Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-20
BIC RACES NEAR DECISION
MAJOR LEAGUES HAVE TWO
MORE WEEKS YET TO PLAY
National Pcnnnnt Seems Sure to Innu
In Philadelphia, While Red Sox
Continue strong In American


The pennant races in both OF TIA
major leagues are near n decision Il,
fact II looks as If the pennant n the
National League was already fairly
well within Philadelphia's grasp. while
with tho important American League
series In BOSTON nearly over. il seems
probable that the Red Son will see tho
fruition Of their hopes
Tho course OF the Phillics around tbc
national League circuit in the West.
where they have so far justified the
expectations of their followers that
they would continue their pennan,
winning gait. and the battle roynI ar
fenway Park between the two remain
ing contcndcrs for the nag in the
Younger organization. have absorbed
the week go
Chief interest conferred in .ho pos.
ton scries, where the lead was y, et,iro
"hcn Detroit arrived. The RED GOV
nad made excellent prcpa ration for tho
DIG event by beating off AN attack hv
ShI."so ana shattcrinE whatever ex-
pcctatons the White SoS may b,yo
nad OF capturing tho bunting. Detroit
hkewis" was primcd for the fray hv
d succession of victories over Now
ORR gaining these by brillian. wo,l,
IN number of hard struggles.
tn" Tigers opened nobly with ~
assault on three Of Manager Carrjgan..
star pitchers. which gave them a 6 ~
victory Thus they worked 10 ,,i,rir
game and "a half of tho leaders Tbn
next TWO days, however. told a dirorcn,
story Leonard, for Boston, hold tho
ti"seers In nuch effective check
on Friday that they gathered onIy
three safe hits ana two runs ,b.sn
ihst neinS due to "a homer in tho mimi
by Cobb. Boston, at the time h.d
foi!cd up scven-run lead. mostly NJ
me expense OF James. pitcher on
~ na,,,, ,.,''isc Jennings had relied on
10 capture one Of the games
came Saturday Was (rcut
inc best game Of tho thrc. and o-o
"a iht most notable ever played in tho
american League. followed II was
Witnessed by record crowd Of more
.han o"poo persons, lasting for twelve
innings. and was won by tbn pos c.
bF to score. The contest sn,r,,iaS
win militant plays and remark,bIa
nltching by covcIcsAie and shore Tho
IERcrS dc" very hard, although some
no%i Work on the bases spoiled an ex
''IIrHt ctiNcc for them TO SOW mn ~
game. Thus the Red Soy Inv. ,ron 49,,
ol INC three games. with ono p,nr. - o
EVEN should Detroit win that II win 80
~ '',ei inc leaders than II was whom
~ landed in Boston. Al prcsan, !, ,s
i,i'se ana half games behind. with
Philadelphia and Washington s,il, -,
De visited. while the Red Sox ,re ,,l
lnE al. Louie and Cleveland l., -,
'hree games Roston outscored ou,,i.
ana outiielded it's rivals. ,hc n,,.i,i.
o.. IN" scoring and batting ends boing
small, however. while tho GeIdt,,,
the Tigers. although more ,nini!s OF
S'reWn with errors was frcouor.,
scin'iliatinE nature VI
i"e .Nh'ionai League raca is etll ,
more complex affair. although IL is
20 nEure with the teams playing
at anywhere near their prcso1, sai,
how the Phillies' excaiI.n, Taa,, salt ,
ooth brooklyn and Boston 10 % ~,
'"iHe. Neither ono of these tco,r,
e""N 10 ADMIT defeat in tho s,rur
ere, however, each counting On ro.
49,. '','nS WITHIN striking distance DIM.
ing ,he Western trip and ba,Lino ncs
me leaders when they ara go, "!t
we o'|.inE games In the Eas,
r, rhiiii"s Play ConsistcptIv
Ihiiiies continue 10 NAV ,boi-
INV zane. their only defeats dur;rr
tho h...n heing two ahu,outs. ono ~
nv BINS bins OF Cincinnati ana the other
,''Sburgh The opposing clmhs
scored a total OF three runs !, ,,,
s",',,. ihe Quakcrs' twirling stan; l.
Hoi"'nE up we'll, Alexander havirr, -
u",'cd Tor two Victories during m,
G wech and for another to-dav whiio
n n.i'hers and Mayer scored one encb
ni,n,oa "aNef and Dcmarcc in losing
n.scncd lrnc ball. The quality Of tho
team defensive play was sbov., -
,m , "NeraEe OF only "A small fraction OF
'"o runs per game by its opponents
"ph!Nh Kept pace with tho Ouakore
al! week. its twirlers. TOO, showins
seneral effectiveness the two.time
!S.oT OF ne SQUAD being Jack COMBS
VINO beat the C'hiC,ro On. ,''
unH on ms first appearance in tho box
=. s"'!iSt them since he defeated them
LOT the Athletics in the worlds snr,ns
VI wv" AS for the Braves ,bnir
""uo!e victory over ST. Louis Yesterday
came opportuncly to save them from
ma sing poor record for the week
while their success in winning fron,
Cincinnati to-day tied them , ri.h
proohIyn for second place. Rudolph
nitched them to two victories while
lEler, although beaten, had ONLY one
run scored against him. Tho team ror
inc most part is hitting well. and vcs.
terday fairly revclcd In safe hits off
81; Louis nitchcrs. against whom they
rolled up twenty runs in the worst
trouncing administered to n team this
season in the big leagues
81. Louis. Cincinnati, Chicago and
Plttsburgh are engaged in a neat little
hight for first division honors. with
only few points separating them. Tho
Reds did the hest work during the
week bS winning majority of their
games.
The week record in each league Of
games played. won and lost, with runs
hits. errors, men left on bases and runs
scored by opponents. including the
games Of Saturday, September is. are
as follows:
National League.