Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02
PIRATES AND BRAVES ARE
ATTRACTING ATTENTION
otailings's Clan Is Making Great
Squirt, but Pittsburgh Moves
Higher Up.
PHlLL1Es CLING TO LEAD
National Topnotchcrs Gaiucd One
roint During the Weck-BrookIyn
mas BAD Slump-American League
Leaders Fail to Hold Own.

'ou I'D f1Olu OWN,
western teams moved to Eastern
paying fields in the American League
'ast week and the National League
teams OF the East began another
western invasion. The net result of
these shifts thus far has been almost
negligible The American race tight
.heo oS nine percentage points during
the seven days ending Saturday. with
no chanee In the final standing Of the
clubs.
IN the National League. Philadelphia
IN hrSt place, gained one point and
Cincinnati. in the cellar. lost five
points, although this widening between
TOP and bottom positions was mar
rowed by Cincinnati's double victory
over Brooklyn and Philadelphia loss
10 Chicago to-day. The only change
IN the leagues table were the dis
placement OF Chicago and New York bv
Pittsburgh and Boston in the first di-
vision West against East IL virtually
was drawn battle. and fourteen OF the
sixteen clubs yesterday were no nearer
tho top than they were one week ago
OF the two clubs which did elm, b
closer TO world series honors-Pitts-
hurgh and Boston-the Stallings clan
Grained the chief attention OF the
fans
In last place early in July, another
such Sensational squirt as the one
which took the Bostons .from the bot
tom 10 the championship last summer,
seemed visionary TO the average fol-
lower OF the game. And yet the Braves
began exactly that sort of climb
Fifteen games won out OF nineteen
played was the record of the worlds
champions UP TO Thursday night. when
they were in third place. There they
were checked on Friday and Saturday
by Cincinnati and dropped back one
position. Pittsburgh moving ahead Of
them by virtue OF winning double
header over Brooklyn yesterday.
Brooklyn Fms disappointed.
To the Brooklyn fan the weeks work
OF the Superhas was n keen disap-
po!ntment, after their rapid rise to
second place during the previous fort
night. Brooklyn won only two games
out of six played, and the teams adj
vantage over third place was only two
full games Saturday night. with the
leading Phillies fully three games in
front OF Brooklyn. The Superbas'
hold on second place was further
weakened by their loss OF two games
to-day. and Pittsburgh now is right
on the heels of Robnson's men. De-
feats in three out Of four TO the Pirates
started Brooklyn's Western invasion
disastrously. a slump in batting ac-
counted for at least half of the SUI
perhas' recent defeats
While the ChicaGos at home once
more. improved their playing over
previous weeks. they did not resume
tho stride at which earlier In the sea-
son took them to the top. Two vic
tories and three defeats were the Cubs
showing of the week ending Saturday,
and the team was forced back TO NTH
place because OF the fine work of
Pittsburgh and Boston Chicago de-
feated the league leaders TO-DAY. how
ever. and is only fraction OF point
behind Boston. New York did nearly
as poorly as Chicago, the Giants slip
ping down into sixth position.
St Louis continued only the average
game this team has exhibited for sew
tral weeks past. but the Reds wound
up poorly-beEun week by hating
the rise OF the Braves and continued
their new squirt against Brooklyn to-
day.
The weeks close in the American
League found Washington and St
Louis with the best showing. each with
four victories and TWO defeats. although
10th teams at times played poor base
bali Aided BY the indifferent game
put UP by the New Yorks, Grifilth's
Senator'S made more secure their hold
on A place In the first division. the
Yankees dropping three games out OF
fve played and falling below the 800
mark where they have been towering
most OF the season.
Red Sox Failed to Hold Own.
AS for the three leaders. Boston
failed to hold it's own, winning only
two OF Ave- and Chicago and Detroit
broke even, and all three fell off in per
centage points This loss they could
afford, however, Detroit in third place
being ten full games ahead of Wash
ineton in fourth. Two games is the
difference between the Tigers and the
leading Red Sox to-day-with the chi
cago White Sox in between them-as ;
against two and n half games as the
margin one week ago Responsibility
for this tight play of the week among !
the three leaders may he said TO rest !
with the schedule makers who brought
Boston IN play against Chicago. ana
then Boston against Detroit. Boston
won two and lost two in this uncom-
pleted triangular series. and Detroit
and Boston each won one and lost one.
Connie Mack's squad continued Its
poor playing, losing five games out OF
seven during the week. or the last
twenty attempts Philadelphia has been
successful In only four, the gap be-
tween last place and that held by the
Athletics and Cleveland in seventh
place now has widened to represent
four full games.
The record in each league OF games
errors, and men left on bases Is a fol-
lows:
National League.