The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-21
ADDITIONAL SPORT.
Major League Contests
Tighten Very Little
Milwaukee Has Setback

New York, July 21,-Milwaukee suf-
paign for another American associa-
ton remnant. The Brewers repealed
a serious attack by Indianapolis for
which the Hoosiers had reached a
point only l Ia, games behind the
league leaders, the latter rallied and
won the final two games of the series.
With a breathing spell in sight, the
champions were routed in three
straight games by the Columbus team,
but the unexpected defeats were not
as disastrous as they might have been
for Minneapolis stopped the Hoosiers
and the Brewers margin over Indian
apolis at the end of the week was a
bit better than at the beginning.
Federal League.
Brooklyn's squirt and it's resultant
advance to the first division were the
features Of the race in the Federal
league. The contests of Saturday left
Brooklyn leading the second section
in the federal race. hut beginning with
a 10 victory in a duel between Fin
neran Of Brooklyn n Dickson of
Pittsburgh on Monday, Manager Brad
ley's men won four straight. and on
Thursday reached third place. Pitts
burgh was the Brooklyn stepping
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tie of Monday, a game of 4 to 2 on
Wednesday and both games of a
double header on Thursday. The
Pittsburghers partly redeemed them
selves by winning Friday.
Buffalo lost ground during the week,
and at its expense Baltimore gained
slightly. The margin in the series
between these clubs was slight, but
while the set was in progress Buffalo
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closeness of the Federal race made
every half game a factor in the stand
ing so far as the middle positions were
concerned.
Chicago maintained it's leadership,
however. A substantial difference in
percentage existed when Thinkers team
wound UP its series with Indianapolis.
Majors Tighten Very Little.
Neither Of the major league caseball
races frightened appreciably during the
week. On the contrary, the beginning
Of the new playing period found the
situation in each circuit less tense
and with fewer probable chances of
notable changes in the immediate
future than seemed the cas- a week
ago. If, New York in the National and
are not to repeat their pennant-win-
ming performances, the clubs behind
them will have to show more consist
emit winning power han any of them
displayed in the last seven days.
In the Ban Johnson circuit the Ath-
letics gained a full game on Detroit,
the club next in ranking, the Tigers
now being three and a half games be-
hind the leaders. Washington took a
far wors tumble, dropping back to a
point five games removed from the
front. Boston. despite an excellent
showing on the weeks play. is five and
a half games from the top, half a game
worse off than last Sunday.
It remained. however, for Chicago to
come the worst copper The White
Sox won only two or seven games and
are more than six games behind the
pace-makers. st. Louis fell off slight
ly, the clubs standing being just a
trif1e yer the 500 mark. Thus it will
be seen that the first six clubs are not
nearly so closely punched as they were
a week back.
The Athletics seem to have awaken
ed at last and to be playing their old
steady, smashing game. Forced into
idleness the greater part of the week
because Of wet weather in Phila-
delphia, they bounced into the White
SoX when the latter moved to Quaker
town and scattered them right and
left. The Mackmen won all three