Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-02
BATTLE TO FINISH
DODGERS AND PHiLLlES
NECK AND NECK AT TAPE
Must Flight Through Thursday for de-
cision In National League. While
Huston Americans Tan Rest.

\ Boston. winner OF the worlds cham-
rionship Of 1915. is again the p"nuan,
winner in tn. American League.
Although chicav"'s defeat in th.i,
hrSt Same yesterday brou"h, u de-
custom III ia" American. the pcnnuut
III IN" National League Is not yet cl!nch-
Ell. and il VIII take the coucludinu
games of til" season IL decide th.
winner. brooklyn. in first place. and
i'h'iadclpiii,. in second. appear &" have
IN" best mathematical chances of op-
posing H"sipn in III" intcr!eaguc rhau,-
niohship series. The latter team can
iosc all its remaining games without
= rhtnc" OF Chicago catchin" M.
whether I:rOoklyn. ihiiadc,phin or
BOSTON WINS in the National. the elias =
81" Of baseball VII IL. PLAYED i'm ih.
EAST - II VA: last year. Boston in the
preceding years naViu.: nn. of The con-
'tnding teams Not since 1919, when
Chicago won iirst place in the Na,ioua!
. l."agn:. has the West had ~ contender
III th" championship series.
Er"oklyn although main,ainin. It's
nor" ON irst place, did not PLAY tho
h'S"h;'ll tn" team showed during J,l,-
AN" early August. Against Chicago in
wv" games last Monday. Brooklyn Drcl,..
even On Tuesday and Wc.lncSsI:i, ~
sT""klNn Won from Chicago i'm siu.i.
t"m"S Thursday brought the ulci-
ln2 gam" Of tho concluding. series ,vj;l,
Ph!iad"lpha. II was AN .rr;tiic con.
l'St. Philadelphia. with Alexander in
"a" bon. overwhelmed Brooklyn. \ to T.
. fridays contest was POSTPONED until
saturday morning. which rhiIadcI,,hjo
WIN isiN"N at the helm. defeated los
'oH dcclSiNclE by to =. In the :if :
t"rn""n game. BROOKLYN defeated Phil
, aa"iphia. :" /. Alarquard held the
champions 10 three hits. while Alex
anc"r was hit hard.
l'hilJIet,ii.; Inc. ~. ,,,,o
inc week. |; beat Cncinnati on Mon.
day and Tuesday. WAS idlc Wcdn"s
! DAY, aud defeated brooklyn Thursday
and in one game Saturday Boston.
during the week, took hvc games from
Pittsburgh. bat fell before Now Yorl,
Thursday by losing two games u, The
i"i" 'ir"unds ON Saturday. against
New York. il broke down
Last Games Decide Race.
IN" iial games Of the season be-
tween the four first division teams in
the National will he played a, Brook
Ism ANA Philadelphia. New York ana
i;rooklyn viii meet in a fone- game
series to-day. Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday. while Boston ana Philudci-
rhia ar" battling in six games in the
sam" four days. Double-headcrs are
scheduled for to-day and Tuesda! IN
Philadelphia. I-pCl, these games tho
prnnant depends.
l'"Stom did not maintain it's prcvinus
winning pac" in the American League
during the week. The champions COM
pl"ted their Western tour by losin.
to Cleveland on sunday ana winnin.
fror tn" same team on Monday. Nf-
ger being idle Tuesday. Boston began
{; series against New York We,in.s-
day Boston won, to .. in ten innings
and on Thursday New York won. to
= in ten innings. Boston won on Fri
DAY aud saturday. but had To- go ten
innings in the latter game.
Previous TO Saturday, Chicago had
played only two games. New York los.
10 towland'S men ON sunday and Mon
day. Chicago. on Saturday. took two
from Cleveland. Detroit broke even in
wv" games against Washington on
sunday ana Monday. and defeated -.
Louis on Friday and Saturday
Boston has three uamcS Yet TO play
against Philadelphia to-day. Tuesday
and Wednesday. Chicago and Detroit
completed their schedules yesterday.
Philadelphia. in the American League.
has established record for games loSt
The previous mark OF il3 games los;
in a season. held by WashinCton Was
"uual,d last sunday. Up TO Saturday
the Philadelphia organization had lost
l!f games.