Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-17
BOSTON BRAVES
ARE SENSATION
Their Squirt Features Ma
jor League Races During
the Past Week.
THREATEN TO PASS
r NEW YORK GIANTS
American League Contest is
~ all Philadelphia-Chi-
feds Lead.

New York, Aug. 17.-Major league
! baseball interests centered this week
! in the sensational squirt of the Boston
Braves towards the top of the Nation
nj league standing.
George Stallings' men whose steady,
upward trend has been watched with
more or less apprehension by clubs
ahead for more than a month past.
Outdid the expectations of their warm
est admirers in the closing days of the
week by running the champion New
II orkers off their feet ruling them in
every game of three-game series.
The Braves are now but three and
half games behind the McGrawites
and playing at a clip which bids fair
to land them at the top in short order,
as the Giants appear to be wobbling
badly in all departments.
Braves Stand Test.
Boston did something none of the
other rivals of the Giants has been
able to do this season. The cham
pions STAYED off Pittsburg'e early at
tack, blasted the hopes of Cincinnati,
and turned back the Chicagos when
they challenged for the leadership.
None stood the test when pitted
against the Giants, team for team
The contrary was the case with the
Braves however.
pace. not only to gain on the Giants,
but to keep it's second place standing
intact st. Louis and Chicago are tied,
only two games behind. and a squirt by
either with slump by the Braves
would do damage to the Rostonian
hopes. The rest of the teams are still
in the ruck with Cincinnati now oc-
cupying the cellar position.
Americans All Athletics.
The American league race at this
date is very much an affair of the Ath-
letics with the rest comparatively no
where. There seems little prospect of
any club preventing the Mack men
with their eleven games lead at this
comparatively late stage of the sea-
son. from participating in the next
worlds series. They have won 25 out
OF their last IS games. Boston and
Washington are now fighting for the
second position, with the Red sox
having the better of it at present.
both Chicago and st. Louis picking
up again.
Chifeds Stay Ahead.
In the Federal league. Chicago man.
aged to stay ahead of Baltimore and
hold the leadership. though neither of
the leaders had a very pleasant time.
While the Chifeds rested Sunday. Bal
'liAoie Sllppeu BACK half a game
through defeat at the hands of the
climbing Hoofeds. and Tuesday did no
better than hold its ground by break
Ing even with Indianapolis, while Chi
cago and Brooklyn divided. Chicago
lost half game by dropping Wednes-
days contest to Pittsburg while the
Terrapins We're idle. but when Chief
Johnson on Thursday pitched his first
victory of the year for Kansas City,
Baltimore lost that small advantage.
FRIDAY both teams lost Pittsburg
Rgaln beating Chicago and Kansas
City winning another from Baltimore.
Louisville and Milwaukee kept I'D
their hot fight in the American asso-
citation, each taking a turn at the job
of setting the pace. The Brewers lost
10 minneapolis on Monday and Louis
vile was beaten by Cleveland. A dou-
Bile win by Milwaukee over the Millers
on Tuesday while Louisville rested en-
abled the champions to gain on the
Colonels and another victory over ST.
Paul on Wednesday, while Louisville
lost, cut down the latters lead another
full game. Both teams won on
Thursday. but Louisville found the
pace too swift on Friday, dropped an
easy one to Columbus, and the Brew
ers. winning their fifth straight Jump
ed to the top.
After young man has been en-
ployed In drug store couple of
weeks people begin to call him "Doc."