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GETTING READY FOR
The BIG SERIES
Connie Mack and Mugsy Me-
GraW Will Take no Chance
With Their Men.
CLOSING THE SEASON
Final Standing in the Two Big
Leagues Is by no Means Certain
At This Time.
BY MONTY

nantS by the Giants and Athletics will
mean some easy going in the final
days of the regular season. Regu-
lars will be taken out of the lineup
and patchwork arrays presented. Both
Connie Mack and Johnny McGraw
grand finale and neither will take any
unnecessary chances of injuring any
of his stars in the interim. Moreover,
having been driven at fast clip in
the last few weeks, their condition
has begun to border on the "stale"
and a few days of inactivity should
work great benefit to them. $50 e
If Mack uses Stuffy McInnis at all
this week, it probably will be in only
a few games. An injury such as the
little first baseman suffered to his
shoulder ten days ago is an uncertain
thing. His doctors may pronounce
the shoulder sound now, but a wrench
of that type is not to be monkeyed
with. Harry Davis probably will be
seen on the initial cushion nearly all
the coming week, letting McInnis roll
around until he probably will be in
perfect shape for the big event.
Connie also may be expected to
send his other reserves to the front,
and 1t would not be surprising in the
final days of the week to see a line
up somewhat thus. Davis, first base;
FRITZ, second base; Lavan, 'shortstop:
Orr, third base; Walsh, Dan Murphy
and Lapp, outfielders; Thomas, catch,
and the raw recruits pitching. The
team that stars the series probably
will find none Of these in uniform It's
likely makeup is: McInnis. first
base; Cblline, second base; barry
shortstop;' Baker, third base; Eddie
Murphy. daley and Oldrihg, outfield-
ers; Schang catch, and the first string
pitchers. McGraW also may be ex-
pected to employ a lot Of irregulars,
even in the final series with the Phil
lies, which begins Thursday with
that freak of triple header--a regu-
lar double bill plus the two-third In
ming Of that much-protested game.
The Giants of the last few days of
the regular season will look about like
this: Thorpe. first base; Wiltse, Sec
ond base; Crandall, shortstop; Grant,
third base; Mccormick, Cooper and
Hartley, outfielders; Wilson. catch,
and the fledgeling twirlers. Compare
this motley crew with the series NOM
inees; Merkle, first base; Doyle, Sec
ond base; Fletcher, shortstop; Shafer
and Herzog, alternates at third base;
Murray, Burns and Snodgrass, out
fielders, and the first string pitch
ers.
Standing Undecided.
Though the baseball year is draw
ing rapidly to it's close, all the places
in the final standing of the two big
leagues have not been decided yet.
AS matter of fact, six places are left
open in each league, with only two
decided. In the American League the
Athletics are sure of the flag and De-
troit is sure of sixth place, being too
far behind Chicago and too far ahead
of the seventh placers for there to be
a change. But Cleveland and Wash
ington are battling for second place,
Boston and Chicago are fighting for
fourth and the Yankees and Browns
are scrapping for seventh.
The National Leagues remaining
fighters are grouped in punches of
threes. New York at the top and st.
Louis at the bottom are there to stay.
But the Phillies, Cubs and Pirates, in
the order named, are just few points
from one another. 1t is practically
impossible for the Pirates to reach
second place or for the Phillies to fall
down to fourth, but particularly fine
or particularly poor work by the Cubs
Is likely to displace either one. This
tilt will wind up either as it now
stands, or cago-Philadelphia, Pitts
burgh or Philadelphia Pittsburgh-Chi-
cago. The Cubs, the boys in between.
are the crux of the matter. And the
battle may find real climax when
the final series Of the year begins in
Chicago next Saturday with the Pr
ates as the invaders.
The next bunch Of three follows
Immediately, with fit hplac cas- the
bono Of contention. These COMBAT
lants are more closely grouped
brook IN ma Cincinnati the
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