Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-30
PENNANT RACE N
THE BIG LEAGUES
THRILLS RANDOM
Consistent Baseball By Red
SOx and PhilIieS Clarifies
Situation This Week
BY George II. Holmes.

N'nitpu ifess starr correspondent
New York, Aug. Consistent base.
ban by the Red Sox and the Pbillies has
come to the rescue Of bewildered fan.
dom and somewhat clarified in both
leagues. The long looked for and much
predicted crack Of the Phillies under
the strain has failed to materialize
ABOUT the only crack visible TO the
nude orb has been that Of Gabv Cro.
yath . bat against the ball The Red
'SoX have yet TO re,rai any sipus Of
sllpplng and it appears that both clubs
are gong to slip into the home stretch
winch starts day after tomorrow, going
strong.
Both Moran, Of the phllies, and Car.
Iignn, Of the B0stonians, have prepared
for this stretch spurt, and both are 90.
ing into it with aces IN the hole Both
managers have rested their stars--Alcx. |
nnder and Wood-to the very limit that |
hnfety allowed, for the past two weels
IN anticipation Of It stony Steptem.
Der hike. Apparently both believe i'm.
phcity IN the McGraw axiom thnt
youngsters are alright through the
early drive but IL takes the red necks
and veterans to stand the strain a
tlie September effortsU
That they have managed TO retain
their leads without putting their utmost
esuength into the battle augurs well for
their chances during the coming four
weeks. The Red Sox, particularly stood
the acid test the past week by taking
the first two games of q three game ser.
les from the Tigers and forcing Jen.
nings' elan TO 60 extra innings to es.
cape with the third
llughey jennings and the individual
Tigers had counted on that series to ,
catch up with Boston but almost mir
nculous fielding on the part Of the Bos. u
ton inficld 0vereame the slugging Of .
the bengnls and the result was Boston
increased her lead az Detroit 4 expense. =
u was a telling wallop for the Tigers, 2
and shrewd baseball men.--not fans
but big league managers--predicted at a
the end OF the series chat the Tigers /,
had shot their bolt-thut their morale a
was punctured With the well known Il
offensive strength of the Cobb, Craw.
Ve0ch combination, however, 1t is
going 10 be hard 10 count ten over the T,
NAANhikNH Nl'h NNNil lHN Nulu IlWnIfNI II
show there Is not chance for the bean
caters TO be ovcrlnken. A two game a
lend Is not impregnusic at this stage Y
Of the game but IT'S n straw of very
substantial proportions. A
The addition OF Joe Jackson by the II
White Sox came. it is believed too
make to the Sox really dangerous con.
tenders md eastern baseball critics are
doping them to finish in their present
position. Il
The philles are leuding the National cl
league because they are the only club Il
that has been able 10 play consistently z,
week in aud week out. Since dumping OF
the Cubs from the lcnd two months ago III
the Phillies have played barely fifty
fifty bnll--the lead they managed to cl
grab In the spurt sustaining them all II
season. Their position is generally con. ca
sidered more precarious than that of y
The Red SoX because the phillics In 'l
themselves are n team OF baseball mis-
fits, They possess less "dopc"
strength than any club in Governor
ieption Of Cincinnati 's Rods. However, nj
nVlN " hNl hNolNVl tlNNi excepting lht | ~
Braves who are liable to DO anything Ia
hat seems able to develop enough driy. or
ng power to spill them from frat er
,laoe, In spite Of the rhllos three
,ame lend, however there Ia strong
Gaming toward the Braves particularly OF
through the east Recent udyiccs from "
he Pacific coast, bearing udiug, that ~
iill James may yet be able to work oh
hrongh September has strengthened
his leaning with James buck and
oung Nohf recently picked up lN stall t0
igs holding the pace he started, the Toe
raves would look mighty swect yet th'
The Braves nrc known 10 fight bet yw
'r with their backs TO tho wall thuu do'
hen they are out in front and ~ they
e peuunnt and its accompanying fin.
ncial consideration slipping away from IA,
,cm through the haze ot these coming Ph
days, they may yet gct out ho'
nd Kick dust In somebody = fave Hu
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