Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-13
PILLS STILL LOOK GREAT
PAT MORAN HAS CHANCE OF
LIFETIME TO GRAB FLAG
Red SOx Look Sure wInners-Out-
come OF Present Series VIII Have
Much to DO With Result

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Much to DO With Result.
! With the last International series
OF the season In their early stages. the
outcome of the races in both OF the
major baseball leagues remains in
doubt. The chances appear to favor
Philadelphia in the National and Bos-
! ton in the American League. the pres
ent leaders in their respective races,
but everything depends on the show
ing each makes in the struggle with
tho teams of the Western divisions
ROW in progress.
| In the National League the Phillics
made the best showing of the week
and retained their lead by a good mar
gin. After a serious setback in Brook
lyn where Manager Robinson's pen
| nant aspirants won three straight
games. Pat Morans men came back
with clean sweep over New York in
la four-game series on the Philadel-
phia grounds and began their Western
| trip in good style with a Saturday
triumph over Pittsburgh. their ffth
straight victory
| Many baseball observers favor the
| Quakers' chances because or the steadi-
| ness they have displayed during vir-
tuaily the whole season and the
strength they have shown on the road
| The question has arisen whether their
! limited pitching STAFF would be able
to stand the strain Of the drive to the
| finish. and much was made of Alex
/ ander'S failures to Brooklyn in his La
| hor Day game. the opinion being OK
pressed that the great twirlar had been
overworked, and that tho Phillies
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! OF the mound kings collapse In three
| days. however, Alexander recovered
sufficiently TO hold the Giants to three
| hits in game on the home grounds
| and the idea that he had gone to pieccs
| had TO he abandoned Roston and
, Brooklyn arc having hot fight for
tho second position. each hoping to
| make good it's hold and then adva nee
at the expense of the present leaders
Tho grip on the place alternatcd dur
| ing the week. the Braves having tho
! advantage at the close by single
| point Brooklyn rcgained the place
! to-day by beating st. Louis while Bos-
ton was losing to Chicago.
Both OF these teams are still TO be
considered in the hunt fer the pen
nant. with the lead OF the Phillics no
! greater than il is. Brooklyn is bank
| Ing largely on the condition Of its
! pitching STAFF. Manager Robinson ex-
pressing the opinion that his octet of
| dependable boNmcn will stand him in
! good stead in the season of frequent
ooupie headers. and has an advantage
/ over both Boston and Phiiadelphia in
: this respect. George Stallings can't
be convinced, however. that his team
! VIII not come out on top. basing his
belief on the lighting spirits of the
| Braves and the confidence he has in
their ability 10 play better hall than
| either OF their rivals They distinctly
outplayed the Brooklyns in their re-
| cent series, their two victories i'm three
games contributing largely to their
present excellent position in the race
Cincy liz Going Good.
| cincinnati is playing the best hall
OF the other teams just now. and by
| winning six out OF seven games whi,e
| New York were dropping six out of
| eiEht, have forced the Giants into last
place.
boston, In the American League
.ost ground during the week, but De-
| tr"it, by failing TO make the most Of
| It's opportunities, failed to gain much
| Meanwhile. Chicago has been booming
| along with a string of victories and
again threatening 10 become CON
'eh"er nut has much ground to make
up 4 'o-point lead at this stage ~
| me race is an almost impossible ono
TO overcome.
:, me Rcd SoN got their worst setback
ny dropping three games in row TO
nc erratic New York Yankees early in
me week. but resumed their winning
streak against Philadelphia and set The
| "hite SoN back by winning the nrst
game or the series with the Western
ciuhs on saturday. the struggle lasting
eleven innings, Tho Boston pitchinr
star has been showing considerah HE
class IN recent games, and has held on
posihs teams to low scores They have
an a. easy three game lead over the
Tigers as the score stands to-day.
me Jennings contingent, however
may pull UP on the Red Sox within tho
NEXT rev days as they have the
iahkees 10 meet, while Boston is con-
tending with Clarence Rowland's clan
me Tygers made merry with the Done.
Fanites In the recent series in Detroit
ana kept up the festivities in the start
or Inc series a the Polo Grounds SAT-
nrday. Their heavy hitting capabili
ties arc counted upon by their support
ers In oifsetting the asserted superior
lty or the Boston pitching staff
Washington recently has been NAV
ing ball of kind that would have nut
the cluh among the pennant claimants
J! 1t had been displayed earlier in tho
race.
The weeks record in each league OF
games played, won and lost, with runs.
hits, errors, men left on bases, and
runs scored by opponents. including the
games OF Saturday, September II, are
as follows:
National League.
II