Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-28

jor league baseball race down almost
To the vanishing point. 50 far as the
premier berths are concerned.
With Pittsburg's upward rush rude
" checked by three straight defeats
1T the hands of the Giants and neither
Philadelphia or Chicago giving any
signs Of sustained winning power,
there seems 10 be nothing Ia prevent
New York from taking another Ma
Gonal League pennant If Meeiraw' s
team goes along PLAYING anything like
the kind Of ball which ii has shown it
self capable of doing. The younger or
ganization the situation is much the
same With the Athletics in the com
handing position and only NashlnS-
ton TO seriously eoncede Connie Mack
men another CHARGE at the major sllce
of worlds series money.
The breaking up of tie Pirate attack
on the Giants pennant aspirations IN
n series of games that attracted crowds
of worlds series size 10 the Polo
grounds, was the big feature of the
baseball week just ended The other
most notable feature perhaps was the
small number of contests staged In the
two big leagues. Instead of the usual
30 to 60 or more games, ontH 81 were
played in the National and AZ in the
American League a shift between
East and West in the schedules in both
organizations and a RAINY day i'm the
East accounts for the comparative
paucity Of engagements.
Looking over the field for other
points of interest. the showing of the
Senators sticks ont as demanding at
.ention. Griffiths lively crew has
lost but two games in the last TWO
weeks and is gaining in percentage
IA pidv. Only a game and hail sepa-
rates them from the CleFelands, who
while playing in improved form only
managed to keep pace with the Athiet-
les. each of these last two clubs having
won four and lost Two games in the
| seven DAYS. play.
Washington is II games behind the
| Mackmen-a gap which 1t might be
possible for them to close up or ma
| tesfaliy lessen if the leaders were on
he road. where their showing. this sea-
son. has been poor. The former cham
pions are now at home for compare
lively long stay. however, and, their
past pei Il i lfldilItS iIlsi' IL W III
lac hard To gain on them while they
are holding forth al Shibe park.
Washington success IS attribut-
able in great part To the sterling WORK
Of its great pair of pitchers, Johnson
and Boehling. The phenomenal young
left handler registered his 18th con-.
secutive victory, this week. and has
yet to he stopped. Twenty-Five Of tire
Senator's other victories are credited
to Walter Johnson, who is charged
with but five defeats in a season al
ready considerably more than half
gone. The team is hitting consistent
y,' fielding we'll and lighting hard all
the time.
The case Of Chicago. next down IN
| the league list, is hard to fathom. The
| team was going well until within n
| few days, when it struck streak OF
poor batting and worse fielding amt
| failed to get pitching of the class II
| had been accustomed to from its
| twirling stars. Hal Chase got into
| one Of these spasms of error making.
| that he sometimes encountered while
! with New York, but which he hat
| evaded since joining the White Sox.
| Chappelle the new high priced out
| fielder, has been Of little service to
! the club. Either because he has not
! come up to expectations or for son,e
| other reason he has been sitting On
| the bench most of the time. for The
past few days. blow to- the teams
| supporters was the discovery that Ed
Walsh. whose reputation as a game
/ 10 .
| is not yet in shape to go to pitching
regularly and had to be left behind
when the team started its eastern
trip. 1t is feared Walsh over exerted
| himself, last season, when he took
part in no less than 81 games, and is
| now feeling the effects of the strain.
| The Bostons. after poor road trip,
| during which they made their quicl,
| change of managers, are playing bet
| ter ball since reaching home. St.
| Louis had to run up against Wash
| inSton's winning streak before IeaV-
! ing the West and still Is struggling
| with the aforesaid streak in the SEN
ators' home pasture. The New Yorks
| finished their foreign tour with sew
en- games won to eight lost-a credit e
1
| general work so far, this season-~And
| are playing a far better game than
| during their last home stay. In Peck
| enpaugh and Knight, Manager Chance
has valuable pair of infielders as is
| evidence for one thing by the number
| of double plays they are engineering
| from day To day. Chances new line
| up is developing more hitting strength,
| but he is in the field for keepers OF
| the outer garden who can hit, ana
| further trades to this end are talked
| of.
Some promise has been shown re-
Gently by Detroit's work, the club APP
parently finding it especially easy to
beat Philadelphia. The Crawford
Cobb combination is working well
again. The other famous cooperation
society, Jackson and Lajoie, has like
wise assumed business on a generally
satisfactory basis. AS for Jackson. the
latest unofficial averages showing him
tied with Cobb for the leadership at
an even 400, speak for themselves.
Aside from the Giant Pittsbure
clash the recovered form of the Phila-
deiphia-shown by continuation Of
their good work OF the week before
land Brooklyn's brace were about the
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