New-York tribune., 1910-09-02
REST FOR LOCAL MINES
Giants. Although Idle, Profit by
Pittsburu's Defeat.

Rain caused a general postPonement Of
baseball games all over the Eastern part
Of the country. and only one game was
played in the National and American
leagues The Cincinnati Reds caught the
worlds champions in state Of serl-con-
sciousness. which vas the result Of the
knockout blow delivered by the Giants in
taking three straight games. Consequently
the Reds had little difficulty in winning the
, struggle by score Of I TO /. The defeat
n7,- the Giants within q game and a half
/ Of second place
The Yankees we're compelled 70 put off
for = DAY the fight for second place with
the Boston Red Sox. which is staged on
the hilltop
The series az home thought II has not
VET put the Yankees in second place. has
been about the best stretch Of games the
team has played this year Twelve games
have been PLAYED so far, Of which the resi-
/ dent athletes have won nine. tied one and
lost two This is at least good as either
the Athletics or Ped Sox have done against
the same teams
John :. NcGrav and his band Of athletes
are fast nearing home for the final dash.
No one expects them 70 reach the coveted
high mark in the final plunge. but il will
NOT he q surprise if the team should cut
the lead Of the Cubs down 70 much less
/ than il now is To get on even terms
with Chicago the Giants would have to win
thirteen times while Chicago is losing
eleven contests Nothing short Of a miracle
will bring the New York club on even
footing with the Cubs. While the fight
for the honore IS not ended until the match
has burned down 10 the end Of the wood,
everybody expects that the Cubs viii
win the pennant New York's chief an7hi-
ton now will be TO overcome the Pirates
lead and to finish as close 70 Chicago as
possible.
/ on the trip through the West the Polo
Ground aggregation won seven and lost
six games. That IS slightly better than anv
other club Of the East did. The PhilIies
broke even on fourteen games. while Bos
ton Won three and lost eight. Brooklyn
Won 6 lonely game out of twelve starts
The Giants have chance 10 add some
points 70 their percentage before they re-
turn to the Polo Grounds. They may make
their trip away from home. which started
on ArGust - in Cincinnati. look real pros
porous before they finish II on Monday
niSht next They still have six games TO
play-four with Philadelphia and TWO with
Brooklyn-and if they can win all of them
they will get back To the Polo Grounds
/ with 2 record Of thirteen Victories and six
defeats It's rather hard TO expect a team
70 u-in six games straight against the two
teams in question. as both have the repura-
ton cf doing the unexpected quite often.
Still the Giants may turn the trick.
To-day and tomorrow New York will
, face the Philies in QuakertoUn in four
/ games on Monday the team will appear
twice over in Brooklyn and on TUESDAY
will open UP a. home. Then for long
/ stretch Of games
Louis DruCke Is very likely 70 get the
/ assignment to face Dooins team in the
! opening contest. Louis has sweet mem
ories Of his Pirtsburg victory and Of his
/ sensational triumph over the Quakers on
Ma 80. and will go into the game full
/ Of vim. There is possibility that Mar
guard viii get the chance for which he has
been patiently waiting in the series at
. Philadelphia McGraw is shy on pitchers
and "Rube" has been working hard for
such q long time that he is about due TO
ge- q trial Ames is in the city with d
! sore arm, but he may go over to Phila-
/ delphia before the series is over.
The fans of New York may expect to
have 6 definite and official announcement
Z of the arrangements for the post-sea son
! series between the Giants and the Yankees
within the next few days. Frank Farrell
Is now II Cincinnati. where he has gone
TO attend the meeting OF the National
/ Commission. which viii pass on the drafts
/ for minor league players by the various
clubs From there Mr.. Farrell will go
direct 10 Chicago. where a conference
Will be held with John T. Brush concern
ing the proposed set Of games
Mr- Brush was not present at the meet
/ ing held in New York. but he repre-
sented by a high official In the National
League. All points were then agreed upon
excepting one Mr- Farrell wanted an
agreement by which the clubs were to play
q series every year for a period Of five
! years. provided neither Of the clubs won
the pennant
Several of the players have been given
assurances that the series viii be played
and II now looks rosy for big time in
the fall The PLAYERS figure that this series
ought TO pay them at least 81 800 each