South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-18
ATHLETICS AND
GIANTS HAVE It
ABOUT CINCHED
Week of Play Leaves Two
Teams Practically in Same
Places in Percentage Column
Players Bring Big Money.

NEW YORK. Aug. is. -- No new
viewpoint in the championship out
look IN either OF the major leagues
has been developed by another seven
days Of baseball. OF the leaders in
the National and American circuits.
the New York Giants gained a half
game and the Philadelphia Athletics
lost one full game. leaving the sIJua-
ton practically unchanged after
week OF interrupted schedules, pad
ded with double headers.
Playing better ball than any Of the
other clubs, McGraW's team, winning
hve games, and losing one, not only
more than held its own, but succeed
ed in making up the ground lost TO
the Philics, during the squirt of
Dooin's players III the previous fort
night.
The Phnles in the last week drop
ped two out OF five. For some time
the Philadelphia clab mas been looked
upon as the only one that stood be-
tween McGraw and his third consec-
utive pennant, but with less than two
months To go the Philadelphia are
not even holding their own.
Week " ell Balanced.
A better balanced week than the
one just ended in the American league
has not been furnished this season.
Cleveland. Chicago and Washington
each broke "a little better than even,
winning three and losing two. Detroit
split even two and two and the Attn
letics and the EeW YOrks won two
and lost three. This left the St
LOUIS club winning but one of five
and the Bostons winning three cut OF
four.
The present leads held by the
Giants and the Athletics prompted the
National commission 10 set oct as
the day on which the 1913 worlds
series viii start If these clubs win.
Marquard. Fromme and Adams
were the only National league pitch
ers to win twice IN the week. In the
American. Mitchell (Cleveland),
Groom and Scott repeated. But the
star in twirling was Washington
Walter Johnson, who ran his string
up TO l., a record for the season.
Johnson aside from this achievement,
pitched his way 10 the front in the
major leagues. His twelfth straight
was his goth triumph Of the season
against five defeats.
High Prices Paid.
Big prices for finds" i'm the small
er leagues continue to prove that
the national game is not threatened
with bankruptcy. Manager Chance
announced the expenditure of $4,000
for Pitchers McHale of Jersey City,
Cooper of Petersburg, and Pteh. OF
lyn $4,000 for Pitcher Brown Of
Montgomery. Atchison Of Newark and
others. Detroit paid $500 for COval-
eskie. a Southern Lacquer, formerly
with the Phillies other clubs also
bought sold and exchanged, and one
yarn had it that Griffith of Washing
ton was prepared to offer 100000 for
Ty Cobb.
The request for waivers on Sheck-
ard Bates Egan and Suggs and sail
and the sale of Devore 10 the Phillies,
was followed closely by commensurate
ments BY Pres. Hermann and Man
ager Tinker of Cincinnati as 20 the
policy being pursued in building up
the Reds Tinker Saturday announced
he was ready to join the long list of
Cincinnatrs eX-maTagers unless given
more leeway.
The week saw los stolen bases. so
Of them in the National circuit, Pitts
burgh leading with - and Boston
having Il. In the American, Cleve-
land led with 10 and st. Louis had
nine. Bescher. Leach Milan, Maisel
and Shotten had three and Carey,
MaraEville and Graney four each.
League Records.
The record in each league OF tho
games played, won and lost with
runs. hits errors and men left on
bases. follows.
National Tpaorrrp