The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-21
ATHLETICS READY
FOR WORLD SERIES
Connie Mack Says Team VIII Be
Ready for Great Poss-season
Struggle With
Giants.
GIANTS HAVE IT EASY
Wind Up Of National League Schedule
Looks Easy for the Giants
Have Sixteen Games
Left to Play.

United Press Leased Wire Service.l /
NEW YORK, SPIT 2o.-The big ques,
tion tonight was not who is gong to
win the American League pennant,
but will Connie Mack's Athletics be
in shape for the worlds series. Mack /
answered the question. He will be
ready. He declared today that with
the exception of Jack Coombs, who
has not been counted on, his cham
pionship liss will be cleared by Tues
day. "Stuffy" McInnis who was In
jured in the game against St. Louis
this week will be back Monday. Brown,
one of Mack's young pitchers, who
was injured in the same play with Nc
Innis will be back Tuesday RUDE
Oldring will also be in shape by that
time. After a chase lasting through
out the season, although it was mark
ed by periods of coma, the Cleveland
Maps are strictly up against it. BY
beating ST. Louis today while the
New York Yankees were downing the
Maps the Washingtons pulled up to
tie for second place
Walter Johnson may be called upon
now to fulfill his promise made in the
middle of the season to pitch every
other day. If he does the Cleveland
pitchers will have to show more than
they have shown yet to hold the Maps
| IN the position of runner-up The
final challenge for the pennant against
! the Athletics may come from the
Potomac and not from the shores of
Lake Erie.
The end OF the season is but two
weeks away and in that time the Ath-
letics will finish the present series
with Detroit; hook up with the Bos-
| ton Red SoN for four games, followed
/ by three games with Washine ton and
wind up with the New York Yankees
4 Cleveland has the Yankee series to
4 clean up. Then will come games with
Chicago, Detroit and St Louis Wash.
ington has to deal with st. Louis
New York. Philadelphia and Boston
II the Athletics only win half the
| remaining games and Cleveland OF
, Washington win all of theirs the Ath
, letics will still have the pennant by a
i safe margin. OF the side LIGHTS on
the American league race, Ty Cobb
has grabbed the calcium and has piled
up a reasonably safe lead In the tussle
for batting honors. The standing IN
! the three cornered race for battine
s supremacy now is: Cobb, 1856; Jack
. son. 374. Speaker 1853.
g The National league wind-up looks
: pretty easy for the Giants Bad wealth
t er again put the Phillies out OF bust
i ness in CHICAGO today and every
chance lost to pull up on the Giants a;
a the season is getting too old to per
e NIT the playing off of postponed
o games. The Giants have sixteen NOR;
h games to play. one being the half in
S ming session to decide the protested
y game in Philadelphia. The Philliel
X have twenty-three more scheduled
d counting the postponed game OF toda,
but 1t appears certain that they viii
not be able to play all of them II thu
weather continues to act UP at criti
, cal times. By winning half of thei,
remaining games the Giants vii
breeze in hands down McGraw viii
e send his men against Cincinnati fol
two games, one with Pittsburgh, fou
with Brooklyn, two with Boston, ant
six with Philadelphia, The novel bill
] OF three games in one afternoon vii
e be staged at the polo grounds October
!. 2 and unless the Giants have the pen
nant cinched by that time It will BIZ
7 considerable entertainment. On thai
date the half inning play-off Of thf
J protested game will be staged anC
9 will be followed by full grown double
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