The Washington times., 1914-07-28
CARDINALS FIGHTING
FOR FLAG, AND MAY BE
WINNER IN OLD LEAGUE
MnerHuqqins Whips. .crew4nto Shape and St Louis Now
:. Dreams Of Annexng Tlte>on Observation-Disclosures De-
cInes.to- Predict Anything, But He's Confident.
BySIDc c.KEENER.

FEIIEpFLPH1A, July 2s.-1n 1905
he Browns were running neck-and.
neck with the Detroit Tigers. Chicagc
White sox and Cleveland Maps in the
race for the American League pen
nsnt They journeyed through the wesi
the nrst week In September. It was
up to them to triumph to win the
championship. They failed and finish
ed fourth.
And the Cardinals are on the same
path, but instead OF the West it's the
East. It's the same goal. though
the pennant Imagine It! How differ
ent from seasons and seasons ago
Usually at this time of the summer
the Cardinals, led by Pat Donovan,
Charley Nichols, John ]. McCloskey
and Rog Bresnahan, were struggling
along at the bottom with the July
conversation: "Wait until next year,
then we'll have a winner"
Now the Cardinals are in the pen
nant fight. They have upset all base
ball dope; they have turned the big
gest sensation in the history Of the
national pastime-a tail epder In 1913
and a pennant factor IN 1914.
Inst for q bit of past events. In 1918
the Giants had q rival in the Philhes-
the only club in the league which was
reSarded as being close to the Giants.
Still, here is the standing year ago
today: n.
Team. w. L. fSG
PhiIliss ................. 50 % SOB
That gave McGraw an advantage OF
nine full games over Doom ANA tooay
he has a lead of only Few games
over the Cardinals and even 1eWer over
the Chicago Cubs.
toss away game after game, put the
Cardinals behind in the first hai OF
the race. Then came clever shl1t py
Miller Higgins in placing Jack Miller
AZ short. And with MILLER at short and
the present makeup of the Cardinals
we believe Higgins third placers are
strengthened at least Is per cent
From now to the finish II Is this
question: Which team can stand the
pace to the finish? The Giants have
the nrst call in this respect, because
for three successive campaigns they
have warded of the attack Of the
enemy: they have been through the
pennant grind so often that It does not
form any extra strain upon them
IT Is KEW TO THE CARDINALS.
for the Cardinals They viii not loaf an
inch from now to October. Every game
means a victory for them. The Giants,
with that air Of confidence that they
outclass any and everything IN the Ma
ttonal League, may beat them, while
the Cardinals full of fight, viii use
the Herzog choke EN- tactics.
The operation of the Higgins ma
chine is not as easy as McGraw's.
Change after change has been made by
Higgins, but each move has been q
winner The team has been strength
ened. not weakened. and even the alb
sence of team work will not handicap
Huggins.
Manager Higgins is a careful man
aver on and off the field. He never
aiibis for himself. When the club was
around the 800 mark he didn't say that
he would be satisfied If he finished sey-
enth, one notch above 1913 but claimed:
"I have a fighting ball club. one that
has a chance for the pennant, and Wen
never quit"
It is that feeling which is going to
throughout the East They feel that
there isn't a club which cutclasses them.
In other words, they deliver that first
punch which has won many cham-
pionship in the prize ring.
But Higgins is not predicting
Jump into first place on this journey:
'T believe we can gain couple or
games on the Giants" chatted Higgins.
I've won ten out Of fifteen the last
time we visited the East, and we won
twelve out of sixteen games at home.
We had our slump early in the sea-
son, and we're not going to give up
now. II We can come home couple OF
games out of first place, look out for
US in the final dash"
The most enthusiastic member Of the