Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-07

PHILADELPHIA, July George
Cohen wrote 'Lifes a Funny PROPOSE
ton After ALL" but he should have
bracketed base ball and life. Base ball
Is such a funny game that if man
tried to fathom the why's and where
fores he would soon be the occupant
Of padded CELL
Two weeks ago everybody was boost
ing the Phillies. They were in first
place and had remained there princi-
pally by scoring five runs in the ninth
inning Of a game with Boston and
winning out, to 4. That they were
ever licked until the final put-out
seemed certain.
Suppose at that time New Yorker
we say New Yorker because we'd
rather take their easy money-had come
to you and offered to wager 500 to
your $500 that the Phillies would lose
eight straight games,~four to Brooklyn
and four to the Giants. Would you
have grabbed it? Why, if you had been
person you would have accepted a loan
on your wife's sables to place the
money. 1t looked like a sure thing oef'
didn't it?
sessed of the nerve to make such
bet he would have won. For the qua,
kers did lose a quartet to Brooklyn and
then the Giants wafioped them four
times straight Which Is our idea OF
the unexpected in base ball, the posi-
lively inexplainable unexpected.
Don't become alarmed. It's much too
warm these days to risk heat prostra-
tion trying to think up ailbis. Inc
games are gone, never 70 return. ~, ny
than 3a games behind the New YORK
ers. it's the future that concerns
Manager Doom. his. players and Phila.
delphians. Are we going 70 permit
that lead to brighten us?
Base ball arithmetic tells us that the
team which wins the pennant inust pc
able to beat at least one or TWO OF Tue
other contenders. For example. tne nm. mn
lies might win three out of every Tour
games played with Cincinnati. Boston
81. Louis and Pittsburgh-the second a.
vision clubs They might also win nve
ont Of every eight contests with Brooh-
lyn But that would not win the PEN
nant a,,
unon getting at least an ever break WIN
New York and Chicago. For those ciups
are likely TO find it just as easy 10 peat
the second division clu bs as the '!uakefs
do Which is the dope explaining the
standing of the Quakers this morning.
The Phillies have completed fourteen
games with New York Four were Won
by the Quakers and ten by the Gianls.
W;tb Rrooklyn, the Dooinites have won
eight and lost five. Seven contests have
haen staged with Chicago and four OF
them have been credited to the Suahere.
therefore. eliminating all other dope,
= ;s because they have been thoroughly
routed by the Giants that the Phiilies
ore ia second place this morning.
Unless the slump is to continue. there
10 no very good reason why the iocai
National Leaguers should not WIN as
- cfor-
w York does during the next fort
n,ght pittsburgh, St Louis. CINCINNATI
Ia Chicago play here in the order
named That the Quakers can cut ooWn
the lead of the Giants during that uIhe
;s imnrobable, but nevertheless possible.
Iudping from their last road trip, the
pIiiIies can do as well as the Giants
when they tour the west. begihhIns
.Iniy Is Again we can scarcely nope
- Jain on New York, but the three,
~ udeeone-half-game advantage should
s.nt he Increased by McGraws clan
Then comes another home stand
q gainst the western clubs. still nsu
on the three and one.ha al sa gan ss When
he Giants will again visit our CITY
there we stop doping.
whether the Phillies will be able TO
win lust as many games as the Giants
until August % depe adas G nonIu's COM p
nand Nobody can foretell what they
vii do. And nobody will try, for they
failed US badly last week during the
series with the Giants. :,
lust one final thought and then we IA
nut it up 10 Doom. If all that has been
pointed out as the proper performance
FOR the Phillies is accomplished ahd
they can trim the Giants here in late
.Apr.ust, they can keep on rriffe be-
Lird until October 2. 3 and 4. ON those
three days they are due to play fve
Games with New York at the Poio
Grounds. Imagine what II would mean
70 be within striking distance OF the
chesty Gothamites at that time. And
wha- a balm for wounded feelings
thero would be in victory on Manhattan
Isle, victory whica would mean the
pennant
Oh are we dreaming again? Well. IL
we are. please don't wake US up, MI
Doom and Company. until you md II
absolutely necessary.
BY the way, you followers OF Connie
Mack. the Athletics have not been over
looked. No. We still have one team in
this city which gives US the opportunity
to claim supremacy in base ball. Instead
of losing first place, the Mackmen have
taken firraer grip on the first peg or
the American League percentage column
II q man were blessod with all she ad- :