Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-09
PH|LL|Es IN DANGER OF
LOSING LONG LEADERSHIP
Another Week Like Last Will Find
Quakcrs Deposcd From
Top.
BRAVES ALSO HIT BUMPS
Washington Shows Excellent Form
in American League-Johnson and
Ayers Come Through in Great Style
and Tigers Also Set Strong Pace.

The close Of another week of Ma
tional League baseball similar to that
which ended yesterday will find Phila-
delphia deposed from the leadership
with either Chicago or New York at the
top. The Quaker City club on Satur-
day concluded Il disastrous invasion of
Chicago and Pittsburgh. losing twice
TO the Cubs and three times to the
Pirates. even Alexander being unable
10 hold down either OF these teams
One game. narrowly won over Pitts
burgh was Philadelpha's lone victory
IN seven playing days ending yesterday.
Meanwhile. Chicago and New York. in
| NTH and sixth positions, respectively.
one week ago. have been closing in
toward the top. the Cubs enjoying
clean sweep of five games and the
Giants losing only two out of eight
played. These two teams were the only
ones which obtained better than an
even break.
st. Louis remained in seventh place,
and Cincinnati in eighth, but all the
other clubs. except Philadelphia, were
engaged in shifting their positions
New York and Chicago climbing and
Boston. Pittsburgh and Brooklyn de-
sccnding. Brooklyn regained it's lost
ground. however, by to-days double
victory over Chicago, and begins the
new week as it did the last one in sec
ond place. For those five teams IL
probably has been one OF the most re-
markable weeks in the leagues his
tory. AS an illustration of the chang
ing fortunes in the past nine days. Bos-
ton within that time has ranked as
high as n tie for second place, after
Wednesdays games to as low as sixth
place after being defeated to-day by
St Louis.
Philadelphia during four weeks OF
4 hna eli
form TO a 500 pace, and it's once rosy
pennant prospects are seriously threat
encd by all clubs in the league except
ST Louis and Cincinnati. Even St.
Louis fans have not discarded cham
pionship hope, with one-third of the
season remaining. Cincinnati began
the new week with further loss OF
ground through Philadelphia's victory
to-day.
American League Record.
In the American League Washington
showed excellent form. The Senators
| took six out OF seven games. the win.
ning streak being broken yesterday by
chicago. Johnson and Ayers came
through in fine style, each with two
! games to his credit, and the team Ia
beginning to be discussed as at least
la remote pennant possibility. Ten
games behind third place last Sunday,
| Washington has within one week re-
duced this gap to six and i half games
" envy -oic NlClOTlcS out the last
| thirty-one games played is Washing
toms record-n pace slightly better
| than either Bostons on Detroit's within
the same period. Tho Senator's -sinnd
little on the Red Sox, and the Tiger.
however, as the leaders. took three out
| of four games, and Detroit winning
| five out OF seven, passed over the heads
| or Chicago to second place. and attained
within game and half OF Boston
New York. which won three out OF
four was the only second division
American League club to do better than
| break even. For forty-eight hours
cleveland stood in sixth place, but
dropped back to seventh by losing a.
double header Saturday, while st. Louis
was winning one game. philadelphia
won single game in one week. making
ive victories in twenty-siN attempts
NO american club representing that
city In years has done so poorly.
Tho record In each league of games
played, won and lost, with runs, hits
errors and men left on bases is as
| follows: