Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-21
If RUDE Receivers the Giants
Chances Will Be Greatly
Enhanced.
IS DUE FOR CHANGE IN LUCK
What the Day May Bring
Forth in National League

Another strenuous week in the Ma
tional Leagues bitter fight for the
flag will be started today. Chicago
again will do battle with the New
York Giants at the Polo Grounds.
while Pittsburgh is scheduled at Bos-
ton. New York fans were happy for
a. time Saturday when the Giants
We're winning and Pittsburgh had a
snug little lead on the Braves but the
Boston team suddenly sprang sur
prise and scoring seven runs in one
round swept the Buccaneers off their
feet.
The complete schedule for the
Giants and the Braves for the pres
ent week follows: Chicago at New
York, Monday and Tuesday; ST. Louis
at New York, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday; Pittsburgh at New
York, Saturday; Pittsburgh at Bos.
ton. Monday and Tuesday; Cincin-
natl at Boston, Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday Chicago at Boston,
Saturday.
Rube Marquard, who is charged
with ten straight defeats according
to the latest figures issued by stat
isticians of the New York club, Is due
to operate on the mound against the
Cubs at the Polo Grounds today. The
experts can't see how Marquard'e
losing streak can last much longer
and they figure that if he rallies from
now on the Giants chances will be
greatly enhanced. Boston has the
na aia ~ .ft ha ad,,lo HI 4.
as the Cincinnati team is next on the
list at the Hub. while New York must
face st. Louis for three days and
then Pittsburgh.
The dope shows that Boston can
afford to lose three more games than
the Giants do and still win the Ma
tional League pennant. The three
game lead would look to be fair
margin to hold at this stage of the
race If it were not for the fact that
the Braves. and Giants still have five
games to play between themselves
Therefore until the result of that
series is known neither club has any
substantial claim to the championship
or the National League race. And II
may SO happen that the series will re-
suit in bringing the clubs nose ia
nose, In that case the Cruel war;
will be continued to finish.
The Braves could not have done
better during the week than win al
the games they played. which the,
did do. They took two from Brook.
lyn, two from ST. Louis and one from
Pittsburgh. The Giants also won five
games. but they lost two games, both
to the Phillies. And that brings
Dooin's men into the limelight. They
10, CIV fuh Ill.
Is going some for a second division
team with the season almost over;
and two of the eight games were TAX
en- from the Giants.
As the Phillies have three more
games to play with the New Workers.
1t may so happen that they will kick
the Giants out of the championship
as they did in 1908 when Chicago
landed the bunting. The Phillies
have never won a championship, but
1t has been seldom that they have
not been big factor in the race.
There never was a race as that be-
tween Boston and New York where
everything looked so evenly balanced
With the fend of the season only a
short time off. Boston has played
1873 games and has twenty-one to play,
and of that plumber still has a chance
of playing twenty. New York has
played 1876 games and therefore has
nineteen games ahead of them and 1t
is possible for them to play them all.
So Boston has only one game the bet
ter of the argument besides their lead
of three games. Both clubs have five
teams to face between now and the
close of the year, as follows, with
the following number Of games with
each one:
NEW YORK BOSTON.
With Chicago. ? With Pittsburgh.
With st. Louis. -. ilWith Cincinnati.
With Pittsburgh. 5lWlth Chicago.
with Boston. 5IWith New York. -. q
with Philadelphia 3With Brooklyn.... 4