The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-07-31
B ObbIeS
BY A Fan.

|
Cy Seymour has been given his uncon-
ditonal release by the Boston National
| League club.
Shortstop Arnold Hauser, of the Cardi-
mails, will be unable to resume play this
season-a bad knee preventing.
Clyde Milan, of Washington, to date
| has pilfered 4S bases, easily leading in
both leagues.
Cravath, of the Pills, has maced out
| the most home runs, having accumulated
| ten.
Geo. McQuillian has been great help
| to the Pirates. He celebrated his return
| to the majors by winning his first three
games.
Brown and King. Sounds familiar
doesn'tit? This famous battery is still
pinching off victories for the Cincinnati
Reds.
The Giants, simply played havoc with
| the Pirates last week, making the series
a straight run of victories. This was con-
| trary to the expectations of even the
most rabid Giant adherents, but it again
demonstrates the uncertainties of base
ball. The scene has now shifted to the
western half of the circuit and the Giants
are today playing the Cubs on the home
| lot of the latter If the tribe of McGraw
loses few games it will not tend to dimin-
! ish the box Office receipts when they get
home. If the race was closer it would
stimulate interest.
If the Phils are to make another bid for
first place, to say nothing of hanging on
to their present position, they will have to
brace up on their present trip. Doom has
pretty good string of pitchers and should
be able to contrive some sort of a method
| of getting the best out of them. Seaton
and Alexander were worked too often in
the early part of the season and it proved
very costly. The Phils have but two
players who are members of the charmed
circle of 300 hitters, but they have some
more who are not far below the mark
Their base running will stand considerable
| improvement. If they can forget their
loss of first position the resulting return
of confidence will show prominently in the
games won column.
The Pirates, at home, are recuperating
from the effects of the New York series.
They should be able to secure consider
able increase of percentage before again
leaving Forbes field The best features
of the teams work are the catching of
Simon and reliable pitching. The Smoky
| City fans do not expect the Pirates to do
anything startling. But they do expect
Clarke's crew to remain in the first divis-
ion from now on and are specializing on
the teams chances in 1914. Marty
O'Toole is out of the hospital, but will
IN itoh lie
at least.
The Cubs record of victories on the last
| trip was not at all encouraging. Heine
Zimmerman was sent home from New
York with an injured foot, and both Ar
cher and Bridwell were also out the game
with injuries. Bresnaham was to do all
the catching but too many double-headers
forced him to call on Needham for assis-
| lance. When the regulars all return to
harness some better work may be looked
for. 1t is thought Manager Evers will be
able to throw his full strength against the
Giants this week.
| The Athletics have been reinforced by
| the recall of pitcher Shawkey from Balti-
more. If all goes well with this young
man he will be able to cut i'm on the
WOrld's Series melon. In the four west
ern cities the Mackmen won nine games
| and lost eight, which was considerable of
tumble. But they are certain to do bet
| ter than that at hOme-they always do. If
not, then the race will tighten up consider
| ably. Connie Mack hasn't said anything
to indicate that his team is weakening, nor
| is that likely, as long as he has Bender and
Plank to fall back upon.
The Nationals have again demonstrated
that they are a good road team. On this
last trip they maintaineda 667 clip through
out. Second place will surely be theirs
and very soon. Good work by the pitch
ers is responsible for the splendid showing.
Where is there another youngster who can
equal Joe Boehling's record for his first
year? On July Goth he won his tenth
straight game. Hughes and Engel have
also pitched in good form, while Walter
johnson has simply moved them down. AL
together Manager Griffith is pretty we'll
pleased with his team and he has a right
to be.
| The White Sox found Washington
tough proposition. AS before stated Mr..
| Boehling held them to hits and l run
July Goth, while next day Johnson let
them down with hits and l run. To
make things decisive the Grifmen took
another game while they were at it. Thus
were the third place hopes of the White
Sox dashed on the rocks. At this writing
Mr.. Callahan's Athletes are pastiming on
the Polo grounds with the Highlanders,
where the going is comparatively easy, but
on Monday they engage in another series
with Washington and will then journey to
the Athletic stronghold. With these two
teams for daily offering the Sox will not
find things SO easy. Chappelle, the new
outielder, is playing a nice game and is
now lead-off man on the batting list.