The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-22
Major League Races Wax
Close and Exciting as Home
Stretch Nears..
OTHER SPORTING GOSSIP
Gnfmen Finish Western Trip This
Week. Returning Home for
Long Stay.
By WILLIAM PEET.

days-the sensational flag races in the
American and National leagues.
The National League ''free-for-all" has
everybody guessing. Less than eighty
points separate the league leaders from
the tailenders.
In the American League the faltering
White Sox have taken on a new lease
of life and have just finished cleaning
up the Boston Red Sox and edginG nearer
to the top. The acquisition of Joe Jack
son. the Cleveland slugger. has also add
ed much strength to this club. and IL
must be considered pennant contender.
although il looked far from a champion
ship outfit when the Griffmen won four
out of nve games from the Sox here a
short time ago.
The Detroit Tigers, fortified with an
other dependable hurler. are in position
to carry the fight right to the Red Sox,
and those fellows who were shouting
something about going to Boston for
the worlds series are now talking In
whispers.
Two weeks ago We would have told you
that II was all over in the American
League, and that the Red SoN were the
class of the circuit Now we are forced
to admit that both Detroit and Chicago
have a fighting chance,
That National League scramble for top
honors is a rip shorter, and 1t is doubtful
IL a winner will be determined until the
final week of the sea son.
The trouble with the National League
clubs is that they haven't got strength
enough to keep up a rally for a long
time, and yet they are too strong to be
driven far out of the fighting zone
1t has been a case of rally and then be
repulsed No team in the National
League appears to be able to keep on
squirting, or to come across with such
winning streak that marked the success
full career of the Boston Braves last
summer.
Rain Yesterday caused the postpone
ment of the Nationals game against
Detroit in the Michigan city and II
possible a double header will be staged
today, with Bert Gallia and Walter
Johnson or Joe Boehling probably
nominated to do the pitching.
In case il should rain today, these
games will be played off on Monday.
which is an open date. but if il should
SO happen that the weather man was
unkind and ordered more rain. caus-
ing a third postponement, the Detrolt
games will likely be transferred 10
Washington TO be played off here when
the Tigers come East on their hnal
trip.
The Grinmen wind up their trip
through the West this week, going TO
St Louis for three games, starting on
Tuesday, and on Friday playing the
Chicago White Sox in the Windy City
in three contests, then returning home
for the grand finale.
PHILADELPHIA baseball writer sizes
I'D the National League race thusly:
The National League race might
he sized up thus; The clubs are
either built on such cement-like
foundations that they cannot hoat
or with such liGht-fngered ability
among the twirlers that they can
not sink.
On the first day Of September the
American Leagues twenty-five player
limit becomes null and void. and then
GriT can carry a regiment OF hall
PLAYERS II he sees Mt.
Organized baseball men, who are keep |
ing tabs on the attendance figures at
FEDERAL League parks have sent some |
interesting figures. If true. TO the Ma
tional Commission. The Pittsburgh FEDS J
inaueurated ten-cent baseball at home I
last week and on that occasion the paid (
attendance was said to be l.Nl9 There |
were twenty box seats sold at 81 each.
l35 fifty-cent tickets, 400 at a quarter
each. and 5N0 at a dime. The gross re-
ceipts. therefore. were inquired 10 De
s237.5o
The st. Louis Feds played at Washing
ton Park Brooklyn. on Thursday TO
a total paid attendance of SO. so the
checkers report. In the grandstand were
forty-five persons who paid fifty cents
each. and l6i at quarter each. while
the ten-cent bleachers drew i2l. netting
sloSso all told. This would seem to in
dictate. therefore. that the public has
not gone wild over jitney baseball.
The addition of James to the Tigers
pitching staff may win the pennant for
Detroit. but the sale of the tall hurler
by Col. Hedges has greatly injured
the American Leagues prestige in ST.
Louis. Mound City fans have been urg-
ing Hedges to strengthen the Browns.
They have refused TO patroniZe a loser.
Yet Hedges. for $1,000. has made it pos
sible for Detroit to win the flag.
On top of this comes the announce
ment by President Somers, Of the Cleve-
land club, that he has sold Joe Jack
son to the White Sox for $4,000 and three
players. Meanwhile. how much interest
will there be next year in the Yankees
Clevelands. Browns. Athletics and Ma
tionals?' inquired a well-known New
York baseball writer
The attention of one Cornelius McGil-
licuddy, who formerly manipulated a
team of worlds champs in Philadelphia,
Is called to the recent achievement of
Mr.. Buck" Herzog and his tail-end ag-
gregation from Cincinnati Just because
a club Is pretty far down in the lists
is no reason why It should stay put
all Of the time.
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