Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-07-14
PITTSBURGH TE AM
+. THREATENS N. \.
IN PENNANT RACE
Remarkable Week S Playing Of
Fred CIarkes Club Is Ma
tionaI League FEATURE
Mackmen Lead in American


race. hut as another week. opens they
face the possibility Of serious rivalry
from an old-time foe Tho basel an
world Is fast watkins mp to the fact
that the Piusourghs at Bst threaten
serious trouble Tor the clubs ahead of
them
Before the season opened the Pir-
ntes on form looked to De "a team
whose pennant chances we're bright.
From one cause on another however
largely through ineffective box work.
they Jagged FAR hehind until July &
found them In r.fth position ond Sow
dai games short of the aor mark
hut the last ten DAYS Mvc seen
decided change Cltbcs men are
now carrying eNcrythng before them.
Yesterday marked their eighth
straight victory They dd not lose
% game during the week ANA are play
ing bah of high order
II is. Of course. impossible to tcll
how ION. they will keep this pace up,
hut an analysts of the way thev have
won their string of sri-ht Victories
gives their friends cause lur Hcour-
arcmcnt The pitchers dfc now ape
parcntly back 10 the form that caused
the stair to hc clossed on paper as
about the rest in the league That
the team is batting wen IS attcsted by
Inc seveny-foW hits made during the
week. while the fielding has been wcll
looked after
As the race stands today. the Pir-
ates are but two game behind the
cubs ana five and half to the rear
of the Quakers. Far out In the dis.
lance. 1t is true. stand the Giants to
whom many have hocn ready Ia COM
cede the flag.
/ New YORK worked their string of
successive victories mp To fourteen
during the week and then fell before
! Chicago, which club otherwise Jared
poorly until triking custer going in
BROOKLYN
The weeks figures make sorry read
ing for friends of the Philadelphia
+ Nationals. for the aluh dropped al
but two games in seven,
The case is far worse for
Brooklyn which lost lbs tenth
straight game yesterday and is now
back in the second division Poor
pitching has been the Sdperhas' main
trouble Boston Is not So far behind
Brooklyn now. the Braves winning
five out of eight games last week St.
Louis suffered most at Boston's
Ihands
Cincinnati got an even break on
eight games. finding BROOKLYN in the
dumps ana taking four strairht
The week In the American league
was tame compared with the stirring
happenings in the older organization
Cleveland got some satisfaction by
Keeping puce with the Athletics,
zach winning four out of SIX games.
Washington and Chicago both fell Off
and Boston broke only little better
then even. ST. Louis was the only
team to hold its own with the lead
ers i'm games won and lost, the New
Yorks splitting their wins ana losses
evenly while Detroit kept mp It's weak
work by losing five of seven games
A double defeat at the hands Of
Cleveland with which the week open
cd gave the White SoX q start on
their setback and the New Yorks,
who have played good ban SO far on
their western trip took two I'm three
from Callahans men The Sox pick
ed up o. little TODAY. by winning from
Boston
A little dropping from form on the
part Of the Athletics twirlers was mo-
ticed PLANK had one of his poorest
weeks this year lie was driven from
the box once ana touched up fairl
hard ON his other appearance. Ben
der has been doing little work and
the bun, Of the pitching was dcyolv-
ed upon the Youngsters. who. how
ever seem able to hold up their end
fairly wen with the batting strength
of the Mackmcn sluggers 10 back
them.
washington also is having pitch
ing roublcs. the staff having dropped
10 a two-man basis so far as win