The Detroit times., 1912-09-24
DIGIT a. IS MAGIC
NUMBER IN TWO Big
LEAGUE RACES TODAY
Red Sox Need Four More Games
to Equal an American
League Record
GIANTS ~ 1-2-3-4 - FLAG!
With Another Quartet to Their
Credit Giants Have Pen
nant Nailed
GIANTS ~ 1924 - FLAG
BIZ RALPH L. YoNKER.

The digit ~ is the magic number
An the big league races today.
The Red Sox need four more games
40 equal the American league record
for games wen in a single season.
The Giants are only four games
eeparated from the National league
5 | nag. II they can win two games to-
day and the Phillies can beat the CUBS
twice. they have the gonfalon.
iT There seems TO be nothing that can
| etop the Boston club from setting
new American league record Tor
total number of games won. With
two weeks to 60 and then some and
= only ave games needed to establish
1 the new mark, ii Is as good as done.
The Sox right now have won as
\ many games as the Tigers did In 1903,
the last year they won the pennant
and the year In which they took the
most games of any during the three
}seasons they secured the flag.
Only one club has won more games
during the whole year that the Sox
have up to date. Both years the
Athletics took the championship hon.
ors they won over 100 games. Tne
Sox have now 9S. In 1910. the Mack
tnen took 102 games, the greatest
number won up to that time. 1911
fhey won one less.
8 Not only does II look as IL the Sox
must set a. new record for winning
games, but that they must close the
year with the highest percentage
ever attained by an American league
team.
A high mark Of $50 was set by the
Athletics In their biggest year. Bos-
ton is now $50 with very good
chances OF sticking about that high.
Boston won the pennant the hrst
year OF the 154-game season when
Jimmy Collins was their boss. They
won 95 games that season
According to unofficial figures iris
Speaker and ole Jackson start on to-
day on the home stretch In the race
for hitting honors. tied for second
place. <. ".
Each man has been at bat 545 times
and has clouted safely 212 times.
' Speaker leads Jackson In run-get-
ting, despite the fact that Joey has
been in two games more than Iris.
Neither man Is in a position to give
Cobb battle for first position unless
he should make terrific rush and
Cobb should slump away down. As
the men have been hitting at about
their normal stride lately there is
little danger that Cobb will be beaten.
Some records give Jackson the
slight advantage today and credit
him with having just nosed out
Speaker. The best authority. how
ever, seems to place the men neck
and neck
There Is some difference OF opinion
as TO Miian's base-stealing record
also While some records have IL
that Clyde has attained 81 stolen
bases and thereby has beaten out
Cobb. who made an American league
record Of SO last year, other records
& say that he has to date 80, which
means that he has still to equal
Cobb's mark.
However, II seems certain that he
will break Cobb's record as there are
nine games to be played yet by Wash
ington and he must pilfer at least
four or ave bases during that time.
The game between the heds and
the Braves In Boston yesterday was
OF especial interest to Tiger fans in
that two former Jenningsites were
pitcher for Cincy.
Georfe Suggs and Ralph Works
were the two men. Suggs has been
with the Reds for some time, but
Works joined them only yesterday.
The seventh inning proved their un-
doing for the Braves got to them for
the seven runs that won the game
then.
Ralph Works causes major league
magnates more worry probably than
any other pitcher In the big league.
He certainly has the stuff as pitch
er and those who watch him cant un.
derstand why he doesn't get away
with his games.
During the time tnat he was a
Tiger, he never had his claws secure
" fastened in the Tiger payroll. Jen.
nings was never quite satisfied with
him. Yet Works always showed
enough promise so that II was hardly
deemed wise to let him go.
Not only did he keep the Tiger
managementg Messing, but there were
times when waivers couldn't be secur.
sd on him from other big league
clubs.
And now he has Garry Hermann
guessing
The Cincy Reds put in draft for
him after the Tigers had sent him ia
Providence. After they had him they
decided that they didn't want him
anyway. SO they cancelled the draft
Then along comes Charlie Schmidt
former Tiger. who tells Hermann
hat Works In the stun and Garry de
cides 10 give him chance.
He falls down on Il.
n he kept up his usual record. "
made Just good enough so that Hc--
mann II up IN the air as to whether
)e should let him 60 or hang on tc
lin. now that he can get him.
President Nayin, OF the Tigers. de
rided that he didn't want Garden oi
Hoknoxke. and lost. Of Waco. both OF
whom were obtained In the draft and
% has cancelled his requests for
fhese men
The 81. Louis Browns, who got II
men IN the draft, have cancelled ,or
Ten Of them.
Cr<ea circ.if r-err pe-tpenea .s.ir
II&ttk1ar At Columbia