Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-07-13
INTEREST PICKS
UP IN MAJORS
Warm Fights for Pennants
Arouse Tagging Enthus-
iasm of Fans.
REAL BATTLE IS
IN THE AMERICAN
Chicago and New York Be
gan Crucial Series Yes
terday Afternoon.

New York. July 13.-The halfway
mark in the major league baseball
season. reached this season, finds the
race in each league an open one, with
pennant possibilities for at least three
clubs in the National circuit and for
six in the American.
Interest, which had been tagging
because of the seeming prospect that
the New York Giants and the Phila-
delphia Athletics would continue the
monotony of fag-winning in their re-
spective organizations, has picked up
tremendously within a fortnight. and
the almost daily changes in the !
standings in each league are being
followed with keen attention.
More Interest in America.
While the struggle between the New
York and Chicago teams in the Ma
tional league. brought to a climax by
the meeting of the two clubs in Chi
cage yesterday. is a focal point for
the eyes of baseball enthusiasts, the
more sustained interest at present Is
in the American league race.
Not in years has this organization
proved so tense a struggle for honors.
When play closed Saturday night the
lead of the Athletes was only 21-2
games over Detroit. Washington was
only three games behind the leaders,
Chicago half a game further down,
and st. Louis four games removed
from the front. Boston trailed In the
leading sextette, five games from the
top.
The work of the Red Sox during the
week was disappointing to friends Of
the team. The obstacle encountered
by the wearers of the red hose was a
team composed OF men who wore
hose of white. The White Sox met
the Reds in a series in Boston, and
the best the worlds champions Of
1912 could do was to take one game
in four.
White Sox Move Up.
The White Sox consequently forged
toward the front. and at n period
in the week were in second place.
closely pressing the Athletics. Their
loss in the last game in Boston and
their decisive defeat at the hands of
Frank Chances better going New
Yorks yesterday pulled them down
somewhat. st. Louis and Washington
meanwhile We're fighting each other
to a finish. while the Detroits. even
without the assistance of Tyrus Cobb,
Athletics, their ancient enemies. on
their own ground and bested them in
wv out of three games.
Connie Mack's men finished the
week webbing. losing to st. Louissin
a %12-inning game, but taking the sec
ond contest of the double-header. The
Yorks bested the Clevelands three
in four and worked farther away from
the cellar position.
The New Yorks, starting with a
defeat in the second game of a dou-
ble-header with Brooklyn on Monday.
dropped a game in Pittsburgh on the
west and were on the losing side
before they got the decision in
a smuggling match with the Cardinals
Saturday. Their losing streak totaled
five straight games.
Cubs Have Hard Time.
Meanwhile, however. the Cubs were
having a hard time of it with the
Braves. O'Day's warriors, battle as
they might, were able to take only
one game in four from Stallings' team
and went into the series with New
York beginning yesterday, three and
a half games behind. ST. Louis gained
most advantage. pulling UP somewhat
on the Cubs and considerably on the
Giants .