The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-24
roxos "a Giants Now Tied, but
" Leuis and Chicago May
spurt This Week
MEN llATTY LOSES
CHANTS ARE IN BAD WAY
nssa They Kept Up Was Not
That They're So Good, But
That Rest Were, Bad
~ y. y. eALLENcER.

~ ~. a. sALLENcER.
= lthoueh chief baseball interest o
country now centers In the BIOS
- Brnyes. who went into a tie foi
|<k Mace In the National league o,
e l11rfn; Of the Reds victory over ths
1knnfs Yesterday, there are four clubs
+ - one Of which il able to leap ints
1<S lad IN the elder major circuit
y x<lxS nom Boston and New York
4 @11.c now occupy the center OF the
+ @<Sre. either ct Louis or Chicago has
cbcnce 70 land in the front rank
X ~ that within the week.
M hene four clubs win oppose eacf
~ a the series starting today, and
s S1( er,rt ~ = change Or combination
3 " shSnSes may be expected. although
6 - dope Boston has the edge, and
KR&Id nnish the week at the top o.
5 6Hk National league average list y
!. &nnt Be this week or never. however
- the close proximity OF any one OF
4 three other contenders may mean
~ o0rt ~ unset !; q consistent string
& ~ wins during the week sumcing to
+ - ony one or the four teams men
mod A striking distance, II not &C
+ 97 pcosession OF first place.
\ :. - two western clubs have, how
80. long eastern trips before the
q of the season, which may sufnce
~ cot down any lead they might Cd
- durfnr the games OF this week.
~ Boston and New York need not
[.Srfy much about fghting II out Tor
Y . nrsition at the top OF the heap.
y i . d T.
with the failure OF Matnewson to
- through In his last four con-
- the members Of the "l-Told- ou-
club have awakened to unusual
f1vity. For several seasons past
"a club has made Matty an object OF
ccfted attack, and now that pos
1llfy OF the fulfillment of the OFT
oted prophecies Is at hand, the
80 membership has taken on
"a lease Of life.
xcbabfy no pitcher In the game
boen relegated to the down-and-
80 more often than Matty. Hard.
- season has opened In recent
- without some Of the wise guys
lilly foretelling that This Is the
for Matty-great boy, Matty' but
done now"
affy has lost his last four starts
noW the hammer club Is working
al the energy of q boilermaker
Hof.hour before quitting time.
careful perusal OF the facts OF the
VIII. however, prove eniighten-
- many OF these self-same ham
rDWinRers. In but one OF these
starts That against Chicago,
~ Matty blew up IN the eighth
" ninth and gave four runsdid he
hia own game. In but one OF
Rames, that In Boston, which
~ 10 innings. was the veteran
1<6n by more than one run. and In
= sinele run anywhere In the
1I6duled nine innings would have
r1n him Z victory. The one In st.
On Aug. il was terminated by
5oot after It had become legal
Inter. Chicago, St Louis, Boston
Cinclnnati have beaten Matty In
But Il wasn't Matty's fault.
" real reason the Giants won
lofanflx during the early parts
~ season was not that the Giants
\: - good, but that the rest OF the
IouaI league was so bad. With the
(o1opment OF real challenger late
~ year the Giants have cracked.
4
sven Matty's prowess. which con-
- n making his team do major
" The work for him, cannot hold
~ up when the race Is really close.
Wiling behind Matty. the Giants
oor to have lost their last hope.
tQuard and Demaree are not going
and McGraw has no other de-
dable hurlers.
\. 81 ~ Y
Yhot II the matter with the Tigers?
y ooestion often asked and various
nnsWered nowadays. Reports from
Indolphia, where the Detroiters
- been won't to tight To the limit,
that they could have come
IN With at least one more game
&ey shown any sort OF the pep
eofacterised their early-season
81 Many have accused the Jen-
~ of s'lying down" and various
&ccunstfons have been laid at
I1ofD. The real reason Tor the
II661col. Victims Of the hard
~ Tie gonfalon the Tigers have
4 - thot : 'ono use" state OF mind
"a never hasyneveF viii and meyer
n. WIN ball x4mes. Every man-of
team b working his hardest but,
- VIII come to any team afflict-I
~ the ink virus no matter how |
Dneh Individual tries. The atti- !
- ne Detroit fans has not help |
younger members Of the team |
this vsAs< talk seems to have
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