The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-08-16
AS AHI
OF Me- raw' Men at Home,
Play Every g it's here be-
fore Talslng Trail Again.

are playing their lAef stand at tne
polo grounds After the g3hllltes
and iii the estsll clubs. ana then
Boston and BroblElyE have paid their
little visits and passed upon their
more or less merry ways. the home
season win be practically over.
At the concIusion Of the string the
Giants win set ont upon & trip that
win carry them to every other city
in the league and leave room for
only three 66fnea n the hollow be-
fore closing time. There IS break
in the schedriIe September / and 2,
when Philadelphia e visited. But
to an intents and purposes the
Giants will be home until septem-
Der 8
Between now and that time the
National League pennant viii be
pretty wen won or lost. so fa- az
New York Is concerned. Il the
Giants, playing on their own field,
and with everything in their favor
cannot make their stand at the Polo
grounds successful enough to give
them a commanding lead. they Just
might as well giveSup hope. for II
would be asking too much to expect
them to gain very much ON tChicago
or Pittsburg while ON the road.
The fact that the clubs are today
some thirty points in the lead has
no great significance. Their margin
is small and they are, on a swing over
the eastern division OF the circuit
The same applies to Pfttsburg's case
in smaller measure.
Among the Giants the feeling is
strong that Pittsburg is really the
club they will have to beat out II
they are to win, though they expect
Chicago will make most trouble for
them. The Cubs, for the steenth
time, are trembling on the verge of
a collapse. They have been getting
ready fol- descent for some time,
and few of the POLO grounders
would be greatly surprised If If
their eastern invasion put thcm en-
tirely out of the running.
The pirates are hitting and field
ing a strong gama behind fair
pitchers. and while there is little
danger of their ever being anything
but the conservative plugging team
they always have Been, their style is
one that gets results most of the
time. Their greatest danger lies in
a pitching stan that hasn't been par
ticularly effective against the Giants
this year, and which is built up
from one that has In the past shown
a tendency to slough on at frequent
1t has been going on for
SO long now that a slump is due att
almost any time if precedent is fol-
lowed.
1t is club, too, that has been
beaten by the Giants this year SO
often that 1t does not relish particu-
larIy a meeting with the Polo
The Pirates have thei
bulge on Chicago by safe margin,
while the Cubs have won a majority
of their games with the Giants. New
York has wone liz out of 10 from
but the Infants have al
long edge on Chicago. The Giants
can beat either of the teams that
have lChicago's number, but cannot
for the life of them get anything on
Chances crew.
If Matty had done better than win
only two of his last nine games the
Giants prospects of piling into the
lead could hardly be better. The
team is hitting, except against
running rings around any
thing in the league, and for the
most part fielding we'll, Matty's de-
lection can hardly be explained,
He fels as we'll as he ever did and
his arm still has its old
lime strength.
But for one reason or another his
,adeaway does not fade as it once
'ade-away does not fade as it once
IS sharply. The probabilities are
hat he will come around again just
IS suddenly as he fell of. He has
lad losing streaks every season for
ears past. but has always GOMEZ
Jack. He has been on color so long
ow that he is due for a winning
freak. ut could not come at more
pportune time.