The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-07
CAMPAIGN TO COME
FOR LEAGUE LEADERS
The Baseball Situation ms II
COnfronts the Giants and
tie Braves.
SANE MBER or GAMES
More Against Eastern Teams.
With Which New York Has
Had More Success.

league remnant tho two hrSt placp con-
tenders. tho Giants and Rnstone, now at
tie and with tho sanio number ~ games
20 play have been undcr tho whip at the
hardest sort Of drive since August 20
and without either showing tho least III
effects Of the strain. Each has stood up
90 the gruelling pHce splcndidly since the
date mentioned. AZ which time they were
q practical tic the Gi,uts with a percen-
tage OF .b5i. tho Pp-ipuS with $50.
With slight fluctuations the two teams
have hse~ on urict,rdlly oven terms ever
since. both doeErdly refusing To fall hack.
II has boon great SHOW ~ merry" and
speed. on August - the Giants played
two games and lost tho nrsi this was In
St bouis--so that iuat after the urst game
fhe Braves we're ahead though this Ia a
hair splitting distinction. for II scarcely IL
necessary to split time into such minute
particles as half afternoons to compute
percentages. It's. however. = matter Of
no import.
But August 81 was tho star, ~ an i'm
portant period In the strugEl" for tho roa-
con that beginning with that day the
Giants and Bostons nave boon running
along al q fast and almost o"en clip the
Bostons making q slight gain in TINT time
In consequence Of which the clubs are now
on even terms with s,Nty-sevor victories
and ffty-two defeats each. Between Au-
gust 81 and September Inclusive the
Giants won eight games and lost four,
tho Braves won seven games and lost
three. That is the Giants. spurred on by
The exacting demands Of the occasion,
nave won one more game than their rivals
and lost one more.
Now here IL the outstanding feature Of
Hhe developments NJ tine last nine days 20
Ear as they are encouraging To the Giants
CHANCES The team had been tagging a
great part OF tho season, playing me diocre
ball for weeks while the Bostons were
" 81 nj u,el
3 sustained rush But from the moment the
Bostons caught them the tagging OF the
Giants ceased. When II came TO A case
~ must they rallied and have since been
going AZ .ss7 clip. which. while not as
good as Roston's 700 IN the same period.
is vastly better than anything they had
been doing moreover. difference Of AZ
points In stretch Of twelve games for
one side and ten for the other Is Insignia
cant
In short. the Giants 50 far have re-
sponded to the call Of necessity. though
that doesn't insure successful atonemt mt
for failure 10 pile up safe lead ong
ago However. this Is not a time for
spilled milk lamentations
While tho chants have bpen rallying
what of IA. Rostons' TIL. plain truth
about them is that not only did they main
tain long squirt to reach the top. but
they too have been going along swiftly.
s'uriilN and steadily since they got there.
Last week ih'N forged 20 the top. dropped
back and forged forward right away to n
tie II IN" tishtness ~ tho race, the
strain weight imposed by holding their
position Is going to make them crack
they haven't shown any signs OF It in
the last week and half OF critical
battling.
The Giants in brooklyn and the Rravts
in Philadelphia showed courage and de
termination Undoubtedly both teams
are game--none more so--anl In ALL prob
ability as nearly equally supplied with
that commodity as two teams could be
Tho moro mat rial element OF skill. with
some luck. will decide the championship,
II the championship lies between these
two, which is by no means sure. The
Cubs and Cardinals aren't out of II,
though their chances aren't az good.
Assuming that the race Ia between tho
Giants and Braves alone. they are at the
beginning of what Ia virtually a four
weeks race for tho pennant The neSt
month means everything. II they have
been rushing under forced draught the
Braves may retrograde; but Il Is Just
AZ reasonable TO suppose. considering
the way they have kept II up. that they
have been going At natural draught.
We have on one side a team the Giants.
which appears TO have found Itself; on
the other the Braves. with whom winning
seems to have become second nature. Re
lance on ones own strength and unre-
1eating efforts. not looking TO opponents
weakening. IL the safer policy just now.
Both McGraw and Stalings, fully
aware OF the Importance Of coming games
among them the New York Boston series
in Boston this week handled their
pitchers last week with skill and fore
thought. Tyler, Rudolph and James were
in way nursed for the series that begins
to-day and had chance TO freshen up by
getting a measure OF relief from arduous
duties. The same Is true OF Mathewson
stnd Tesreau Both will have had three
days OF rest prior TO the double header
to-day.
Stallings. then, will have his three best
pitchers In prime shape to reshoulder
their burden. Lately both Rudolph and
Tyler have been hit more freely than
previously. That may have been because
they had passed the edge Of their form or
Il may have been only casual In either
event they have been taking It com
paratlvey easy the last week
Matty and Tesreau at no time have
been subjected TO a severe drive and are
both well within themselves. Marquard
however has been faltcring, pitching I'm
and out ball Only last week was Dena-
rec able 10 get back into the victory class
whereas Hrommo has been ailing for q
couple Of weeks Stallings has got some
victories out Of his second string pitchers
and II would appear that for the numerous
double headers each team has to play his
box corps has more secondary dependence
than MCGrawS.
Thes" double headers will have a big
bearing. NcGiraw always farseeing
realized that, and II Vanguard doesn't
swing around to winning form In time
o'Toulc may hc just the man needed TO
give the third man strength 10 the Giants
lie is likely To- go against the Braves
this week and try to give another demon
strdtion Of being n better pitcher now
that no is with a better club. Also
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