The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-03
TOPICS OF THE DIAMOND
WHAT TEAMS HAVE DONE
AGAINST ONE ANOTHER.
RiE Proportion of Giants Victories Are
at Expense Or BROOKLYN and Phra.
deIphia WashingtORs Meat for Hlsh.
Ianders-NOrk of Pitchers to Dat.

Ianders-WOrk of Pitchers To Date
or the thirty-seven games which o.,
Giants had won up to last Saturday tve.r..
three were won from two clubs alone 1t
n. over half Of tho victories were a. t.n.,.,.
pense OF two teams. those two b..as fN.
BroOklyns and Phillies. That's the w, B.
goes in baseball and this annual phase ~ ~.
races i one OF itz most inteTesi tang dc,u.,..
ments. Certain teams have certain team,
which are their favoTits victims al. ,
the other hand, there always ara ,er'. IN
teams which are especially troublcsoa.,
for some particular team or other.
so long a. a team gets the most victories
during the year IL doesn't matter a. " ..,-
expense. The Giants are good .ri
in the race. yet their victories outside o. -
Brooklyns and Phillies have been small
and scattering, Rs these figures show uaa
| from Chicago. three from Pittshurc. four
from Cincinnati, three from st. Louis aLI
three from Boston
IL might be argued from this distribution
! OF victories that the Giants are strong only
against the weaker teams. but tho CON.
paratively lArgs number OF games they have
played with Brooklyn and Philadelphia s
| one explanation OF why they have won ~
many more from those two. Maybe when
| they have played as many with the other,
| they will show q wider range OF success
as applied TO all OF their antagonists IN
any event only the Chicagos have outplayed
them to any appreciable extent. taking siX
games out OF seven from the Polo.s,s
| The Cardinals have won four games 10 New
lork's there. but with the remainder o,
the teams the New Works have either Won
| a majority OF contests OF are on even terms
! II Is seldom that pennant winning teams
don't win a goodly majority OF their serIes
! The Cubs have been known TO win all q
| theirs during a season. They are in a fair
way to do so this year. Certainly their
victories to date are spread out more evenly
over the other seven clubs than those OF
the Giants. The most number OF games
they have won from any one team l. eight
from the Cincinnatis-whilet the least thev
| have lost to any ono team II three to the
Rrooklyns The Pittsburgs have given
them more trouble than any other one team.
having taken seven from them To six lost
second division team, the Cardinals.
has given the Cubs more trouble than most
opponents and also given the New Works a
good deal OF trouble. st. Louis and Chit
caRo have given the New Works tho most
trouble, while Brooklyn and Philadelphia
have been New lork's chief source Of
profit. Pittsburg has thrived largely at
81 Isouis's eNpense-with ten victories 20
date ~ IL wasn't for the Bostons tho
philli~s would be considerably lower down
than they are. The Quakers had stung the
Doves twelve times Including last Fridays
games. and that was considerably more
than half OF their number OF victories
Boston. too has been a big help 90 the
Brooklyns nine Of the lattsT's wins coming
from the tailsnders. The Brooklyns have
-hoNn NJ strongly against the PittsbursS
too, winning hrc sarne- ont OF sN. B",h
ling blocks Ia the pathway Of the Pirates
this season
Ability 20 win consistently from pretty
much all of the other team, - undoubtedly
a >ign Of strength. In m" American League
The Athletics are doing nicely In that line
OF ru"et,"r ~ I'e's ",,- Hre 'n" "h,y
'Na' wa" dt' anrAl W 'n' N''N men "n
~" ~er'eN. In" t''i'dr'n hl"n> nave been
from the Tty.r. I'm, tb.y Yer. ,r,rrl,d
when tie, plr I'd m Detroit ard dropped
'hr"- >'rilsh'. h''HE" ma I"Id in, leaders,
To 49, even break ~ game NO.. ! he Hish-
a,.,e.t rirsing Ho.,on NOR. :, Than New
g.. o., =. 80 a., -, ..,,,,s -,
With the New Works the Athleiic- won eight
They won eleven out Of the nr-t fifteen
pl.yad with ms, Bos,ous
h''t'hs 'ne N'hl'''s 'Ns HAnlau1eIH
nav" p"en u.r'''"u''uS ,ueT N'S'or'es en-.
,"nrdE "'S'S 'h""En nc ".rn"'s o''S IN"
help"u 'neth tha'er'ilIN y" ,SoN iorN'
nave won eleven sHIn"H "1t OF n'teeh from
~" ""~,',lSI"S ny "",o WI nta
-"'ul ~ A"u',s ~" ~ 'pIo.'n ''uo
w" ,,.' -, -
~ ,
nav" ~ :" ~. 'no
- ,,.' A. -, ~, - -. -
he Hrown. nav. nnorded The Tir@rs 'bs
hisges, percentage % the latter's victories
nv the same token the browns have won
more lanes rom ne lIeIrn,,s man from
,r,our,sd Tor nv H.. fart ,bai the petroit
~ Louis series already has taken IN seven.
teen game; ,-..
ne - outs Aggregation hasn't won
game from the New lorts. condition
which exists IN no other series in either
league The bostons owe THIRD 81 their
victories 10 one team. the Wa-hingtons.
III" lev"land-' hicago series has been
very lose one nine games eight IN favor
~ the tlevelAnds FROM two teams, ma
Bostons and PhillieS, the CleVelands have
won only one gam" go h The tlevslan1~.
IN fA0t. have done very little vinrlnc ou'-
VICTORIES are more evenly DISTRIBUTED
Nh,ntHUy "" tA,lenu brHNn- haNe u"irN-
IN -, ,,, ~, ~ ~ ~ ~, $50,
iav they had los, onIv one TO the Whua
SOY The white SoN were one team thev