The Washington herald., 1912-08-11
Chance figures that the
Cubs Win N. L. Pennant
Chicago Leader Has Grounds for Claim if Giants Con-
tinue Playing at Present Gait-McGraw's
Men Are Out of Luck.

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better as the situation becomes t,,,,s,
| II we are crowded into a corner and
made to night, the Cubs win never
pass us.
In two of these articles I have ,r.-
dicted that the race would be close and
that the Cubs would give us a f9ht.
, When the Giants were out ahead by a
matter of some fifteen games. there
were those wise ones who laughed at
zoe notion OF Chicago ever approach
irs- But now they see how Quickly
Such margin can be cut down.
Cubs Going Wen.
The Cubs have been playing good ball
on this trip. but they showed some
signs of weakening against Philadel-
phia. and the Quskers helped US con-
siderabiy by taking two games from
Chance while we were losing two TO
the Pirates. Chances pitchers are not
going quite so strong as they were. and
believe the team has been playing
above Its normal speed, and that II will
settle back into Its normal gait very
shortly. However. there are few but
viii admit that the Giants have been
playing far below their normal gait
also
Since his series with the Giants
clarke has again announced pennant
ioE WHICH Only Clarke
see reason. / don't expect that the
Pittsburg team will be In the race. as
IL Is an fn-and-out organization. One
DAY the club plays championship ball
and the next II makes ridiculous err
rors. The pitchers are uncertain. and
many have wild habits which can be
taken advantage of by the patience
route. 1t is not a team likely 10 mix
In the fight for the pennant
Fhe sudden return of the Quakers to
life has added a new zest to the race
from another angle Each time that one
OF the leading clubs encounters PhiIa-
delphia. the series usually affects its
chances. Now. II Chance could have
cleaned up in the series with Doom last
week he would be very close to the
Giants at present But Doom stepped
In and won a couple of games when
they would do the most good He ac-
compnshed the same thing in Chicago
on his last trip West, and this was very
beneficial to the Giants at that time
II you Will recall It We had just lost
three games in Chicago and three in
St. Louis, and were recovering from
health in Pittsbug. when Philadelphia
took four out of five from the Cubs. II
Is largely due to the orIakers that we
are now enjoying our medium comfort
able lead.
Fnfines Have Good Team.
Philadelphia has a good team. and.
without doubt. will finish in the first
division II Is due to the fact that the
club obtained a late start that IL is rot
now up fighting with the leaders for the
nag. Doom was pursued by hard rIck
all through the early weeks Of the race.
one star after another being injured
He never had his whole team upon which
to dept nd Even last week. Brennan,
one of his best pitchers this season. was
taken Ill with dipththeria and will be
out OF the game for several weeks. The
ouakers may pass Pittsburg. II the lat
ter club should hit a slump. but that
VIII probably be the Limitation Of their
travelling. and ths chances are that the
Philadelphia team will finish fourth
The ether clubs are stringing out about
where they will stand at the finish Gin
cinnati is still showing disposition to
fall. an inclination which was stopped
only by encountering Boston. St Louis
is liable to finish ahead Of the Reds But
the real interest centers around the race
between the Giants and the Cubs. and
II Is liable TO be interesting enough for
us. and for everybody.
Copyright. 1872, by Mcclure Newspaper syudicatey