The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-07-18
PIRATES AFTER THEIR PRESENT
3 Squirt ARE In REMNANT RACE

of Rube" Marduard. for instance He
had won nineteen straight games a year
ago. and. into his EFFORT 10 get that rec
That s.sry oYp s, Of hIs
making ~. First, he thought the mark
20 shoot at was fourteen in a row. but.
up another record. and finally IL was
settled at nineteen straight. When he
nal reached the goal. he withered and
again until late in September. Suppose
Ne had been passed in the race and
forced TO night our way back into FIRST
with Marquard out OF killer. II was a
Notwithstanding race last summer any
way. with the Cubs closing up on US
from July to the end OF August
That record stares me in the face
once last season while IN the process Or
paper. read that f'e have Sp S Sns newt f.;
while another goes back to the ante
netlum days and finds some guy who
Records won't interest me this
S s0Tn ,5. RSee" Informed me just be
Il m going to he in there pitching"
Rounding Into Shape.
The result Is that Marquard. instead
rounding into his best shape now and
ready 70 go the rest OF the distance
IN a driye. The same condition pre-
There Is not a man who looks dragged
or who seems TO have lost his pep"
II was not true at this time last sea-
From this point IN the race until the
pennant Is ctnched. the Ncontenders are
IN the stretch. and the driving part 90
the going remains In front. Tine teams
Mhich could not stand ny; have cracS,
Boston are entirely out OF the pennant
push. The fhillies have been practic-
and New York are left with the
Pirates. from our viewpoint the most
dangerous right now. At least the
tt-season dope IL coming true.
The series between the Giants and
tho Pittsburgh club next week will be
live strength Of the I TWO team nee The
Pirates have resumed their old slash
Ing attack. The Giants are moving
Will be stopped in this series. halted
temporarily at least, and. when a Big
for some psychological reason which
none has yet explained satisfactorily.
Year; Tor instance. Clarke will nurse
his best pitchers to hurl against the
Giants. because ne realizes the i'm
Portance OF this series II his team is
20 stay in the battle for the p~nnant.
The Pirates cannot OXFORD To- be thrown
back now Camnitz. Hendrix. and
but the New York pitchers are also
on edge The twirling should be about
rard. The Giants are hitting better
than at any previous time this season.
Tn. breaks In the series are liable To
decide IL. II Pittsburgh wins IT, the
club Will gain great confidence through
beating the leaders and slash along
at the pace OF which the Pirates are
capsa bic II the Giants take the ma
1ortty Of games. We will feel that no
club in the league can stop Us and
bowl on as We have been going The
Pirates are IN the best position to Stop
the Giants today Of any team on the
circuit
Pittsburgh best chance for the cham
piouslip - that the New York team may
meet IA slump IN August. IL IS great
strain - set the pace in tie league for
three months. and. II the Pirates begin
20 grad ually creep up. ~ will make the
going tie more q iflicult for us I DO not
think they can ever catch as. hut thev
have a powerful attack. once they get 800
working. which - shown by the string
of successive victories Just complied by
Clarke = club. Then again. We finish the
season on the road. while the Pirates are
at home.
Wagner is not missed a. much as 7
Z thought - would be. Also { understand
his leg IS not So had as Wa- 81 first re-
ported. and that he will he able 10 70
turn 20 the game again n F1ttshurR
and tho Pirates going a. they are TODAY.
OBJ et are 60 hc feared NioN. Carey and
Miller are all fast. and Clarke Is using
, their speed tu advantage now.
To return FOR a minute 20 he 'orfc
that speed and good pitching are TN"