The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-06
REMNANTS WON
DURING JULY
LEAGUE CHAMPS-GIANTS NOW
IN THEIR STRIDE.

With the coming of the hot July
weather. tho best clubs are beginning
to show their real class. and the many
different teams are getting primed for
the real scramble for positions The
fight during the months OF April, May
and June do not tell the real strength
of the clubs. being in the nature OF q
boxer testing out his opponent in the
first one or two rounds.
In the scramble for positions early
in the race many admittedly weak
clubs have had the first round of the
ladder, My to lose out and be showed
down with the showing of real form
by the stronger teams. While these
early season leads are a source OF
much inspiration and enthusiasm to
the fans In the city which happens to
be at the top, they really amount to
but little other than to keep up the
record Of the diamond game for being
uncertain
Right now the real race OF the sea-
son Is being fought out in the Ma
tional league. Philadelphia had the
lead for many weeks with the New
York Giants climbing rapidly. but
now the New Workers have succeeded
in passing the Doom team.
The phillies won the top round
of the National league race through
consistent ball playing. 1t was not
through any fuke, the hurlers and
hitters getting going together and
sending home the runs which won
games. When batters such as .Crav-
ath. Masee. Luderus Knabe and Pas
kert pound the pill, while Seaton.
Alexander. Chalmers. Rixey and
Moore are hurting Jam-up ball, It is
hard to get away with q decision. 1t
takes suggest to score more runs
than fhA fAnyN rYcssaliv rrfIa nm ana
this II not often.
Giants Go Fast.
Right now the New York Giants are
taking great strides toward the PEN
nant The big jump OF the Giants
from somewhere in the second divi-
SION to q good first has come about
surely but slowly. and has been the
result OF the return to form OF the
hurting star. Early In the season
c.ally strong. and no matter how hard
the batterv pounded the opposition
the Giant Ringers gave up just az
many bingles, and there wasn't much
chance 70 win q game
And speaking of real baseball.
Have you noticed the work Of the
OUTFIT? Bill Dahlen has his
team going Hike a bunch Of demons.
The four successive defeats this OUTFIT
Nlp tllSifCS WO9 WnAA put tlG
Giants so close to the top Of the lad
der and the Dodgers got the games
through superior bail playing. The
hurlers are throwing good bali ana
the hitters are batting opportunity.
Chicago and Pittsburg are yet in the
running, but q bit removed from hrst
place.
MAckmen Have Won.
In the American league the PEN
nant has been nailed down by the,
Connie Mack team. This outit has
been going good all season. playing
extremely consistent ball, and right
now top the league by a margin OF
eight games. Che Cleveland Maps
and the Washington Senators for a
time threatened to set nrst place. but
this was one OF the usual spasmodfc
epurta and did not last long. the
Mackmen getting their hold and re-
tanning Il by consistent hall playing.
There II no denying that the Phila-
delphia Americans II = classy ball
club. and any club that beats them out
for the nag will be worlds champions.
Connie Mack has machine. and IL
il not seldom that any other club slips
over anything. OF course, the team is
defeated once in a whtle, but these
losses do not occur often enough to
amount to much, and barring any
broken limbs or sickness, you will find
Connie Mack plotting = club in the
1914 championship gamAA