Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-18
By II. G. Hamilton.
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tied Press staff correspondent. J

Nlnlteu IfeSS starr correspondent
New York, Sept. 1S.-It is now a toss
up between Detroit, Boston and Chicago
for the American league championship.
With these three teams packed in at
the top with only game and a half sep
arating the Tigers and the White Sox
and the Red Sox sandwiched in between,
most anything can happen upon the turn
of one game.
Today is the last clash between the
Red and White SoX warriors for the sea
son, but tomorrow the real pennaont
fight will be ON with Detroit meeting
Boston in the michigan city. By con
tinued winning ball, Chicago may profit
by the lacing their rivals give each
other.
The Tigers lead the field today by a
single game, five points margin over the
world IS champions. The Red Sox took
second place yesterday when they en-
gagged the Chicagoans in the Comiskey
stronghold and won.
If the Red Sox succeed today in Chi
cago and the Tigers lose, the world s
champions again will be in their pet po-
sition at the head of the percentage
column. However, the Tigers are due
for clash with the Athletics and Con.
ME Mack having sent his best, Joe
Bush, to sacrifice yesterday, it is hardly
probable Jennings jungle terrors will
slip.
and the one approaching for the Tigers
and Red SoX probably will decide the
outcome of the American league race.
From Detroit the Red Sox will go TO
Cleveland, where they probably will run
into opposition of stiff sort If they
are to return home in fit condition to
take the lead and hold it, they must win
majority of their contests with the
Tigers and Indians.
Detroit will take on the Senators
when they finish with the Red SoX and
then will go to st. Louis to wind up the
season.
The White Sox will have Philadel-
phia, New York and Cleveland as op-
ponents.
The National league clubs were all
idle yesterday, all teams being in the
east, but today they will resume where
they left off Saturday. Brooklyn, lead
| ing the procession, will take on the Reds
| in double bill and at Philadelphia the
Philhes win engage the Cubs. The Car
dinals and Braves will battle at Bos.
ton.
To go into first place today the Phil.
lies must win from the Cubs, while
Brooklyn loses pair to the Reds. II
ism I likely to happen. Boston canno,
reach second place today but the fight
ing Braves can crawl within point
of that position by winning while the
Phillies lose.
This week probably will see one OF
the three fighting teams in the National
league eliminated from the race. The
trio will continue their present series
over tomorrow and then the Dodgers
will take on the Cardinals at Brooklyn
the Phillies must battle the Pirates il
philadelphia and the Braves are card
ed for a tilt with the Reds AT Boston.
Then the Cubs will go to Brooklyn fo
an encounter and the Pirates will mov'
to Boston, while the Reds and Phillie
will play their farewell engagements il
Philadelphia. Philadelphia and Brook
lyn, the two leaders, win clash in Brook
lyn after these series and the great rae'
may be decided in those games, although
the Dodgers will finish the seasol
New York. which is now playing tn
best ball of any National league team
Also the Braves and Phillies may get
chance TO fight it out in the last serie
of the season, for they will meet in thei
final clash in Philadelphia the last fou
days of the season.