Evening star., 1916-09-20
DETR0|T'S SPENNANT
CHANCES DW|NDLE
Boston Scheduled for Thirteen
Games, Tigers for Only
Nine More.
BERTH IN FIRST DIVISION
FOR GRlFFMEN DOUBTFUL
Must Win Consistently During Re-
r1ainder Of Season to Beat Out
Yankees and Browns.
BY J. ED GRILLo.

While. Of course, one defeat does not
eliminate Detroit from the pennant race,
the fact that Dauss. Jennings best
pitcher. was hit safely ten times in eight
innings and walked five Red Sox makes
| 1t look doubtful if the other Tiger
pitchers will be able to stop the Carri-
gans in the next two games. Two vic
| tories out of three games would be neces-
sary for Detroit to have good chance to
continue to be contender in the race
If Boston wins two out of the three games
| scheduled it will look pretty bad for the
Jennings crew, for. with Walter johnson
| to pitch two of the four games the Ma
tionals are to play there. and Thomas one
of the other two, it is not unlikely that
| the Griffmen will give Detroit a severe
| setback, for Johnson is sure to be in bet
ter form, with cool weather prevailing.
than he has been on any previous occa-
| sion he has faced the Tigers in Detroit
| this year. where the Griffmen have yet to
win game.
| One advantage for the Red Sox is
| that they have thirteen more games to
| play, as against nine scheduled for
Detroit.
Boston goes to Cleveland for four
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| the Indians are not likely to win
game from them, because Fohl has no
pitchers he can expect to beat the
Red Sox with at this stage of the race.
The Yankees have four games to play
with Boston at Boston, and Philadel-
phia will wind up the season there
with three games Detroit, after play
ing four games with the Nationals,
goes to ST. Louis for three, and closes
| its season there October l. 1t is hard
to see how the Boston team can lose
with this advantage.
With Jim Scott back in the Chicago
lineup. there still is hope for the
White Sox to land on top. 1t Is their
! only hope. for Scott has been working
out regularly and will be in good
shape. now that he is taking good care
of himself.
Six weeks under suspension without
pay is punishment enough, and as his
recent offense was his first since he
has been member of the team. and
conditions demand his assistance, Com
iskey is not to be blamed for relenting
and giving Scott chance to redeem
himself.
| There still is a chance for the Grir-
men to finish in the first division,
| though it will take a consistent win
| ming streak to do it. st. Louis and
| Cleveland are not going very well these
! days. The Nationals beat the Browns
series in Cleveland yesterday with a
| victory in which Fohl had to use four
| Of his pitchers. Most of the Indians
pitchers who were strong early in the
they have been overworked. and there
should be a good chance for the Ma
tionals to clean up with them.
The Yankees may not take any more
four games to play with the white Sox
In Chicago, and with Jim Scott back
In the game they are apt to have a
hard time stopping the sox.
Then It would not be at all surpris-
Ing II the team made a good showing
at Detroit, for Griffith will put his best
team in the field while facing the
I1gers. According to report from
Cleveland both Rice and Mcbride will
be In the lineup in those games.
II the New York Giants can continue
their remarkable winning streak for
the remainder of the season 1t would
be not at all surprising If they won the
but mathematically 1t is possible. The
McGraw aggregation still has fourteen
games to play, none Of which is with
the Phillies. Chicago plays them three
games. they have four with St Louis,
three with the Braves and four with
Brooklyn.
While 1t was announced that the first
J Worlu Serle6 PROBABLY would be played
october Z, which is q Saturday, that
probably was planned figuring that
the American League pennant. and
would win the toss for the opening
game. thus making 1t possible to play
the nrst two games Saturday and sun
day. But II this does not happen and
the series is played in the east, it is a.
good guess that the series will be
started october 8. Friday. and two
games played before q shift is made
Connie Mack has a team which can
not be toyed with. He demonstrated
that In the three games in Detroit, of
which the Mackmen won one and lost
the other two by single run. Yester-
aisr aay IN Chicago ha,s' the White sox had to
n1ng, when they drove in three rms
and won tho game by a>single run.
Mack may be able to win a game or
two from the sox. for he is gettinr
good pitching. and his team Is playtne
most Of its games. Al
clyde Milan was the demon slurrer
yesterday. with a double and two sin.