Evening star., 1916-09-21
MORGAN UNLIKELY
TO REMAIN HERE
Career as Member of Ma
y tionaIs Probably Will End
With Present Season.
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RED SOX SEEM CERTAIN
TOCAPTURE THE PENNANT
Looks More and More as if Phillies
Will Be Opponents in the
World Series.
BY J. ED GRILLo.

That Ray Morgan's career as mem
bers OF the Nationals will end with the
present season seems assured. Morgan
Is not the kind of a bal player that
Is of benefit TO the local team and it Is
likely that Manager Griffith will put
him on the market during the winter.
In the hope of getting something for
him.
+, In a statement anent Morgan in
Cleveland yesterday. Griffith made it
plain that Morgan will not do. and once
Griffith makes up his mind to that ef
feet it is all off with the Individual in
voived.
George Mcbride will be back a, short
field today, and during the Detroit
series. which opens tomorrow. There is
not much chance OF any one filling Nc
Brides shoes of the material now on
hand Mcbride has hit better this year
than ever before. and he is still in his
prime as fielder. If the Griffmen have
the hitting strength that is expected
next season MeBride's batting will not
attract attention.
There is now good chance of the
Red Sox making it three straight over
Detroit. which would give them lead
of. such length that there is hardly
chance for either of the western con-
tenders to reach them. With Carri-
Ean's pitchers going at their best, and
four games to be played with Cleve
land. beginning Friday, the Sox should
be 50 FAR in front by the time they
reach their own grounds that the pen
nant will be cinched.
HenrikSen, while he does not play
regularly for the Red Sox. more than
cearns his salary when it comes to be-
ing a formidable pinch hitter. The
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dangerous of hitters in the pinches,
and he again made good yesterday.
when he drove home the winning run
against the Tigers.
The White Sox are beating the Ath-
, 4etics. but are taking everything they
have to do 1t. The Mackmen are hit
Ting their pitchers for a fare-you-weH.
but the twirler of the Mackmen is not
strong enough to hold the White Sox
bstters in check. though II would not
be surprising if they managed to win
one of the games from Chicago, which
is now in second place.
The Yankees tackle the Rowlands
next for four games. and unless the
Sox present better pitching they are
1pt to be beaten badly by the Donovan
= II begins TO look more and more as
z thee Phillies will again be the op-
ponents Of the Red Sox in the coming
Fokid series. MoranS team Is crawl
ing up with rapid strides to overtake
Brooklyn. and, as it has no more games
TO play with New York, while the
Dodgers have four at the end of the
season with the McGraw team, which
ID. going at a remarkable gait, having
iRon fifteen straight. the Phiilies will
have q big advantage over the Dodgers
II they can keep up their present pace.
Bat the Phillies are not apt to be any
more successful in the world series, il
they encounter the Red Sox, than they
were last season. for the chances are
that the Carrigan team will have the
pennant cinched SO early that 1t can
get its pitching staff in perfect condi-
tion before the world series begins.
With Chicago and Detroit virtually
eliminated from the pennant race, the
chances are that the big series will
open on October s. so that two games
can be played in either city before
shift is made.
The winning streak of the Giants con-
tinues, that team now having won
hfteen consecutive games. and being
in but little danger OF being stopped BY
the Cubs, with which team they have
two more games to play at the Polo
grounds. Then the Giants take on the
Braves and finish with a four-game
series with Brooklyn. If they don't win
the pennant themselves. they will make
II easy picking for the Philllies.