The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-09-18

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Giants, in spite Of defeats, have struck an
even pace at Pittsburg, and the only stiff
opposition left was the series started Sun
day with the Cubs, and three games with
the Pills at the Polo Grounds Oct. 2, 8,
and A. McGraw's cohorts could lose
these six games and still win out even if
the Pills won every game from now on.
From the seasons start the Giants PLAYED
poor ball until well into June, but under
the ceaseless hammering of McGraw, finally
braced up to their old form and won
out.
The Phils had golden opportunity to
win pennant but fell down badly at crit
ical stages in the race. After maintaining
good lead until July LIST, they lost eight
straight games to Brooklyn and New
York-and on their home grounds. They
recovered from the slump and again took
squirt until they again reached home only
| to duplicate the performance with Chicago
and Pittsburg on the winning end. We
do not recall any pennant winner of recent
years in the majors that accomplished that
feat after losing runs of eight straight So
it must be that the Phils are not of champ
ionship calibre. But one thing is certain
Doom has placed his team in second po-
sition and they have not equalled that rec
ord in the past nine years. Quaker fans
may, therefore, take proper pride in the
Daisies and look for another good showing
next year, as the team has made wad of
money and will use it to get players.
/ Doom will again manage next season.
In the Cubs we have been somewhat dis
appointed. To be sure dire predictions
were not lacking that they were headed
straight for the rocks under Pilot Evers.
At present the pendulum of public opinion
seems to be swinging toward the view that
the Cubs have made a good showing
everything considered. The team is COM
posed of numerous individual stars, but
they haven't been able to get the old ma
chine to running smoothly since Chief
Engineer Chance left the job.
The one huge failure to live up to the
preliminary dope is exempli6ed in the Pr
rates. They were touted far and wide as
having the best chance to Dust the Giants,
but they haven't even displayed flash of
1912 form. Fred Clarke says it is case of
every single little thing going wrong
Plays that he thought sure to go through
were hoplessly botched, etc. The Pirates
will have to be contented with a place in
first division, which at one stage, seemed
very doubtful.
i The last four positions will probably
remain in doubt right up until closing
day. Not that the Cards have any chance
of getting out of last place but the other
three teams are closely punched with any
one of them likely to lead the second d.
vision. Boston and Brooklyn are away
from home and it would naturally seem
that Cincinnati had some advantage. Per-
{ sonally we should like to see the Braves
get the coveted position, but in baseball
the unexpected frequently happens.
The Athletics are no longer in the dan
ger zone, thanks, not to their good play
! ing, but to Mr.. Griffith young men who
have just killed any lingering Cleveland
aspirations. Mr. Mack is not saying very
much but it is suspected that he is figuring
on his lineup for the Worlds Series He
hasn't been very optimistic of late but you
can register mind bet that he will have
some kind of collection of cold spars''
ready when the time comes. We think it
, will be battle royal, for Connie Mack is
some strategist, but he meets worthy
, opponent in McGraw. At this time the
Giants look to have better chance than in
: 1911. McGraw's pitchers have been tried
out in previous world S series, but, except
Plank and Bender, Mack's pitchers are
next to performance of this kind Brown,
4 Bush, Houck and Shawkey will hardly
S compare beforehand with Maruuard,
1 Mathewson, Tesreau and Demaree.
Washington is but six points distant from
second place at the writing, due to their
. punishment of the Maps At one full
3 swoop, you might say, they smote the
' faltering Maps hip and thigh, beating
them FIVE straight games in four days.
Sweet calm cooled the aching brow of
n Clark Griffith after the onslaught by his
e warriors, while Connie Mack chortled in
high glee. Surely looks like the Griffmen
n had second place spiked, thus equalling
s their last years record which, at that time,
n seemed sensational performance.
Cleveland seems billed for third place.
= Like Philadelphia, in the National, they
! had splendid chance for the pennant but
: were unable to take advantage of the slips
! made by the Athletics. Acontinuous win
ming streak while the Athletics were slump
6 ing would have brought the Maps abreast
, of the leaders. Birmingham's pitchers
were not equal to the occasion, and bad
\ playing in other spots also lead to their un-
E doing.
In the Windy City all fandom is getting
> ready for the City Championship series.
# Both South and West siders claim their re-
d spective teams the best, but on form at
! least the Cubs look more fit. Indeed, the
IS outlook is not brilliant for the Sox to fin
ish better than fifth with Boston going at
their present speed. But the Sox in times
past have beaten the Cubs, when it seemed
hopeless, and this year announce that they
are out to repeat. Anyway the boys will
pull down enough extra money to insure