The evening world., 1911-09-16

for inal success. His pitching staff has
been shot to pieces and his regular Or
der OF work for the twirlers 10 all in q
tumble. He had to hurry away last
night 30 as to meet Brooklyn this after
noon. and the Cubs fear the Superbas ~
much az any club In the league. TO
make matters worse for the Cubs, they
must play a double-header with Brook
lyn on Sunday. On Wednesday they
have a double-heade- with Philadelphia
and a similar programme for Thursday.
Then. on next Sunday. they play a
double-header with Boston.
III n club can stand up under that"
said Johnny Evers last night. 1T has
got to be superhuman. We are going
to fgnt as long as we can. but the ODDS
are against us, especially with New
York four games In the lead.
by the way" added Evers. IT want
you to say for me that the interview
printed In New York In which I was
supposed to have said that the Giants
were q second division team and II was
made up Of boneheads, Ia a lie out Of
the whole cloth. I never said such a
thing In my life. and I wouldn't ever II
II were 90. I think McGraw has a great
team. His men are all young and fresh
and their team work 10 wonderful. No
~boneheads could pull the wonderful base.
stealing stunts that they DO"
ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR Pl.
RATES TO WIN,
The Pirates are almost - badly down.
hearted as are the Cubs. The players
SAL they do not see how Il n possible
for them to overcome the six game lead
Of the Giants. While the two teams
were waiting for the rain to stop yes
terdsy morning Lefty Lief1eld OF the
Pirates. Joe Tinker Of the Cubs and
several scribes made a mathematical
calculation on the situation and this
makes It look possible for the Pirates to
come within striking distance of the
nag. They have but seventeen games
to play and have lost eleven more than
New York. They would therefore have
to win every one OF those seventeen
games and the Giants would have tc
lose eleven on the road for the Pirates
to even get a tie. II the Pirates should
wiz three-fourths Of their games and
the Giants should win only half oil
theirs New York would stlll be out ir
front with q comfortable lead.
The only spot that Ia badly feared BY
the Giants right now Is st. Louis. wher,
they will have TO play Ave games II
three days. This will disarrange tn,
pitching star. but there Is consolatior
~ 'fo saw tfet h"S >'ps "hA W ~
against the same proposition at tn
same time.
The Pirates have been so hard presse,
for players hat they have put Han
Wagner at first base. He Is not tn
Wagner OF old. however. and II Is pitt
full to see him try to pull his famou
stunts that for years ave lifted tn
league off Its feet, lie still limps pain
fully and he can cover but little groun'
around first base. His attempts at bias
running are really pathetic. On a driv
to the left field fence yesterday he wa
thrown out trying to reach second.
with the Giants OF their arrival wer
!, ten correspondents, the largest numbe
of scribes that ever travelled with ]
ball club. The redoubtable Charlie
Faust was along and carried a suit cas-
/, full OF iron bars all the way from tn
|, station TO the hotel. Little Dick Her
nessey c. he In with as Important a
air as II he carried the whole weigh
, of the clab on his shoulders.
| A railroad wreck near Buffalo delaye
: the Giants so that they could not Sc
e the double-header between the Pirate
and the Cubs.