
can happen between now and the middle of
October, that the fans are hoping and pray
ing that the Giants will continue their good
work and keep on making the same strong
fight. the Cubs ana the Pirates are always
10 be feared The work of the team in the
West has been Of a kind to lend encouragement.
The pitchers have been doing particularly well,
while the men have been hitting the ball In q
way to bring excellent results. Doyle made
three hits in four times at bat In three diff
ferent games since The team left the Polo
Grounds. while Mccormick, who has taken
have done yeoman service with the bat. to say
nothing &C several other players If this good
work continues the fans have little cause
worry The Giants began a series with St.
Louis yesterday. which will last until Wednes
day. and on Friday they will be back at the
Polo Grounds for four game series with the
Pittsburg Pirates. II is safe to say that a
record breaking crowd VIII turn out to welcome
the team home. for the Giants are very much
i'm the public eye present, and deservedly.
The for the National League pennant is
far different this from what it has been
for the last four years. New York, Chicago
and Pttsburg well matched TO all ap-
pearances that interest will be sustained to
the end Of the season, while Cincinnati and
Philadelphia playing well enough to indicate
that they may yet force themselves into con-
tending position At this time last year the
Chicago Cubs had opened up such lead that
time. but this year the Cubs are fighting des-
perately to hold their place, a rather novel ex-
perience for the times winner of the Ma
uonal League pennant and the present holder
or the worlds championship. Up to Saturday
night the Giants had played twelve games on
the presant Western trip. scoring even break
IN -FOUR games each with Cincinnati. Pittsburg
and Chicago. The team is still within easy
striking distance of the lead and the chance of
getting there before the week is over seems
reasonably bright If the Pirates can be con-
quered on home grounds. With little luck
and with Tinker muzzled the Giants might have
won four straight games from Chicago Tinker's
home run accounted for the defeat on Friday
and Tinkers three-hagger brought about a
ninth inning victory for the Cubs on Saturday
V.rIY
games this year and the Giants have eight
of the twelve, a record to be proud of against
the worlds champions. 1t may be said In pass
ing that the Western clubs have two more trims
TO the East this year to only one for the East
ern clubs TO the West Further than that, the
Giants viii wind up the at home, an
advantage which is worth considering
The Yankees are still in last place in the
American League and Detroit is leading the
van, closely pressed by St Louis. Chicago and
Cleveland. There was slight rift in the clouds
for the home team. as it won two out of three
games from st. Louis after losing three to
Cleveland earlier in the week Two victories
out OF six games not much to cheer about
but the showed flash of that ability which
promised much when the season began, and
there is still hope that they may work
lDelE WI. 10 d ieSpectdDie position. 1t Is said
that Frank Farrell the owner of the New York
team shaved his mustache off last week to
change the luck If that accounted for the
change for the better. he must be congratu
for the sacrifice. The Yankees are facing an
other Western trip. St Louis will be at Ameri-
can League Park to-day for one more game and
Chicago viii arrive morrow for three game
series. but Friday the team will leave for
Detroit for series of four games which will
begin Saturday.
The increased activity of the police authorities
at the Brighton Beach racetrack last week had
little or no effect on the attendance and the
outlook for the continuance of the snort on :;
high plane seems brighter than at any time
since the passage of the Agnew- Hart law at AL
bany. 1t may be said that the racing. even
without the stars of the Thoroughbred world
has been interesting and conducted that there
has been little occasion for criticism or COM
plaint. HERBERT
RUPPRECHT n WINNER