Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-08-04

New York. Aug. with two full
months of maj or league baseball re-
naming. pennant-aspiring managers
aside from McGraw of the New York
Giants and Connie Mack of the Phila-
delphia Athletics took a measure of
comfort from the weeks play CON-
Guiding yesterday. During the seven
days the Phillies erept closer to the
Giants in the National organization,
while in the American the Clevelands
made gain on Mack's clan that was
SO noticeabl as to be significant.
In the Lynch circuit the Eastern
teams began another invasion of the
West and the Phillies We're able to
climb little nearer the top through
winning five games against single
defeat while Chicago was forcing the
Giants to split a four game series.
While Dooin's team, as a matter of
fact made but a 10-point gain, owing
to the Giants continued good play
ing. the weeks showing of the Phila-
delphia club indicated its return to
early season form and gave its fol-
lowers reason to hope that through the
regeneration the New 1orks lead
might he worn down But the Giants
have not given recent proof that
slump is impending and slump by
McGraw's men appears to be Phila-
delphias one hope, no matter now
consistently good the playing of the
Quaker team may be from now until
October
Ban Johnson's organization furnish
ed the baseball sensation of the week
in the fine showing of Birmingham $
team from Cleveland. In four playing
days the Maps passed through three
doubleheaders and single game
without meeting defeat. A seven game
string of victories in so short period
is probably a record of recent years,
and in this instance it carried the
Clevelands across a 30-point leap to-
ward the pennant in as much as the
Athletics but little more than held
their own.
Birmngham's club began it's Won
derful showing. on Tuesday. being un-
scheduled, Sunday, and prevented by
rain from playing, Monday. Kahler
and Mitchell aided by Jacksop's slug
gng carried the Clevelands success
| fully through a doubleheader against
| the taiI-end Yankees. Rain inter-
rupted the winning streak the next
day. but, on Thursday. Gregg, who re-
| lieved Falkenberg and Banding, won
another double victory, this time the
| Red Sox being the victims. FRIDAY
Cullop from the bushes, won from the
Bostons who. Yesterday. fell before
Cleveland's third bargain day tn
umph, Gregg and Mitchell each chaik-
| ing up his second victory OF the week.
The only bright spot in the showing
| of the Athletics was the pitching of Carl
Brown Nack,s youngster who has made
record this year that has surpassed
those of veterans Plank, Bender ana
Coombs. OF the worlds champions three
successes. Brown scored two. shutting
ont Detroit to o and holding the st.
Louis club to four hits and one run.
Bush another youngster, was RESPONSE
BILE for Mack's only other victory, frank
and Shawkey being the losing pitchers.
The Athletics comparatively poor work
has cut their 10s lead over Cleveland to
81 games.
The negative showing of Mack's team
recalls the recent comment by Clarke
Griffith, predicting crack in the Attn
letics fine playing. Coupled with Grlt-
fth's prediction, however, were hope vi
words on the future of his own team. In
this connection the playing OF the WASH
ingtons during the Week put "a damper on
their managers confidence. The Sena-
tors did so poorly, in fact as to be far
Their behind the leaders than they were
last Sunday.
After Cleveland and Philadelphia the
best work in the American League was
done by Detroit and St. Louis, both split
ting eyen Frank Chances New Yorks
dropped further into the cellar, winning
but twice-each time from Chicago-and
losing a double header to the on-rushing
Maps and one game to Chicago.
Boston and Chicago disappointed their
followers. The Red Sox started off well,
taking a double victory from Chicago on
, Tuesday, but of five games that followed
with Cleveland. they failed. to win one.
Chicago dropped close to the 800 mark
in the percentage column The New
York team beat them two out of three
while the double header dropped to Bos-
ton gave the White Sox only one win
ming game in the week
In the National League. only the first
division teams managed to win more
than they lost. The Giants dropped only
two out of eight, the Phillies one out of
six, the game Cincinnati won with Leon
Ames pitchng-and Chicago won four
out of seven and Pittsburg four out of