Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-30
NORWICH BULLETIN, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3o 1913
|ONE MORE WEEK BEFORE SERIES
Athletics Now Far Ouhittng Gants-Ty Cobb in Line For Seasons Batting Honors-Wagner Completing 7th Sea- son as 300 Hitter

New York, Sept 29.-A .week more 1 lowing to settle the worlds champion l ship and the baseball season of 1913 l will have passed into history.
 l The past week saw the pennant con- 1 tests in both National and American | leagues settled beyond dispute and 1 between the New York Nationals and l Philadelphia Americans for the world s l title duly made and promulgated by the ruling body of organized baseball, the national commission. Accordingly the real "crucial series" of the year will open at the Polo grounds, New York, on Tuesday, October and be fought out there and at Shibe park, Philadel- phia, until the winning of four games by one club or the other gives either the Giants or the Athletics the right to inscribe the legend worlds cham Ipions, 1913," on the clubs banner.
 The Giants were a bit slower in clinching the flag honors in their league than were the Athletics in theirs. The Mackmen's finishing blow phia when the Detroit Tigers were artistically blanked in both games of a double header The Phillies hung oR~ to the Giants coat tails the week through and only succumbed to the inevitable on Saturday when the Bos-
 
 game series and thereby made it mathematically impossible for Dooin's men to win out even should McGraW's earnest, but just now weak hitting workers lose all thelr remaining games Ingloriously the Giants lost on the day the pennant was won. But it was none the less effectively won the Giants third consecutive pennant and the seventh in the clubs history The Athletics triumph gave them their fifth championship flag.
 Met Last Tn 1911.
 The coming series between these two. teams representing the last word in baseball ability. as tested by the long grind of seasons campaign, bids fair to be one of the most interest ing yet in the history of struggles for worlds laurels. The personnel of the two teams is not greatly changed from that of two years ago when the Ath- IetlCS got the better of the series by four games to two. Experts gener- ally figure decrease in defensive strength by the Mackmen, chiefly through the loss of Jack. CoOmbs and a corresponding gain by the Giants through the addition of Tesreau and Demaree to their box staff while Mar guard and Mathewson will remain to counter Bender and Plank. This leaves out of the reckoning however the large group of Philadelphia colt pitchers, any one of whom may unexpectedly come through with a brilliant per formance and possibly turn out to be the star of the series.
 Giants Not Hittinq Hard.
 Recent performances by the two clubs of course, do not indicate what they may do in their next weeks en- It is interesting 10 note how ever, that while the Athletics have worked out of the batting slump which affected their pennant chances at one time and now are viz orously beIaboring the ball in old time style, the Giants have not shown 8 corresponding return to the hitting form that produces runs in clusters when they are needed. Last week, for 1 instance, McGraW's men averaged only i three and a half runs to the game. l average of nearly seven
 Cobb Distances Jackson.
 The batting duel between ny Cobb ] interest during the week. The CIeVe- ! lander needed a bunch of hits to over come the lead in points Cobb had on ! aim, but it was Cobb and not Jack | son who got the prize collection. Tyrus 1 Officially went to bat twenty times i turing the week and hit safely in ! -WelVe instances for an average of | 600. Of his twelve hits two were hree bagSerS and one a double. The 1 feet Detroiter also scored three runs md stole four bases. Jackson, on the 'ther hand, had 3 poor week of it for Jim, hitting safely only four times in ourteen times upSan average of but 286. However, he scored five runs n the four games he played and stole wO bases. Only one of his hits was or extra bases-a three bagger in De- roit on Saturday. Cobb's great work uts him far out in front and there 5 little doubt that the batting Iaurels f the season again will go to him.
 Wagner's 17th 300 Year. Speaker has been out of the Bos- on lineup lately and his average is kely to stand about as it is, ranking ! lg him third among the American .ague' hitters. Lajoie finishes another eason well above the 300 mark. In 1e National league there is a pretty ght between Daubert and Cravath ,r the leadership among the regulars, aubert having slight advantage hen the latest unofficial averages ] ere compiled. The veteran HOnus ! 7agner bids fair to complete his sew lteenth consecutive season as a 300 l itter or better, as since the last com utation, which gave him a 300 mark e has been hitting at a .333 clip and 1 le season has but a week to go.
 GAMES TODAY.