El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-26
BY Ted Moorins.

to see him fight II out with some
one for the leading place.
Pittsburg's Hard Luck.
Another team that has had q streak
of hard luck is Pittsburg- They were
playing classy ball and making a
strong fight when manager Clarke
went out of the game as the result
of a blow on the head from pitched
ball. How much this will cripple them
depends 10 a great extent on how
long he will be out of the game.
The transferring of Wagner to first
has proved a wise move in one way
and that is. Honus is apparently
tower Of strength at the first sack,
but 1T leaves q hole at short that NC
Kechine is not able to fill Then to
cap the climax. Babe Adams was
taken sick. The loss of this pitcher
would virtually kill Pittsburg's
chances
Regarding Cincinnati Brooklyn and
Boston the least one says the better
1t is. as it appears that all these
teams are entitled to is sympathy.
Boston Butt of Ball Jokes.
Boston, especially. has been the butt
of all ball jokes Of the season and it
is quite a wonder that they have any
games to their credit at all.
In the American League.
The race in the American league has
apparently dwindled down to fight
between Detroit and Philadelphia. with
the odds still in favor of the Tigers
at the date of this writing.
Detroit started out the season IN
whirlwin ind fashion and had q lead OF
over 200 points, before the other teams
could get started. but when the Ath-
letics struck their stride they began
to overhaul the Tigers in fine shape
A
Of them At this juncture the bird
of hard luck halted in his winged
flight long enough to cause Murphy
and Collins to collide, putting Connie
Macks star second baseman out Of
the game for some time.s What effect
this accident will have Connie Mack
will not say, but It was a noticeable
fact In the game July 6, Cleveland
shut out the Athletics. Murphy seemed
to be a bit upset as the result of the
injury to his team and has not been
playing In the same form, feeling
that he is largely TO blame for the
Gripping of his teammate.
Ford Regains Nerve.
Ford seems to have got back his
nerve since the Carhan accident, for
which he was partly responsible. ano
recently pitched a beautiful game, and
if Derrick can cover this position in
adelphia may have chance.
The loss Of Del Gainar to Detroit
has not seriously crippled them, in
fact his absence is barely noticeable,
and if the Tigers can get through the
season without that terrific slump
that has always been their hoodoo.
they look awfully good for pennant
position.
American Association.
tn
is that of Columbus and Kansas City
in the American association. The
teams in this league have been for
tunate in lodging the accident propo-
sition, and a study of the dope book
leads one to believe that in one Of
these teams is the pennant winner.
with the other in second position.
which. it is hard TO say because it
has been a case of first up, then down
started and it looks as if both teams
were considerably stronger than any
of the other six in the league. AS
to judging the winner, the easiest way
to decide this is to name one side
of a coin Columbus the other Kansas
City and then flip. If you are lucky
it might reveal the answer, but that
would be about all that you could
conceive as a comparison only shows
six Of one and half dozen of the |
other.
Paciffc Coast Situation.
The Pacific Coast league offers
really the most interesting race from
league standpoint in tat only 46
points separate the leaders from the
fourth team, with both the fifth and
sixth team in sight provided they take
a brace
Los Angeles is virtually the only
team that has shown poor form so
far and If they can obtain the new
men they are striving for they still
have a chance of getting into the top
of the list someW here
Between Portland, Oakland and San
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