The Detroit times., 1912-09-26
4 sEVEN POSITIONS ARE
4 STILL IN DOUBT IN THE
AMERICAN LEAGUE RACE
With Only Eight Games More,
Red Sox Are Only Ones to
Have Place Cinched
TIGERS AND MAPS FIGHT
Leadership of Second Division
or Chance for First
= is at Stake
TIGERS AND MAPS FIGHT
By RALPH L. YoNKER.


seven positions are still in doubt IL
the American league. Boston, the
pennant winner, alone, has Its place
settled.
Though the race for the pennant
have been settled some time age
there 10 another race that still has
some peculiar interest in II.
That II the struggle between
George 6tovalls Browns and HarTy
Woiverton's Yankees to Keep out o1
t The cellar. Yesterday the Browns
took two in q row from the White
l66x and dumped the Yankees bach
into the pit. after they had been out
'for only day or two.
The Yankees have been at the bot
tom twice now In the latter part ol
this season. They were there just q
day or two ago. but managed TO climt
out In safety. The double defeat In
1icted upon them yesterday threw
them back In again.
Neither the Yanks nor the Browns
can hope to rise above seventh place.
So they are all alone In the fight for
the cellar.
that are trying to stun each other
+ MUWu luOO INC uCCouu
a one berth In the FIRST section avail
Cleveland and Detroit, with the White
Sox nesting In II now.
The Sox are hanging to that fourth
line none too securely fastened, how
ever, and proper spurts could place
either the Maps or the Tigers there.
II Ii hardly likely, however, that the
Galatians will be ousted.
A little battle for leadership Of the
second division. in case they must
stay there, is on between the Tigers
and the Maps. The Tigers held their
heads up easily until Joe Birming-
ham took charge Of the Maps, recent
". Then the Maps began winning
more games than they lost and such
policy has been fatal to the Tigers
this year. They nosed the Tigers out
OF the first place In their game here
Tuesday. 4
Higher up. just above the white
Sox, the Athletics and the Nationals
are having little fracas all Of their
own to determine who shall be run.
nef-up TO the Red Sox this year. The
Nationals are leading now, but by a
rather scant margin and may be oust-
cd. yet by Connie Mack's men.
In these three battles for positions
In the league, II is interesting to note
that none OF the participants in any
one struggle has a chance to get into
another.
The Nationals and Athletics are too
far beneath the Red Sox to show fight
and 90 far above Chicago that the
White Sox cannot bother them.
The White Sox, Maps and Tigers
are In another squabble all OF their
own. being too far below the Ath-
Ietics TO worry them and too far
obove the Browns to think OF them.
The Tigers cannot break even this
eeason. II they win every game now
they will have lost one more game
than they will have won.
IL looks very much as " Joe Wood
had recovered from that nervousness
that afflicted him while he was here
md also an II Manager Stahl were
through worrying about him, II he
ever worried ut all.
Smoky Joe hurled against the High
Iauders yesterday and was generous
enough to allow them two hits With
his winning streak broken he has evi-
IDENTIFY recovered his composure
enough TO pitch pretty good ball.
DO you remember the stepladder
Who pitched against the Tieers for
81. Louis here a while ago, named
Wielman?
Well, Wieiman didn't do anything
yesterday but hold the White Sox to
y lone hit In seven innings when the
oecond game Of their double-header at
6t Louis was called because OF dark
ness. t ~"
or chief interest In the proceed.
ings OF the national commission yes
fefday, outside Of the bare facts that
the worlds series IL TO begin az such
date and SO on, was their action
designed TO prevent ticket scalprNg.
Il has always been held by fans
that IL the baseball magnates went
after IL In real sincerity, they could
prevent a large part OF the scalping.
On the other hand, those In close
touch with the business oflces saw
that II II impossible to prevent scalp.
ors from getting tickets.
The National league members OF
the commission wanted that BODY 10
control the sale or tickets In both
Boston and New York. johnson
wanted each club to handle It's own
saies Johnson evidently won. for
Zach club IL to take charge Of It's own
tickets.
Al New York. $4,000 Of the $4,000
eats will be sold singly at the
mounds the day of each game. II
#Dnld seem that this would prevent
@calping to some extent all right, OF
n least force the scalpers to have Q
'>ngthy line OF men buying tickets
|1f them.
AZ Boston the regular patrons oi
ne park are TO be supplied first
Hhlch ls very nne In theory, but gives
more chance for cries OF scandal than
does the eystem 70 be tried az New
The Giants were winners in the
Two nips OF the coin that decided that
ne series would start at New York
ana on oct. 5. The Red Sok wanted
\ q start the seventh at Boston.
pretty compliment was paid to
IN o'Loughlin and Billy Evans IN
||@IEinE them AZ the American
<.<Ie u1npires.