The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-20
BIC LEAGUES BEGIN
THEIR SECOND SERIES
Eastern Americans Go West
Order Reversed in Ma
tiOnal Schedule.

the SaotSin ciubS III the American
league championship series of 1910
started on August the first and the
western teams of the National series
have started things in the east The
games played by the four eastern
American clubs on this trip will play
a most prominent part in the final
standing of the championship race The
series which the western clubs have re-
Gently completed in the eastern cities
has shown that the east this year is
much stronger than the west and with
the exception of the Detroit champions
there is not a club in the latter section
of the country that should finish in the
first division.
The work Of the Boston team against
their western opponents was better
than that of any other eastern team.
To win 16 out of the 20 games that it
played, four of them being from De-
troit, showed the great possibilities
there are in that club and while there
is little doubt that Detroit viii play
much better ball in the series which is
now starting, the Boston team must
certainly be regarded as q factor for
the championship. Cleveland was the
only team able to take more than one
game from it.
Philadelphia made the next best
showing in the east. Thirteen victories
and five defeats kept the club in first
place, although it lost considerable
ground to Boston. Although the Bos-
tons won four victories over Detroit
they lost three out of six to Cleveland
The Athletics will have to show an i'm
provement in the west this trip if they
are to hold their present lead.
Holds Own Without Stars
The playing of New York has been
nothing short of remarkable With such
PLAYERS as Chase, Wolter, Laporte, and
Sweeney out of the game a good part
of the time. the team has been able tc
keep close to the leaders. Detroit was
the only team that gave it trouble, and
that was largely due to the loss of hel
best men at that time. With the team
able to muster its full strength, il
should make a strong showing this trip
Washington certainly gave the west
ern clubs lot Of trouble taking no less
than 10 of the IS games played, Detroit
and Chicago being the clubs to give II
the hardest battles. Three victOrie:
from Cleveland, Chicago and st, Loui:
was certainly great showing for last
years tailender.
While the western clubs as a whole
showed considerable inferiority on then
/ 1
doubtedlv take place in the seconC
series They viii be playing on thel1
home grounds and will unquestionably
win more games than when away from
home. It viii be practically the las
chance that Detroit viii have to make
mp her lost ground. and if the last fou1
games of the old schedule which tina
team played with Chicago may be takeI
as a criterion. she is going to improve
her standing somewhat before the mex
aDpparance of the western clubs in th'
east.
Westerners &C East.
The second trip Of the western club
in the National league around the east
ern circuit in the 1910 pennant rae
began with Chicago, New York AM
Pittsburg fairly we'll punched for tn
lead.
Chicago and Pittshurg will be play
inc away from home, while New fori
viii have the advantage of playing Of
its home grounds; but it IS expected
that the last named viii have All it cal
10 to keep the two western clubs iron
J drawing away.
! Pittsburg made a remarkable show