New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15
TIMELY BITS Of SPORT
Three Weeks More of Baseball.
Then the Climax.
HIGH PRAISE FOR WAGNER
Shortstop of Red Sox with
Carrigan, Gets Credit from
Jake Stahl.

come TO a more or less drearv end .,
october .. With the Boston Red 90.
and the New York Giants romnlng alone
In front in their respective leapuos .,
terest Is bound to wane I'm pIavins. o,
the string or course every move q, a..
men handled by NcGraw and Stahl viii
De closely watched, and the leading teams
are sure to draw respectable crowds "a
the end OF the season with the chan.
pionship series in prospect but for The
others. as said before. the next three
weeks Will be dreary and improbable
New YORK, fortunately. is favored nv
having a prospective pennant winner So
that the fans" here have much 70 an.
ticlpate. The throng which turned out az
the Polo Grounds yesterday to see the
Cubs and the Giants do battle va.
striking indication OF the hold that ths
game has In this city The Cubs Will b.
here for more fireworks tomorrow and
Tuesday, and their very presence az ths
Polo Grounds means plenty Of action .
even II they have lost great unh,u
fight made under more or less discourss.
ing circumstances
The Giants are now eleven and a ha,t
games in front of the Cubs and must
lose twelve OF their nineteen remaining
games while Chicago Is making a clean
sweep of twenty TO miss the fun %
haunting another pennant.
II is over. The fight is won.
The New York-Chicago series now
stands II to In favor OF the Cubs. Tn.
Giants must win tomorrow and Tuesday
10 break even on the season.
The Cubs will move over 10 Brooklyn
on Wednesday for series With the SUI
perbas, while the Cincinnati Reds, who
have come 70 life all too late, will be A.
the Polo Grounds for the rest OF tbs
week. The Reds are working hard N
hold their lately recovered place IN the
first division, and for that reason ,oa,,
games with the Giants will not deyslop
into hippodrome.
IL Is Just as well for the fans asrs
that, the Yankees are winding I'D their
Ill starred season away from horns
Barring accidents they will iust abour
manage to keep out Of last place. and
there the interest ends. They will plav
three games in Detroit and three game,
in Cleveland this week 20 wind m tbsl.
Western invasion and then return East
TO play out the season, but with only
three games on the Hilltop
While many critics are giving crsdi,
TO Joe Wood and Iris Speaker for the
success of the Red Sox. Jake Stahl. man
aver Of the team, points to Bill Carrigan.
the catcher and Henie Wagner. az short
stop, but does II in manner which take
no credit from Speaker and Wood for
their marvellous work this season.
Wood and Speaker have been our o.
rensiVe strenSth-sort of executopers OF
our opponents" says Stahl, but for
brainwork | want 20 hand the credit 10
Carrigan and Wagner. Carrigan has been
greatly responsible for the DEVELOPMENT.
OF Wood and the rest of our pitchers
notably Bedient and O'Brien. Wagner
has proved himself the most reliabl. IN
fielder In the league this year. and his
fighting spirit and great leadership have
helped US in every department OF the
defence"
Stahl's statement bears out one mad. ry
two leading American League umpires IN
Chicago recently. When asked ITO what
American League player would you give
the automobile this season, for being the
most valuable man TO his team in tne
league?' they replied almost in chorus
but specified that their names must not
be used: ITO Heinie Wagner. of Boston
II he dropped out that team would 70 10
pieces In week"
According 10 Connie Mack, manager Of
the Athletics, Harry Davis, who recently
retired as manager OF the Cleveland team.
was the victim of internal dissensions IN
tho club. Mack is quoted as saying
Harry was all but beaten in Cleveland
before he started. His only chance vss
10 go right out in front and win all the
way. He didn't have tho team 10 do that
Fellows who neither can nor will play
ball always have time to play club poll
tics. Harry had more than his share OF
them in the Cleveland team"
Earl Yingling. the Brooklyn pitcher,
who was injured in a recent game will
leave for his home tomorrow, 10 be gone
for the remainder of the season The
muscles in his back at first believed 20
be only slightly strained, refused to re-
spond to treatment and his physician or
dered complete rest.
Frank Chance says Charles Webb Mu'-
ply, owner Of the Cubs, never said that
Roger Bresnahan, manager of the Csrdl-
nails, was trying To help the Giants WIN
the pennant Somebody did
Captain Harry Smith OF the Newark
team is I'll. and with McGinnlty also under
the weather the chances for the indians
to finish third In the international League
race are not so bright as was the case "
week ago.
Rumors that Harry II. Davis, late man
ager of the Cleveland Maps, who resiSneo'
is to rejoin the Athletics, as assistant ~
Connie Mack, gained added impetus !cs
terday when IL became known that paw
Is preparing to move to Philadelphia nc
refuses TO discuss his plans.
king" Cole. who made name for MN
self as n pitcher with the Chicago CUPS :"
1910 and who this year has been W."
the Pirates. Is doomed TO the nh''o''
Pittsburgh had no trouble In getting wa
ers on his services. He VIII 50 10 |oiN"
bus In part payment for Cooper.
Three years ago Cole was one oil VIZ
sensations of the National League. ~"N