Evening star., 1911-08-21
MAY SETTLE GIANTS
PENNANT CHANCES
Cubs and Pirates Battle With
the New York Team
This Week.

NEW YORK, August 21.-It appears to
be the popular impression tnat this week
will determine the question as to whether
the Giants will fight out that ancient -eud
with Connie Mack's Athletics I'm October
or whether the cry will be, "Ho for
Cuba!" In any event II is pretty safe bet
that the new Polo Grounds. with a
capacity for $4,000 souls. as fixed by the
attendance Saturday. will hang up a big
league record for base bali crowds I'm one
week.
However wobbly and uncertain Frank
Chances Cubs may have been appearing
against other clubs. they are always able
to give the Giants a real bear fight, and
this coming series will probably be no
exception to the rule. If the Giants
should snatch the series. and then repeat
against the Pirates. there would be some
justification for pennant claims, but even
il they o.ly get draw out Of the week
hope is not necessarily dead. OF course.
| II the McGraw clan should be utterly
overwhelmed there would be small pros
pect of regaining the lost ground.
This race has been SO very close and
has presented many angles adjudged
impossible during the past few weeks
that predictions are futile. Pittsburgh
and Chicago might clean UP in New York
dLu iOflOW viii IektTStS tnaI wOuh
again change the complexion of the battle.
The Giants lost one game out OF tie
series with Griff1th's Reds. and they won
nearly all the others SO decidedly that
the result was seldom in doubt. They
have displayed consistency in every de-
partment of the game. unless we except
the final contest Saturday when their
energy appeared to ooze before the Red
lead.
Richard de Marquis will probably take
the first crark the CHS this affernnnn
The left-handers weird start against the
Reds in the first gamt Saturday did not
affect his record, inasmuch as Wiltse and
Mathewson pulled the game out. and
credit for it goes to looks. Rube
Still leads the National League twirlers by
q neat margin. Mathewson was the hard
luck victim of the afternoon SO far as
the records are concerned. He had con-
siderable to do with saving the first game,
but gets no credit for IL, while the loss
Of the second is ticketed against him.
Rube Waddell is not done yet He
pitched in a game which Minneapolis of
the American Association won from In
dlanapolis yesterday. 3-1.
Pitcher Delhi of the Los Angeles club.
who is coming to the White Sox i'm the
spring. like Bill Lange, is used as a
nch hitter. Delhi is a highly exploited
slabb.
George Davis, former White Sox star
and last year manager of the Des Moines
club. has gwen up the wonderful game
at asst. He has entered business in New
York.
Larry Lajoie was struck out by Gle
cote yesterday with two men on base.
Larry lost ground in the fight for batting
honors, only getting one hit in five times
at bat, while Cobb hit safely twice in
three attempts.
Carey of the Pirates has been nichnam-
ed Scoops because ''of h s briliiancy
in the outer garden" More likely the
nickname has been handed down from
Carey, the old Orlole first baseman. who
was a fine fielder and played a position
where he had more chance to make
scoops.
ice jackson. the sensational Cleveland
outfielder, told Ty Cobb several months
ago he couldn't tell him tJackson) any
thing either on or off the field. Since
that time Jackson has become repentant
Cobb did show him something. He show
ed jackson the proper way to make the
fade-away slide and also told Joe few
things about base running that are said
to have improved Jackson a whole lot