The Washington herald., 1915-09-14
Red Sox and Tigers Clash
Thursday Then Comes
the Fight.
OTHER SPORTING GOSSIP
Grifmen Are but Five Games Behind
Chicago Sox for Third Place.
Comment.

The result of the American League
pennant fight should be decided beyond
all dispute within the next few days.
and Boston fans will probably be in at
the death. for after the Chicago White
Sox quit the Hub on Wednesday the
Detroit Tigers show there for a series
Of four games. and it is this last named
series which should establish the class
of the Ban Johnson circuit.
The last time the Red Sox were in De-
troit. Carrigan's crowd, to the cha grin
OF Detroit rooters. captured two games
out Of three. but the Tigers refused to
quit. and have since tenaciously clung
tightly to Boston's coat tails. so that
only a small margin separates the clubs
now. despite the fact that Boston re-
ceived a setback when the New Yorks
visited the Hub last week, dropping three
games In a row.
II the Tigers are to win out in a driv-
Ing finish. this CLUB must make grand
cleanup of the Boston series. for right
now the Tigers are three games behind
the Hub aggregation.
1t is also gratifying to know that the
Chicago White Sox are only five games
ahead of the Griffmen. and 1t looks al
If the Nationals stood fair chance to
nose out the Windy City crowd for third
place.
There was a play in the fourth inning
or yesterdays game which had all the
fans guessing. Mcbride shot a liner to
center field. and Roth. after a low stab.
came up with the ball. To many II ap-
peared as if Roth had trapped the ball.
but Umpire Chill ruled that a fair catch
had been made
1t was up to Chill to make a decision.
but as the Washington players entered
such vigorous protest Chill appealed to
Umpire Connolly. who was unable to
render help. as he could not put himself
In a position to see the play properly
Chill was blamed by the fans for not
allowing Mcbride to remain on first base,
but as matter of fact he was absolutely
right. as Roth caught the ball on the
fly and did not trap it.
For the third game Of the Cleveland
series here this afternoon Harry Harper
probably will be named to pitch for the
irifmen. while Lee Fohl Is expected to
start one of his youngsters, either Carter
Or Brenton.
Joseph J. Lannin. owner of the Red
Sox. Is superstitious. A week ago Satur-
lay Mr. Iannin. to celebrate the return
'f his ball club to Boston from a victori-
,us Western trip. purchased a IS hat |
The Yankees then defeated the Red Sox
twice on Labor Day and again last Tues
lay. Mr.. Lannin thereupon started to
ook for the hoodoo. and finally decided
that his new hat was to blame for the |
sudden run of i'll luck So he borrowed |
l knife from a friend and cut the hat |
nto ribbons. declaring that he would go |
back to his straw lid. which would not |
,e discarded until the Red Sox had |
,iinched the pennant
The popular Laurel Park race track in |
Maryland will throw open its gates Octo-
Ser l. Judging from the entries. some |
'ood racing is promised the followers Of |
he sport. Eight hundred and seventy
line entries have been made for the |
arious events. and these represent los |
'wners.
The framing Of the programs for the
months sport has been given the greatest |
ARE and attention. the conditions being |
# the most equitable sort. This means
arSer fields and greater competition. and |
Then this &c brought about it spells moth
nS but succesS.
he metropolitan racing sea son closed |
hat many of the fashionable establish
nents went into winter quarters A
'erusal of the names of the nominators
% the different Laurel stakes shows
hat things there have changed in late
ears, The list also shows that the bet
er known racing firms that have been
campaigning horses on the Canadian cir
uit will meet the best the Eastern circuit |
an produce this fall.
WILLIAM PEET.