Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-09-29
week MORE WILL
SEE END OF 1918
BALL SEASON
Pennant Contests in Both
Leagues Settled Beyond Dis.
pute; Worlds Series Starts
Oct. z.


New York Sept ga week moro
of major leuenc play, week or ton
days following 10 settle the worlds
championship ana he basetiuI season
of 1918 viii have passed into history
The last week saw the pcnnant con
tents IN both National and American
leagues settled beyond dispute and
arrangements for the biz series be-
tween the New York Nationals and
philadelphia Americans completed.
"The crucial series, OF tho year will
open az the poio grounds. New York.
ON October q and be found out thore
and at shlbr Park. Philadelphia. UNI
go tho winning Of four games gives
either tho Giants 0f the Athletics the
rivhi 90 inscribc the LEGEND WORLDS
Champions 1913" on tho clubs ban
ucr
The personnel Of the two teams il
not greatly changed from that OF two
years aKo when the Athletics won the
series. Experts generally figure
decrease Ia defensive strength by the
Mackmcn through the loss OF Jack
Cooms, and corresponding Eain by
she giants through tho addition 81
Tcsrcam and Dcmarec "a the box staff
while Mfthcwson and Marquard slill
remain 90 oppose Bender and Plank.
This leaves out 81 tic reckoning, how
ever. the large group Of Philadelphia
colt pitchers. u a. interesting %
note. however. that while the Attn
ictics have worked effectively out ~
their battling beiahoring tho ball ir
old-time styie. the giants have not
shown q corresponding return 10 tho
hliiing form. last week McGraw's
men averaged only threo and a hair
runs 20 the game while tho Mnckmcn
were amassing an average 81 nearly
seven.
The Athletics canny loader gave his
veteran boNmcn good rest last week,
BENDER not showing once on the
mound and Plank only for few In
rings In one game.
McGraw had TO use out his strig
TO clinch The pcnnant. Mathewson.
Marquard. Tosrcau and Domarco
doubtless viii be given Just enough
work the coming s8ten days to keep
in condition for the big Sob ahead OF
them.
with week Of the season remain
ing. several contests for positions In
each maj0 league remain TO be set
tied Chicago In the National still
has chance 20 overhaul Philadelphia
tor second place. The Pirates arc
settled In fourth place. The ulu-
mate ctnnant OF fifth position Is likely
to be decided Ia tie series between
the Braves and suberbas the last Of
the week Cincinnati. however. stiil
has fighting chance to rise
In the American league Washing
ton. after being beaten la series by
the Browns. took vengeance on New
YORK. winning three straight and
thereby getting hold on second
place. as the CleYolands continued
their slide and lost three games out
of four Boston and Chicago stood
practically still and the fourth place
contest still Is AN open one. Detroit
has the sixth berth reserved for oc-
cupancy TIL the end OF the season,
while ID win take the last week OF
play 10 determine whether 81. Louis
or New York shall De tailcndors.
The batting duel between Ty Cobb
and Joe jackson was watched with IN
tercst Tyrus officially went 10 bat
twenty times last wcea and hit safely
In ~ instances for AN average of 500.
OF his ~ hits two were three baggers,
and one "a double The fleet Dctroitor
also scored three runs and stole four
bases. jackson. ON the other hand,
had q poor week. hitting safely only
four times la "a times up. an average
1T but ESQ However he scored five
runs In the four games he played and
stole two bases only one of his hits
was for extra husos--a three bagEcr
In Detroit on saturday. Cobb's great
works puts him Gar out In front and
there Is itllo doubt that the batting
laurols OF be- season win go 10 him
Speaker has been ont of the lineup
lately and hs average be- llkely 60
stand about as u o.. probably ranking
him third among tho American ieagus
hutors
Ialoic finishes another season wen
above tho 800 mark ln the National
there BE- pretty fight between buu-
bert and CroVath for leadership
among the regulars, Daubcrt having
"a slight advantage when the latest am
official averages were complied.
The veteran lionus wagner bids fair
to complete hls 18th consecutive sea-
son as 800 hitter or better, aa since
the last computation. which gave him
500 mark ho has hcrn hitting W "a
9g4 elm aud the season has bat m