The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-02
CARR|GkN WILL GIVE
MACHINE G.OD REST
American League Flag, Rockies
VIII Be Given Chance.
NATIONALS STILL FIGHTING
Dodgers VIII Face Giants Four Times
This Week, While Piillies Have Six
Contests With Stailings' Boston
Braves.

New York, Oct. 1.--Safely over the
line of the rest of the field, William
Carrigan, of the Red Sox, can devote
the time intervening between now and
Saturday in resting the machine and
giving it a tuning up before the big
series starts. However. the situation
is different in the National League,
where the fight is still on. AS a mat
ter of fact, the legions of Manager
Robinson or Pat Moran, the two
prime contenders for the flag. are
rather sadly worn and wearied In
spite of the fact. the business at hand
for four days beginning today Is about
as exacting as any assignment meted
out to the two clubs since the barrier
was sprung at the opening OF ,he
season.
Tho Dodgers face the Giants In four
games. with it a certainty that any,
thing approaching a break will mean
defeat and loss of the flag. Ordinarily
leading club will look with no spe-
cial misglvings on d series of games
with d fourth place club. But condi-
tons which face the Dodgers are far
from ordinary
Without doubt the Giants are easily
the ST INCEST club in the league now.
They ave demonstrated that fact
during the last four weeks. Hence 1t
is quite clear that the Dodgers are
facing the toughest proposition posi-
bic in their last four days engage
ment.
There is just one feature OF the
Giants dream record which may OPP
crate in favor of the Dodgers, Tho
great winning streak has at last been
broken. and McGraw's boys won't
have quite the incentive to fight so
desperately through the next four
games as has aCtuated them over the
past two weeks 1t is no more than
natural, therefore, that with their
record broken the club will not battle
as desperately as they did as long as
the string was intact
On the other hand. there is fun as
surance that Brooklyn can expecs a
man-sized scrap every day of the
series. In the first place. the Giants
20 sal lighting for third place in
t1F standing. Hosts OF supporters Of
f@e cub are wagering that they 'yiil
antsh one wo-three, and, further
more, Manager IGliraw has his own
SPECIAL reasons for wanting his Ct. b
10 hnish Just Us high UP as possi bile
Tough though the battles between tie
Giants and Dodgers are sure ~ be,
they VIII have nothing on the six on
tests To be staged By the Phi hes and
Braves for the end OF the play.
Everything is at stake In the series
when begins in Philadelphia tomor~
IoN as tneie IS on the battlefield In
New ok. Both the Philiics add
Bf&Fes have been driven a.on. 3, -
'4t .Ns&tVe In recent struggles Man.
"St. ; -.-as.i--S eiuI loy-d cYtIy esou.ee
81 ha"d 10 stop Che ttiaats, While Paf
Mo .d. left 10 stone unturned in his
one rIE punch aimed at knocking the
bo"St s Down definitely cut or the
running
la Ing 10 blockade the Giants
Saturday thc Boston skipper shot botn
i5ieh Auaoiph and George Tyler. on
the otner hand. Manager Moran went
20 Inc extreme of using Alexander
'"4tN IN poriod of three days. kixev
also worked Saturday, leaving only
behiafee Of Aorans three most de-
pehdahle Slabbers rested and ready
Tor the siege with the Braves. St..ll.
lhss, however, is no better off. Neither
f'adoipn nor fyicr can be expectei
10 NpsA tomorrow, which leaves tina
iitEh1nG assignment for the Hubitcs
IN Atasah, NeAf. keulbach. Allen and
bat h@s. none OF whom has vet earned
nfst rate standing with Statlings'
slab corps
IN addition TO the mussed-up CON
utioh ei has hurting forces. Manager
Moran mist enter The hard tussla
minus the services OF Dayy Banrrof,
the handspring Of his -infIeid ,,sr'
croft, injured IN the morning ra ma il,
hro L, a Saturday. has been defnita-
ty declared out OF the series win IT,
braves. '''s