Evening journal., 1915-06-02
ALL CHICAGO TEAMS
LEAD THE LEAGUES
/. Pluvius' Intervention
PoStpones 12O Games
TO Date
WHITE S0X
GRIP is STRONG

For the objectionable crime OF lesel
maieste- interfering with King Baseball
old Jupiter Pluvius is about due to be
hailed before the supreme court of fan
dom and sentenced TO solitary coniine-
ment in Codorus creek bath house. Thel
,inprccedented number OF lO2 games have
been postopend in the major leagues. tol
date Despite this, however, the prog
ress of the race for the pennants con-
tinue TO grow interesting. Chicago standsl
supreme in the baseball universe, all itsl
teams. American. National and Federal
standing first.
The Chicago White SoX, Comskey'sl
"pets.r have the strongest grip on the
lead. as the Cubs and phillies have see
sawed for the place of late and Iinker's
team. of to- Federals, has been juggling
with Pittsburgh for the honors. Iradi-
tion would certainly be given jolt itI
all three teams should finally win the
pennants, an uncertainty by no MEANS,
since each is conceded 10 be the real
strength of its league. In each of the
leagues. however, the race is dual one
and the leaders are being forced to the
limit.
BY far the best race is in the Ma
tional League, as less than 200 points
separate the first club from the last. The
battle for the lead has been between
Chicago and the phillies. and while the
former now is in first place, IL IS only
bv slender margin When the two
clubs met last week the Phillies had no
difficulty in winning both the games
played. but IL is hard to foretell the re-
suit of the next series. which VIII be
plaved in Chicago The Cubs have dem
onstrated that they are n well-balanced
team in every department. while the
Phillics playing of late has been uncer-
tain and erratic. one day unbeatable and
another the softest Kind of proposition.
Aside from these. the Boston Braves and
Cardinals have been making giant
strides. and With the best records of the
week have steadily forged ahead, until
today they are third and fourth dis
placing Pittsburgh and Brooklyn from
The first postion. The Giants appear
also to have hit faster gait and prom
iso ere long TO make more than one club
ahead hustle TO maintain its position
Until Thursday the eastern clubs will be
batting with each other. after which
thoy hit the Western trail The results
of the intersoctional series is likely e
have a marked bearing on more thar
one Eastern club, as at least three OF
their Western rivals are hard 10 beat
ON their own grounds. All the clubs are
so close that IL would take very little "a
shake M the whole bunch. but, unfor'
tiinatelv for those OF The East, there
will he no double headers to weaken
them on this trip.
No club in the American League If
PLAYING better or more consistent
game lust now than the Chicago White
Sox. and their many victories have been
no flukes. but due wholly to real base
bah in every department The changes
wrought in the team seem to have beer
wisely made. as IL is a much better clul
than has represented Chicago since the
davs Of Fielder Jones' Detroit depends
more on the ability of its slugging out
field than anything else. and II must bI
admitted that Cobb, Crawford and Neacl
are collectively the hest in the American
League as hitters and run-getters, hu
This strength is counterbalanced by chi
cago's evenness in all departments. Eddi
Collins appears TO be the cog aroun'
which the White SoN reyolvc, and Will
tho former Athletic is not hitting up &
form. the averages show that he is givin
Cobb a hard race for honors in runrgct
ting and base stealing. These two team
promise to have the race 20 themselvo
for some time. as the Yankees. Red SO
and Washington. earlier supposed COZ
tenders. have dropped back, and at pres
ent are no longer troublesome. OF III
remaining clubs, not one. apparently. Ina
n chance to disturb the leaders. thong
al are capable at some time or other {
causing trouble Cleveland is the san
old disappointment. while the Athletic
were so badly riddled as 10 be unable
overcome the handicap in the near fl
furc The Browns are likewise unce
tain. with little chance of getting ava
from around the tail end of the standin
The Athletics still bump along
new infelder has been signed by Conn
Mack. and made his first appearance
an Athletic uniform yesterday again
the Boston Red Sox. The youngster
name is Ryan. Laioie was hit on Il
foot in last Fridays game and was t'
lame to play on Saturday II is M
likely that he will get into the gan
again for day OF two, and in the meaI