Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-12
MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS
IN PER|L0US POSITION
Chicago Clubs Have Been in Immi.
ncnt Danger of Being
Pushed on Top.
BROOKLYN GAINING GROUND
Robins Have Made Remarkable Up.
ward Thrust - Boston Gains
Ground In American League.
Miserable Week for Washington.

Nround III American League.
Miserable Week for Washington.
Close races for tho lead featured the
week in the major leagues. Both the
Chicago teams were perlously near to
losing their positions of vantage. but
each managed TO retain its hold on tho
top rung Of the ladder up to the week
end The remarkable upward thrus.
or the Brooklyn Nationals and tho pre-
cipitate drop Of the Washington Ameri-
cans were other notable developments.
In the National League. the Cubs had
a hard week OF it, On two days they
lost both ends OF double -headers-Mon-
day, to Cincinnati. and Saturday, to
Brooklyn--the record now standing
three straight for the Robins over the
leaders Bresnahan declares all his
pitchers except iiumphries are going
we'll. and the hit column In the clubs
record does not look emaciated; but
something is going wrong with the
team. Perhaps the seventy men left
! on bases during the week furnishes a
partial explanation. The pinch punch
to score the run has been lacking in
too many instances.
Had Philadelphia been able to rise To-
lht occasion the lead would have been
its before now. but Pat Moran's men
their games. There is latent power in
this club. however, and the high posi-
ton it has been occupying in the race
for long time reveals il as the dan
gerous contender that it undoubtedly
is.
But 1t is Brooklyn which rival clubs
In the senior baseball organization are
watching now, with no little concern.
They have won eleven out Of their last
twelve games, their record for the week
being clean one, with seven victories
and no defestes. Douglas and Dell have
proved strong men in the box 20 aid the
veteran hurlers. Douglas. recently Sc
cured from Cincinnati, proving MS
worth by pitching sixteen scoreleas in
nings against James and Davis. OF Bos-
ton. on Wednesday, the game winding
up in the darkness, a nothing to moth
Ing tie. Pennant hopes are lowering
over Ebbets Field. and the Brooklyn
squad members. grasping at them, are
figuratively playing their heads off The
club now is in third place, having i'm
proved it's percentage by fftytwo
points during the week, and is going
at top speed.
Giants Make Stormy lid.
New York Is another club that is
making bid for higher position.
and after dropping TO last place early,
in tho week rose TWO notches TO a
good sixth by winning FIVE out of seven
speedily land the Giants in the first
division. st. Louis and Pittsburgh both
have lost ground, ana Cincinnati has
barely held its own. reverses at the
hands Of the Giants toward the weeks
close counteracting previous good work
by the team
The case Of Boston is about the sad
dcst in either league just at present.
Instead OF fulfilling George Stallings's
prediction of repetition of last years
squirt TO the pennant and worlds
championship, the club has been falling
farther into the ruck. until now 1t is
deposited In the cellar. The upward
sweep Will have TO begin soon If the
Braves are to do anything this year,
In the American League, the honors
Of the week fell TO Boston. which crept
up steadily. AS Il matter OF fact, the
race among the first three teams liz now
so close that the play of n few days
might easily switch about the positions
of Chicago, Boston and Detroit. The
, rest OF the teams are not in sight Of
this trio
The Eastern teams are now on a
swing through the Western circuit, and
advantage is usually held to lie with
the home teams Boston and Detroit
| broke even in their two clashes, while
| Chicago was held to a tie by Washing
ton in one game. defeating Grifith's
men In the other, however. The Red
SoN pitching staff now seems to be in
first-rate shape, although some OF the
contingent were subjected 20 n pound
ing by the Tigers on Friday. Ruth,
Mays and Gregg were the twirlers who
I suffered hut they. with Wood Shore
| Foster and Leonard comprise hurl-
ing staff that is respected by the other
teams around thcs circuit. while Boston,
is hitting we'll and scoring freely and
playing an exceptionally good fielding
game. 1t won seven and lost one dur
ing the week.
Washington Has Poor Week.
Washington's record for the week
was seven games lost. one tied and
none won. The team Is not hitting
, we'll, and pitching Is errntic. 1t has
been retrograding fast. lille the Phila-
delphias. in process of reconstruction
under the master hand OF Connie Mack.
have been showing signs OF renewed
capacity to win. st. Louis also has
picked up ground, but New York. al
though retaining first division berth
has played an in-and-out game, while
the Clevclands losing twice as many
games as they won, dropped from sixth
place to last.
The record in each league Of games
played, won and lost with runs, hits
errors and men left on bases. Is as fol-
lows