New Britain herald., 1916-07-24

 
'ENNANT RACES
 GROWING TENSF.
Crippled Tanks Manage to Keep iD Foree--SOZ Coming Fast

Changes in the standing of first |iNision clubs in the National and |merican leagues were slight during le past week. The margin of per entaGo separating the first and purtA clubs remained virtually the nnc as at the close of the previous
 fc1T. BrOoklyns lead over Boston in z National was not changed greatly
 New Nork& margin in the Amer
 7. was unc Tcctcd except that BOs-
 took C-cvcland's place as run
 H-up.
 TAc Red SoX made the best gain f tho week in tho American and the Torld3 champions are now only a roints behind New York. They
 g~o able to set back Detroit in three at of five games, after the Tigers aa broken even in the siN-Gamc Eric1 with New York; Carriqan's ben gre t2 good shape physically, Ehilc Nc,v York is without the ser i9o" C ITO" outGe;ders-Ma Maisel,
 ilho.'- H High, and Baker, one f if ''c -~; !1+ttcrs. on accornt of 'ju~.2". Tn addition Donovar's ittA'~r "t"N i" not in as good shane { th"- Of the Red Sex. Cullop, New
 or}I, 1lcst @uccc&arul pitcher, is on
 @ h2cpi,al list.
 Dc~~:tc injuries however, New
 cr!z -c>oIc it three out of six from ,ct~oi- and then took thrcc out of ur from st. Louis. Cleveland fell lto thirl place mainly because Of ropr:~g rour out of five games to ashi0GtoH. Philadelphia on Thurs ky T-C~ able to break it's losing streak k T..,i>i-20 0HC game of a dOU0lC- t cder f"Cr1 Inc Indians. Cleveland, owcver'. t2o,- two out Of three from he N2 cli;nCN. Chicago slipped and tent into fifth lace. The White Sox ook four gtraiGht games from Phil l Thursday the White SoX 1 ,st two gameG Of a double- header to | Washington now in fourth place. 1 .oth games went to 10 innings, the i enatOrs winning by one run in each | ontest.
 The feature of the week in the Ma onal league was the trade between lew York and Cincinnati, whereby hristy MatheWsOn, long the main tay of the Giant pitching staff, went ; ) the Reds as manager. New York | lso gave up McKechnie and Roush addition to Mathewson in exchange 1 pr Herzog and Wade Killifer. What i fleet the midseason trade will have l n the fortunes of either New York l r Cincinnati is problematical. The 1 assing of Mathewson was a blow to | he New York fans, but the great | itcher is now a manager with the 1 opportunity of giving further proof ! f his baseball Eoneralship.
 The race in the National frightened ! s the first division teams slipped l lightly during the week and the sec 1 nd division teams improved their ercentage marks. Brooklyn retains he lead, with Boston, Philadelphia 1 nd New York following in order. 1 rooklyn was the only frst-division sam to gain in the percentage col mn. Philadelphia is now only a sw points behind Boston, which ap- ears to have lost it's previous win ing gait.
 Brooklyn began the game with a Ginning. 7-tO-7, tie, with Chicago, nd on Tuesday won a game by for sit from the Cubs. With the score ed at 4-all at the beginning of the 9th. Manager Tinker protested viz rously against a decision by Umpire ] , Brooklyn by a 9-to-O score when tinker refused to leave the field. loving on to Pittsburgh, the Super as lost a double-header to the Pi- ates, one game going to 14 innings, ut won a double-header there Sat rday, the last game going to Is in ings.
 New York and Boston found the oing hard in St. Louis and Cincin- ati, respectively. Moves to Chicago nd St Louis by New York and the 'raves however, brought little better Ick Alexander. Philadelphia Ma ionals, led the pitchers for the week 7ith a two-hit game against Cincin- Thursday. Kantlehner of Pitts urgh and Hendrix of Chicago Ma ionals turned in three-hit games. The ntersectionaI results of the week were National. East il. West 13; American, East 1T, West 12.