The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-08-11
Pirates Showed To Advantage
During The Past Week
Won FOUR GAMES OUT OF SIX
PHILLIES GAINED ON GIANTS
BUT MARGIN IS STILL LARGE.

NEW YORK, Aug. II. - Ten
.eams. in their quest for the major
caguc pcnnants. failed to make any
Roadway during the week of base.
ball that ended yesterday. The 9TH
n six. gained from to IA points.
nut among them were neither the
New York Giants nor the Philadcl-
)hia Athletics. leaders respectively
in the National and American cir
cults. These two stood still. mas
! much as each won and lost three
;amcs. while a majority of the 9TH
r clubs did as poorly. some of them
wen worse. Philadelphia. Chicago.
Pittsburgh and Cincinnati In the
older league and Chicago and Bos-
ton in the younger were the six that
succeeded In lettering their stand
ing.
In the National the weeks results
continue to show that Manager Me-
raw Of New York cannot be GER
ain of driving his team through to
the 1913 worlds esrics, for Phila-
!elphia in seven days cut the CT
ants S3-point lead down to Ga
points, representing a difference Of
game and half. The Giants
gained half game yesterday by de-
reating Cincinnati, while Philadcl-
phia was idle.
On the other hand. In the Amcri-
tan circuit It would appear that
Connie. Mack. although his team
ost 10 points In the percentage la
bic. can begin forthwith to groom
one of his veterans for the first Of
the post-scason games. for his club
is farther ahcaI OF the field than #
was last Sunday. due to the mega
tive showing Of the runncrs-up.
Cleveland and Washington.
Maps Out of Race.
The Clevclands just about climi
mated themselves as flag contcndcrs
this year. Facing Il so-callcd crucial
series on Monday with the Athletics
they made II dismal display at a
time when they doomed as the for
mer worlds champions only rivals.
Had they won three of the fou:
games the two teams played, the
Maps would have been right on the
heels of the Mackmcn. Instead. the
! Athletics took the long end of the
series.
In both leagues no other team did
so well AS the White SOx. Prior to
! their two victories over the Athlct-
les Chicago took three out of four
from Washington. The week saw
callahan'S men fight their way to
within few games of third place.
| Boston made an effort TO return to
the 800 mark. winning four games
and losing two.
AS for the other teams. Detroit
Iand New York split even on the
week. while St. Louis. like Clcvc-
land and Washington. won two and
lost four. In the ranking no change
took place in this league.
In the Lynch circuit, Saturday
night found Chicago in third place
instead of Pittsburgh. with ST. Lou.
Is holding Cincinnati's former celia,
position. Brooklyn barely above
sixth place. adm Philadelphia slowly
forging ahead. The Phillics. In fact.
got within seven games of the CT
ants. while the latter struck n Stun
due in part to injuries OF players.
Philadelphia dropped but two game
ont Of seven. defeating St. Louis
four times running and Chicago,
once. Chicago added three victorics
over the Supcrbas to two over tho
f'hillics. losing once to Philadclphj,
and once to Brooklyn. Pittsburgh
four victories M against two de-
fcats. included the winning of her
first home series from the Giants
since 1910.
Winning Streak Broken.
To the Giants this Pittsburgh So
rics was evcntful In another way.
Two New YORK pitchers had winning
streaks broken. Marquard, after
taking nine straight, fell bcfor.
Adams. Mathewson. likewise. was
humblcd, losing to McQuillan.
pittsburgh on Monday allowed Dem
aree to run his string up to eight.
but on Friday McGraw's new star
lost TO Cincinnati The effacement
Of these near-records OF the season
leaves Walter Johnson sole possess
sor Of a string worthy OF com .nent.
He has taken II straight and is tied
with shis tcammatc. Bachling.; who
fell last week,