The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-10
ALLIED FORCES
AGAINST M'GRAW.
Seven Clubs in National League
Stack up to Beat Him Out Of
Fourth Successive
Pennant.
PULLING FOR BRAVES
On the Other Hand Everything IS
Quiet in. the johnson Circuit
Where Athletics Will Win
With Ease.
by Hal Sheridan. written for the
IInifod Iornc- i |

by Hal Sheridan, written for the
United Press.l
NEW YORK, Sept. 10.-"Kaiser
Wilhelm, with the combined powers
of Europe on his neck, has my utmost
and sincere sympathy declared John
McGraw, manager Of the three-time
runners up in the worlds series, dur
ing fanfest before he returned to
New York from the recent road trip
west with his club. 1.-The reason he
has," he continued. '4is because he and
are in the same boat All the pow-
ers Of Europe seem to be allied
against him and I know that every
ball club in the National league is
against the Giants on general prin-
ciples. They all want to see a win
ner beaten"
The little Napoleon has sized up
the situation just about as neatly as
said situation can be tabulated. He Is
lighting the whole league combined.
Everyone is out to take a fall out of
the Giants. Just why this is true is
best explained by the Giants leader
They all like to see winner beaten"
For three years now the Giants
have COPIED the honors in the present
major organization. There is no
doubt but what the league would be
better of, financially at least. il some
other club would step to the front
now and then. Blu. the fact isn't go
ing to keep McGraw's clan away from
another worlds series if they can help
it. They are out to repeat If such a
thing is possible.
All around the loop the fans are
pulling against the Giants. Even in
cities that are hopelessly out of the
Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Phil
adelphia, great crowds turn out when
the Giants come to town, simply to
root against McGrawites. Everyone
seems TO want to see the Giants drag
ged down.
The Boston Braves were cheered to
the echo when they spurted to the
front division. There wasn't any
particular reason for anyone to cheer
Boston except for the reason that
Boston might beat the Giants out.
And anyone who would do that could
have all the support any club could
wish-at least in the roofing line.
AS the teams are shaping up for the
final dash for the old pennant pole,
one of the prettiest races in the his
tory of the National league looms up.
With the four leading clubs-Giants.
{ na1c Hr1h al
SO closely that the leader might
change every day, the fans around
the loop are stirred up as they never
were before
Down in old St Looey they're kinda
looney. The fans in the Missouri
metropolis have dreamed OF pennants
for years and years but not since the
Browns sensational squirt of 1908
have they had as good a chance to
crawl into the pennant coping band
wagon. Higgins men are getting all
kinds OF support. The Mound City
fans flock to Robinson field in droyes.
While all this furore is going on in
the Tener circuit, feeling OF restful
mated by one Byron Bancroft John
son. Oh. to be sure, they are still
playing ball in that circuit Yes, and
once in a while the Athletics lose a
game-once in a while, occasionally
as it were. But those scintillating
athletes performing under the name
foi Mackmen have spurted GU. SO far
| in front in the American league that
nothing short Of team made up of
( Ty Cobbs, Joe Jacksons, Christy Math-
ewsons and other such like fix could
/ head them off. AS there "ain't no
SIGH animal" we hereby award the
American league pennant to Phila-
| deiphia-
! War sure has its disadvantages.
Here we were just becoming contend
ed once more, the bulk of the white
hope army having left us for foreign
. shores, when along comes this war
and they all hike back to the Z. s. A.
( II almost tempts US to start a war in
this country. Maybe it would chase
EN- TO Honolulu.
? Tyler, Rudolph and James would-'t
] work as hard as they are working, II
they knew just what was in store fol-
I them II they win the National league
pennant. They have never faced j
I Franklin Baker, Edward Collins and