The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-04
IN MAJOR LEAGUES

The injury of Jimmy Archer, star
 backstop of the Cubs, is regretted by
 all fair minded fans. The rivalry be-
 tween the Cubs and Giants is intense.
 but even those who have their next
 summers wages staked on the colors
 Of McGraw do not want to see a club
 crippled while. it is making a. hard
 fight. Archer will be out of the game
 at least two weeks, it is reported, and
 probably for the balnce of the sea- son.
 Frank Chance can find some con solation, however, in the fact that
 Johnny Evers is putting in his best year as second baseman for the Cub machine. Evers has been largely re- sponsible for the Cubs being now in the fight His hitting, along with that sent the club along in the face of more or less indifferent pitching by
 Chances hurling staff. It was pre- dicted this year that Eves, because of the nervous breakdown he suffer ed last season would never again be the great second baseman and asset to his club he had. been before. But 1t is apparent to those who have watched him this year that he is play. ing the game of his life
 Marty o'roole is said to be one Of the saddest young men. in baseball just at present, but if he has nothing @ 3n Eans Ear Preyfus who Tdo,s PaId s22 s 800 been losing so consistently this season that he now gets Jeers where he ex- pected cheers. and moreover finds his future clouded in uncertainty. If Mar ty is turned back to the minors it will go a long way toward dul1ing the interest in expensive ball players and establishing the theory that they are not always worth the price asked for them.
 otherwise worry over the increasing bulk of Joe Woods winning streak, at- tention is called to the sad fate of other 1912 flingers who have compiled has pitched only two or three really good games since Jimmy Lavender broke into his string; Jean Dubuc has been having quite a time if it since he was topped at e1evn straight and Walter Johnson has lost two games since he was interrupted.
 Three who have set the big league on their ears across long stretches never been quite the same since. Johnson took his worst beating of the year Monday and if Johnson can be thus harshly treated there is no known reason why Woods shouldn't be. Let York cannot suffer by anything he does in the American league. He may l be due for his share of what has hap pened to three others just when it will help the Giants most.
 The three American League contend 1 CTS furnish one of the fine examples Of added dope that could be dug up in a month of Sundays. There hasn't | been a time this year when the Red Sox could not lick the Athletics; the as soft for Mack's crew. Yet, when l ever Boston and Washington get to- | gether, Griffith's clan has the edge
 The Cubs are now getting a, share of the hard luck that pursued the Giants | earlier in the year, but the chances quite so successfully as the champions. Time was when McGraw had one Of more substitutes in his lineup every day for weeks at a stretch, but the only effect it had was to build up the most massive lead in major league history
 Now the Cubs have Catcher Jimmy Archer on the ai1ing list and c. Vail ing Murphy is splitting the heavens with his shrieks: When McGraW capable of filling their places with credit to themselves and success to their club, but at this writing there Is no indication that Chance has found any one able to fill Archers shoes
 The American League, Philadelphia m particular, is greatly interested Tn | what Harry Davis intends to do With l himself now that he has resigned as of the Maps It Is not at all proba ble that he will continue to serve the Cleveland club in any capac- ty, for he is a couple of years past his usefulness as a player
 There is a genral suspicion that the Athletics would today be several games closer to the Red Sox if Connie Mack had not permitted his friend ship for Davis to get the better of 1is judgment Davis though he may not play was a vital cog in the Mack machine. He cannot manage club, l put he can make himself mighty use ul as a go-betWeen for bench man iger.