The sun., 1912-08-11
AND FIGURES IN
FAVOR Of THE GIANTS
They Are Contingent, How.
ever, on New Workers Max
ing Expected Brace.
WHY TEAM SHOULD DO so
Has the Ability. the Youth and
the Lead With Which to
Meet Cub Spurt.


of baseball prospects that " the Giants
and cubs continue at their present pace
the disciples Of Chance will wrset the Ma
tional League championship from the New
WORKERS. From July to August inclusive,
the Now Workers won ?: games and lost ~.
and tho Cubs won ~ and lost IN. and II
those respective ratios were continued
they would insure the loss OF the pennant
for the Giants.
The slump the champions have been eS-
periencing has becn long ono. unusually
long for them. and there are those who are
on the verge OF hysteria lest II means that
their bolt has been shot. Their bolt. how
ever. has not been shot unless they have
suddenly lost a large share Of the como back
power which has tided them successfully
over other trying seasons The team
, hasn't the useful secondary strength IN the
box that the Cubs have and 70 that extent
il not in as good position for srielilnR
drive to the finish. This 10 condition
not 10 he held lightly. but with three really
: good pitchers -Nlathcwson. Maruuard and
Tcsrea,,- together with the goodly share
of youth and ability the team has. to say
nothing of tho managerial ability Of McGfaw
, it Is not reasonabls to believe that the poor
showing for the last I've weeks Is fair
measure ot what can DC expected the rest
Z of the season.
The GIANTS must brace there is no doubt
, O, that. but there Ia enough strength. AMI
no, waning strength either to make T.
likely that II will brace. These things In
connection with their lead surely make u
not n little more than an even chance that
, the Giants will repeat and land this years
pennant
, Then again there enters into the outlook
the element Of the Cubs probability ~
maintaining their present clip. OF their
last forty games the Cubs have won three
fnurths They are going strongly. more
strongly than any other team In tile league,
, but there is a chance that they. too. may
/, meet with telling reverses before tne cur
| tain falls.
However. a rptrogradc movement BY
$ strong rival is not a secure foundation FOR
4 auot her tcam's hopes. and the safest plan
, for the Giants Ia to put their own house In
4 order rather than count on an opponent
. Weakening That tn" Giants can play
bet, er bal, than they have been doing for
fyc weeks there is no doubt. Th" Cube.
\ If they reckon on tn" Giants not bracine.
ar. lust as likely TO be fooled a. the Giants
| nigh, be were the latter to figure that the
| Cubs will slow M.
since tho hrst Of July tho Cubs have won
approxir,atciy thrcefourths OF their games
| II they keep on at this ratio they Will win
los games and lose ~. In that event the
Giants could by w inning ~ of their remain
= ing games and losing Cor by winning
= about three -ff ths-hnish the season with
r Ios victories and "a defeats. just enough
to squeeze in.
rhe chances are against rather than for
- the cubs inning three-fourths OF their
that the Giants will win y, out Of 81; this
!. of course with the reasonable proveo .nas
a ns R5rtHHsf or Hs cup Hs do Of n"
s.zable one when II Is consd1ereo .Hafr Enfr
n" Giants We're TO- win .Od 0G'y y,Ss one1nH Cnh.
e two-th!rds the former would be only one
game behind a, The tn,sh ns The nES.s: 'H.cs:
for for *" *" Cnes fs'S TS"reore % TO Should the Cubs
d Giants % would have to win only two more
8 than half Of theirs to beat the Bruins
sppose the Giants yin TVS 'MS'fb,ds tbsS OF n ,ne
h have r'a" to win slightly more than nye-sixths
OF theirs BY winning hve-siHths the Cubs
would have io victories and = defeat q; ;Ss;:
total M t games to to date. but we're going at better
/. than that ratio up 10 the time they slumped
t True. several Of their opponents; were not
then in their real form. but the Giants were
more representative of their real ability
'Ase 10 wnir 1he @ part Of the schedule
that lies ahead it Is practically an % even he sans
,n the he abon saSaS hard she
$. verse, for them. The coming games o.
are about equally Ssys a%Sns
more r. With With Chicago, eiyh, more with Pitts
burg vr more with cincinnati nins %SEs
. seven more with Brooklyn. eight more With
o Boston the Cubs have seven more with New
with 4s %TsS t snf cSs 4se
:. SIGH, Sigh, more With Philadelphia. Ave more with
Rrootlyn. ten more With, With Boston New forEi ,is
$5IS%;s ~ F,,ss,s Sss St. Louis and Fh'
| ntCs not out OF the running
= bu, are so far behind the Giants that that
bridge can IL, crossed Nhsn i eve evsiitMatss ~, a
ST ,nsus, n on the Cnb- win have fourteen
tiamts "2, !" nth" the same length Of time wiz have
Twelve games abroad and twenty-five al
Double headers willainvc some hearing
on the outcome and h this respect the
hasr schedule ne douSIs sefs hsad.rs
delphi, and one az home with Boston; Tho
nne % wiih Philadelphia and two with Cinoir-
natl. and one in Philadelphia anu one III
PittsburS.
loo Tinker Of the Guns and Max Carey
of the Pirates are two players who have
lbeen doing some timely hitting this season
loyen il their batting averages arc not very
lblph Chicago has landed an even dozen
lhat,lcs either in the ninth or in subsequent
Tinker. who had eleven points in the voting
for the Chalmers trophy last year. has coms
incross at the proper time with hits that
gave the Cubs the verdict Molnnes OF the
A,h,e,ics is the American Leagues best
,inishrr. He has batted home the winning
Inn in two games won by the Msokmeli
~ The ninth and two games landen Dy tnen,
il, IN overtime speaker Of the Red SOY sna
INN of the Highlandcrs each haveoeen
rnsnon. lille for thr"e OF Their !catns WINS
IN ;he ninth or suhsc,u"nt innings
"'rhis i. the list of major ieaCners VINO nAv~
,,rn,L teljinc blows for their cl"bs ~ ninth
nnd c\tra inning victories this season;
NArIoNAL LEAGUE
,h,,.ro--rlnkcy. zimm:rnan, Leach:
ShSrkard. !; schultz - Nseuhs"' -
nen' n,e.lnn'cf,nna,'---Marsans, o. lobl'tzsii. =.
MncGei, iInmphr''t' i Ssa"' i "e''"
az; 'dr;rMt.pnrs ~ Carey. =, Wagner 9 Wilson, u
Mu.'r n,s y, nHFfv1, HFvsns. .? lIauser q Kone'eh'.
'.,pi,l, /: Rl,s, oakes, sw..c.y.
! r,.s,on'.- Miller, !, Mcdonald - '"''"''
Wpourhc, I; Niins' ,,,r.,,
! ,,rnnEWm- Nor.hcn, !; Morsm. Morr.,,,.l I.
Nsw Nork aerIog,, ,r,in'l.li' ma i: meyers. i;
srndgrai,,S; "Ns;'rsvath, :; I.ober'' !;
,u,pICAN LEAGUE