The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-08-25
ATHLETICS AND
GIANTS TO MEET
Little Likelihood That They
Will be Cheated Out of
Worlds Series Honors.

New York, Aug. 25.-Whatever
chance remained for a shift in the
prospect that the New York Nation
ais and the Philadelphia Americans
worlds series %contenders failed al
most to the vanishing point Saturday.
Twelve full games now separate
New York and Philadelphia in the
National league with the Quakers
wobbly and the Giants again in the
full stride of their fast 1913 gait. In
the other division Of major league
baseball the Athletics, although shot
to pieces with injuries and going none
able not only to hold their own, but
to increase their lead. Just when
they should have shown quality and
aggressiveness If they hoped to win,
the Clevelands failed badly and with
a string of defeats broken but once
during last week found themselves
trailing the leaders by nine games as
Small Likelihood of Change.
With the close Of the regular sea-
o and the call Of play in the worlds
series hardly more than six weeks
away. 1t takes little figuring to show
how small likelihood there is Of an
overturn in either league. From
present appearances Manager Nc
Graw soon a begin to groom
Mathewson, Marquard, Tesreau and
Demaree for the post eason fray,
while Connie Mack will have to tackle
before long the problem Of picking
,youngster to cooperate with
Bender and Plank in efforts to puzzle
the Giant batsman unless Jack
Coombs shall have recuperated suf-
ficiently by October to take a stand
on the firing line.
Chicago Begins Break.
The break in the Philadelphia
squirt. which practically put Dooin's
out of the running in the Ma
tional league race. began with the
appearance of Chicago on the Quaker
field. -Four straight vas the Cubs
record in that series up to mid-week
when the Phillies finally rallied
against Evers' team and won their
Pittsburg. however, fresh from a
triumph over New York in three out
Of five games at the Polo grounds at
this juncture resumed Philadelphia's
humiliation, cleaning up a three
game series that ended yesterday.
Philadel phia's best was to tie the
Pirates Friday.
Meanwhile Chicago, moving over
to New York, fell victim to the re-
newed vim of the Giants and dropped
the entire series. enabling the Nc
GRANTEES to round up their week sue
cessfully and with their lead strength
ened almost to the point of impreg-
inability. Their reverses at Pitts
burg's hands were largely charged to
the great game put up both at bat
and in the field by Honus Wagner.
The veteran played up to the best
Of his prime.
Pittsburg Doing Well.
Pittsburg. it may be said, with its
twirling staff in shape again, is dis
playing as good a brand of ball as
any team in the league and will be
a contestant for second place If the
Philadelphia slump keeps up. Chi
cago. too. has been doing good wol k.
It's only setback was in New York.
The second division teams also had
selves. Cincinnati gaining ground
rapidly, St. Louis falling off pre-
cipitately and Brooklyn and Boston
about holding their own. The Car
dinals seem anchored at the foot of
the ladder and rumors of radical
changes not only as regards the play
ers and management but the owner
ship of the team Itself are flying
Of running a big league club. par
ticularly one going no better than
Higgins aggregation. and to be Will
ing to sell If she a get her price.
Should a change in this respect not
develop reports have it that Ed
Konetchy is to succeed Higgins as
directing head Of the team.
The DOOR showing of Cleveland and
the game struggle Of the Athletics to
hold their lead with no less than
eleven men on the hospital. list were
the striking features in the American
league. The Philadelphia catching
problem became 80 serious with Lanp'
Thomas and Schang all laid up that
Harry Davis had to go behind the
bat for a time on Saturda". Oldring
has tried his hand at shortstopping
with considerable success but Mack
now has Levan. the new man OBJ
tanned from the Browns in the emer.
gency, to hll in until Barry ecoye