The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-10-06
Ph|LL|ES SECOND
IN THE NATIONAL
Cleveland Gets But Third in
American-New York
is Seventh.

New York. Oct. 6.-Major league
baseball for 1918 closed yesterday so
far as the regular schedules are con-
cerned. with the playing of the final
games IN west. This week will see the
start of the worlds championship Sc
ries between the respective flag win
ners-the New Works of the National
and III Phillies of the American Leaf
que.
Preparation for the big series"
practically has nonopolized baseball
attention for the las few days but
several interesting contests for place
have been going on among clubs In
league 'Phillies title to second place
was not seriously questioned. Chicago
threatened at one time, but the Phil
lies, despite a bad week at the end.
won enough games to hold themselves
safe. The team made a good fight
throughout the season and just miss
ed staying power enough to nose out
the Giants.
W. Chicago IL Third.
Chicago fnishes In third place with
q good margin over Pittsburg. in
fourth place. The Cubs under Evers
made a better shown than many crit
player-manager has good material for
q start at better things next year.
The Pirates were a disappointment.
Generally picked to be up among the
dangerous c~ontenders for the pennant.
they got off to a bad start and were
at no time a potent factor in the race.
Fred Clarke is not likely to rest salts
fed with the team and changes may
be expected next season.
Bostons are Fifth.
The Bostons under George Stallings
A-.-S--S HAxl L--~- xh~ ~NN@~A III.
vision. To take a tail-end club and
bring it up to this notch in n year
was no small achievement and the
Braves give promise of making furth-
err progress in 1914. Brooklyn finish
ed sixth, a notch above last year. los
ing a hnal-week chance to beat out
the Bostcns by dropping three games
in five, while the Braves were win
ming -four in five.
Cincinnati, with Joe Tinker ut the
helm had to be satisfied with seventh
position, The Reds start. like Pitts
burg. was poor and though they play
Louis. lost by nearly 100 points. never
were able to UP to a position OF
real responsibility in the standing. st.
Louis, last by nearly 100 points. never
got going we'll at all and played worse
instead Of better as the season pro-
crossed. Miller Higgins 1t would seem
Is likely to have a hard time making
his team a factor In next years race
unless. as has been limited to be prob
able, there are wholesale changes in
the teams personnel.
Cleveland Loses Second.
The Athletics this year got an earlier
lead in the American league than they
have some seasons when they have
been pcnnant winners. and the finish
was an easy one instead of a driving
rna Pn,~ Them. Cleveland fho rlnnara.
up for the greater part Of the year,
was beaten u even for second place,
losing their grip in the seasons later
weeks while Clarke Griffith's Washing
tons were bracing and making a
strong showing. There seemed to be
something lacking at critical times
with the clevelande. the third place
puted, the club almost invariably
slumping when the Athletics did and
thus losing "a chances to forge
ahead Of the Mackmen.
Red sox Is Fourth.
1t took the last week Of play to de-
eide the fourth place contest but the
Red Sox finally won by a slight mar
gin. Misfortune hit last years cham
pions hard in the early months and
their fall from their high estate Of
1912 was one Of the seasons remark
dVlG Uov0LOpIbIouO6 L0 III " CT
though they acquired Russell. were
without the services Of Ed. Walsh.
their former pitching mainstay. for
the greater part Of the season. and
finished in NTH place, although with
a percentage well above the half way
mark.
Detroit. ending in sixth place, is
there largely by virtue Of weakness in
the box which handicapped the club
during much Of the season. Its staff
seems to have been materially
strengthened. recently.
- New York in Seventh.
The seventh place fight was not de-
cided until the last moments of the
q in Cleveland yesterday when
Cleveland. by taking the last half of a
louble-header, kept the Browne in
he cellar. The New Yorks occupy the