The Washington herald., 1912-07-21
Red Sox Refuse to Slump,
And Still Maintain Lead
Boston Just Now Looks Like Pennant-winning Ag-
gregation- Nationals and Athletics
Are Still in the Race

Iit 60 at that Anybody will admit that
the Athletics are a great club In a short
series. They have the fight and the
drive. which stands for class, and the
tighter the thing gets. the better they
are. From now until September We meet
Sox encounter, and as the end ap-
proaches the old batting and pitching are
liable to show and the club is apt TO
drive across the line. Let the Red Sox.
now the most dangerous team IN the
league. hesitate the least bit and We
will be past them. The Athletics are
great bunch of finishers.
Nationals Fighters.
The Washington team is still maintain
ing its great pace and showing its game
ness day after day by coming from be-
mind after games are apparently lost
and winning Them. It gets tiresome to
say that the team is a surprise. It Is
a hard club to understand outside OF
It's pitchers and catchers. / pointed out
last week that five regulars in the line
up were fresh in the big league this
year. Griffith has good pitchers and
catchers and they appear to be improv-
Ing each time that see them work out.
have always been a great admirer of
Walter johnson. but at the opening of
the race 1t looked aS II he were the only
htgh-class box artift Grif1th had. Now
Hughes has developed and Groom, and
even Jim" Vaughn, formerly of the
New York club, has been doing we'll
under the Inspiration Of victories They
are a great tonic to any player. Henry
has become one of the best catchers In
the American League and his throwin,
Is little short of wonderful Stealing
bases on him is almost m fmpossibility.
Washington should finish well up In
the first division. The club has an out
side chance to grab the flag Grinith
Possesses combination OF hustiers and
fighters, and they are always in the
game. lead of six or seven runs i'm
the hrst inning does not block the team
cut and beat it, and that Is the club
Tor which to watch out It's going to
be a hard bunch to shake of. and, from
joke, it has become one OF the most
serious propositions in the American
League-the most serious to the Athlet-
les right now-as IL Is the team i'm
mediately ahead of US and the one which
must be first overtaken before We can
set sail for the Red Sox Washington
Soston, and the Athletics have practi-
cally the same clubs TO meet from now
to the last of August-ell westerners
II the situation has not changed BY
that time, when the three teams hool,
up In the last part OF August and the
"a S'tplcAl4DcE, tDGTe SnOOlQ be
a great deal Of fur flying. but I hope
the contenders will be separated then
and TO the Athletics advantage.
Dim Chance for Chicago,
OF the Western clubs Chicago is the
only one with a championship chance
now. and that is dim one. The White
Sox sire not out OF the race for first
place yet, but that Is about all They
are just in It. Big Ed Walsh, the
wonder of the club, is showing some
signs OF wear. although he pitched ons
Of his best games against the Red Sox
last week (thank goodness), allowing
them only two hits. one a scratch. But
the big fellow cannot work as often as
he did earlier in the season. The rest
of the pitchers, as have frequently said.
are uncertain. 1t is distinctly first di-
vision team, but would not place IT bet
ter than third at the outside
Cleveland looks TO be Improving. the
pitchers having bucked up lately, and
that has been the flaw IN the team all
year. Baskette and Gregg are both go
ing strong now, while Jackson and La
joie are carrying along the batting end
OF the business Griggs Is playing a
great game at first base, and We found
the team an extremely hard one to beat.
I hope the Red SoS have as much
trouble with them as We did while we
were playing the St Louis Browns last
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week.