New-York tribune., 1912-08-29
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Giants Arrive Home with Lead
of Five Full Games.
REMNANT OUTLOOK BRIGHT
St. Louis Browns Give Walter
Johnson Decisive Beating
and Settle Controversy.

finish in the race for another pennant.
The Chicago Cubs gained half game on
New York by defeating the 81. Louis
Cardinals yesterday. leaving the cham
pions Just five games In the lead. Their
trip through the West resulted in the loss
| OF only one game in their precious lead,
/ as they had a margin Of six full games 70
| their credit when they left New York.
! Their record for the trip was eight VIC
tories TO six defeats.
The Cubs since July have played fifty
contests and have gained only seven full
games on the Giants They have thirty
| Elk left In which TO make UP the remain
| Ing five games which separates them
| from the leaders. Their most effective
| blows were struck In winning nine games
from the Giants AS II stands now they
! have only three more meetings with the
| champions. and by winning two OF these
| three contests they would be able to gain
| only one game on the leaders IL New
York has even q three-game lead when
| that series comes, only one victory Is
needed to preserve a twO-game lead when
! the series closes,
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and require only 10, or just half, to
bring their total victories up 10 the cen
tury mark. To equal that the Cubs must
win % out of their remaining S6. If the
Giants should succeed in winning "a and
! losing II. the Cubs must win rs and can
afford to lose only S OF their remaining
games TO even tie New York. Should
this happen the standing OF the two clubs
would be los games won and 40 lost. With
| % contests TO play with New York, Pitts
burgh, Philadelphia and Cincinnati, II is
extremely doubtful whether the Cubs do
not lose more than games, while the
Giants. with 15 games against Brooklyn
and Boston and 10 with Philadelphia.
ought to win enough so that the victories
picked up In games with Pittsburgh and
Chicago and with Cincinnati and St
Louis will bring their total up TO q.
McGraw's team plays its best ball IN
cool weather. Ames and Marquard espe-
cially dlsdaining the hot spells. This ac-
counts for the winning streak OF Mar
guard early in the year and the superior
playing Of the team all around. II IL
pretty certain that they will swing into
their stride this fall as they did last
September Ames, who has never yet
failed to deliver a fine brand Of pitching
when the first frost falls. will be helped
this year by Tesreau, who has developed
into star. Mathewson. Marquard and
Crandal will be able to win majority
Of their games. so the prospect IL bright
for another pennant.
Tho team did not sustain any losses on
the trip. with the exception Of an injury
to Merkle, who sprang Charley Horse
and was out OF the game FOR few days.
He is much improved now. Chief Meyers
was sent home from Pittsburgh TO rest
up for the sprint 10 the tape and Will
take his place in the lineup against
Brooklyn to-day.
The st. Louis Browns defeated Walter
johnson yesterday. and ended once and
for all his chance to equal Marquards
record Even though Ban Johnson, presi-
dent OF the American League. declared
that the Washington star should be
charged with a defeat when he relieved
Hughes on Monday, stili, II he had gone
ON winning there would be pronounced
tendency to overlook that relapse HIS
chance is gone now. and the record stands
al sixteen consecutive victories, a new
league mark.
Mike Murphy says that Billy Kramer
the American cross-country champion
will never run again, and as Murphy
never misses the mark when II comes 10
telling the extent of an injury. 1t seems
that Kramer's days as an athlete are over.
II now appears that the tendon OF Achilles
of his left leg is severely injured.
According to the veteran trainer Kramer
received his injury by running on the
deck OF the Finland without the proper
massage after his exercise. The training
facilities were such that some OF the ath-
letes had TO 90 without the necessary
amount of attention, and Kramer was one
NJ those who unfortunately had to suffer
| as a result OF this lack of accommodation.
Murphy cites the fact that all the races
| in which Kramer tried to enter at the
! OIympics proved that he could not do him
! self Justice, for after running part OF the
distance his tendon suffened upon him to
ouch an extent that he could hardly move
n muscle after he had used his leg for
a little time. Examination has revealed
! the fact that there is a contraction Of the
ueament that even surgery cannot rem
| edy.
Garry Fitzgerald, Kramer's trainer, says
that he thinks rest and care may bring
II around all right, but Murphy shook
! his head sadly and said: i've felt 'em
that Uay before and ] never saw one
vet that came around it TO work on. No.
| sir. his racing days are over Now see If
/ aln't right
II is expected that at least dozen
swimmers will compete In Chicago to-
morrow for the Amateur Athletic Unions
one.mile swimming championship under
tho auspices OF the Illinois Athletic Club.
THE contest will be held In the Lincoln
Park lagoon, over a straightaway course
through still water. William Vosberg,
who won the Chicago River swim recent
". and Louis Ferguson. winner OF the
Central Amateur Athletic Union one
mile championship. are among the en-
/ rants.
Richard Klegin, who was the original
toyirg promoter in Paris and Monte
COLO is the manager of Dave Smith,
tho champion middle weight and
ught heavyweight of Australia. Kle-
e,n wishes to inform the American pub
+ 1ic that he has 5000 in real money which
,y,u oo as q side bet IL Bill Papke, Frank
KLAUS. Mike Gibbons, Georges Carpen-
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