Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-11
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HOME STRETCH IN REMNANT
RACES HAS BEEN REACHED
Athletics Have Flag Cinched, But it May
i Be Some Time Before Decision in
National League Is Made.

If the schedule for the remainder of the
season favored New York as much as il
does the Athletics it would appear al
most certain that the teams which battled
for the worlds championship in 1900
would clash again in 1911. If it was up
to the fans to decide ii Is almost certain
that they would like to see the Giants
and Athletics meet for the title. New
York won the series in 1900 and ever
since then there Is desire on the part of
the followers of the Mackmen to get even
But it is not certain that the Giants
will win in the National League race. In
deed the race was never more unsettled
at this stage of a season than at present
New York now leads the Cubs by the
small margin of sixteen points, and the
Giants have western trip to make, while
the Cubs have a long stand on the home
grounds. and Chances team is a tough
proposition to beat in it's own ball yard
Chicago dropped back a little yesterday
by losing to Cincinnati, but the Giants
are not very far ahead, and a couple of
games either way will make a lot of diff
ference. This condition of affairs is going
to tell on the players of both teams and
II Is a question which team can stand
the pace.
Chicago has total of seven games
away from home, two al Cincinnati. two
at Pittsburgh and three at st. Louis. The
hrst four will be played this week in the
order named, and next Saturday the Cubs
d
Of the eastern teams
This Is where the Cubs are expected to
overhaul the Giants and capture the pen
nant While the schedule favors Chi
cago. it is not certain that Chicago can
do what it must do to capture the cham
pionship. While Chicago is playing Gin
cinnati and Pittsburgh this week the
Giants will play four games In Boston,
and on past records this looks easy for
McGraws men,
Pittsburgh, while Chicago is entertain
ing Brooklyn, and this looks like stand
off, for Brooklyn should do just as well
against the Cubs as the crippled Pirates
can do against the Giants. Fred Clarke
was depending upon his Neutrality-suspicious.
sand-five-hundred-do star pitcher to
help him out but O'Toole's arm has gone
lame and the phenom has been shipped
to Youngstown to seek the aid of Bone
setter Reese. The loss of O'Toole's
services about kills the Pirates chances
for improving their position in the race.
The Giants meet st. Louis while Chi
cago is playing six games in three days
with the Philies This should prove an
important series all round. If the Phil
lies can make good showing on the
coming western trip they should finish
in the first division The six games in
Chicago are going to figure in the Phil
lies standing. for If the Cubs take a ma
jorfty of the games and st. Louis can
break even with New York, the Cardl-
nails Will have fine chance of breaking
into the first division. At the same time
the Cubs must win a majority of the
games from the Phillies to gain on New
York, so that this series promises to be
the most important of the trip.
Chicago plays Boston. while the Giants
meet Cincinnati, and then the Giants and
Cubs clash in a series of four games,
which may decide the winner of the
championship No matter which club
wins, 1t Is going to be a bitter struggle
right up to the finish. for the Cubs can
be expected to gain some ground at home
while the Giants are on the road. and the
advantage may land Chicago a winner.
There would no doubt be more interest
in the worlds series if the Giants met
the Athletics because of the feeling over
the result of the series in 1908, and the
fact that the Cubs proved so easy for
the Mackmen last year. The Giants have
the harder race of the two, and if they
win the National League pennant they
will have won a battle which will carry
with 1t the deserving right to contest for
the higher honors in base ball
G. NJ. YOUNG.