The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-07-03

clear lead OF i've games over the Giants.
But they lost the next three to the Superbas
While McGraw'S men were whaling Bos-
ton, and now Sunday lead by margin
OF two games only. Today they end a series
OF four games on their home lot with the
Giants and will have either secured firmer
grip on first place or relegated to the trail
ing position. Some Quaker fans are of the
opinion that Doom is not exercising good
Judgment in his pitching selections, but it
is thought the red head will not need any
outside assistance in running the Club.
Amy team that beats Dooin's twirlers this
season earns its victory. Alexander and
Seaton may crack from overwork but it is
doubtful. If they do, there are four more
good twirlers left to depend upon.
The Giants are perking up and doing
better, altho the superbas played them to
standstill last week. The various authors
players on the team Mathewson, Mar
guard, and Meyers, been prevailed
upon to cut out the copy, or comedy rath-
err, and play ball Their schedule for this
week includes both the Pills and Superbas
and should give them plenty of work
Manager McGraw is quoted as saving that
the league will be disgraced if the Pills
win the pennant. No one will ever accuse
Muggsy of not doing all he can to pre-
vent said disgrace. His newspaper articles
could never stall it off, but his efforts while
directing his team may accomplish it.
There is nothing the matter with his dia-
mond tactics.
VIM. G. Weart says that Christy Math-
ewson' S articles on baseball are the product
of Jack Wheeler brain and pen So much
for that.
The Superbas have come back and are
playing great ball. They split even on
four games with New York last week and
took three out of five from the Pills
Rucker won both his contests-the one with
DOOM men going Is innings before he
won over Seaton Manager Dahen says
the recent slump of his team was due to
injuries received by his players, but they
have now received and will be in the race to
the finish.
The Cubs are still hounderng in fourth
place and the wise acres can not see them
finishing much better than that The
team is not bad one by any means and is
simply held back by poor pitching. Man
ager Evers does not suffer by comparison
of the standing of his team and those of
his old pals, Chance and Tinker. Johnny
probably extracts some consolation from
that fact.
The Pirates have been going so badly
that President Dreyfuss is out on the high
ways and byways prosecuting search for
new talent. This team was picked by
majority of those in the know to win the
pennant. Their poor showing is certainly
a puzzle outside of being held back at the
start by the absence of Gibson and Wag-
ner. Manager Clark has released Artie
Hoffman to Kansas City and is playing
himself in left field, until some one can be
secured. Coleman, the new catcher, is do
ing fairly well and has good throwing arm.
Bozeman Bulger, who writes base ball
for the New York World, predicted about
June 1st that the race would be a three
cornered affair between Giants, Pills, and
Pirates. For this prediction he expected
the scorn of all Brooklyn to rise up and
! smite him. And it did and does. For the
Pirates have eliminated themselves, and are
not the Superbas in the third position, but
few points behind the team in second
place?
oe Tinker thinks the Reds are not get
ting any of the breaks. If they have no
body has heard of it thus far. We notice,
however, that the Reds are but a few points
removed from from seventh position, and
by few wins may succeed in pushing the
Cardinals into the cellarette position. Once
out of last place the Reds will undoubtedly
take heart and have little winning streak
all their own.
Rumor has it that Jimmy Sheckard is
soon to succeed Miller Higgins as mana
ger of the Cardinals.
The Athletics have been stopped. Not.
Mr.. Mack's collection of bum pitchers are
still putting a sufficient number of wins
across to give the balance of the aggrega-
ton visions of pOst-season prize money.
Since the season began Connie has smiled
many smile and the end is not yet. This
gives rise to the suspicion that he has enough
collegians under cover to make over the
whole team if necessary, and, as everyone
knows, Mr.. Mack has never lost anything
on his Judgment of rah rah boys.
Cleveland has met with severe reverses
during the week and can hardly hope to
overtake the leaders, unless the latter go all
TO pieces The Maps NAV recover and force