New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-04
Phillies Come Up as Rob-
ms Begin to Show Signs
of firing.
RED SOX WATERING
AS TIGERS ASCEND
Bengals of Detroit Begin
to Sniff al Pantry Where
Pennant Is Stored.

The beginning Of the last full month
81 the National and American leagues;
OF the 1916 baseball season brings no
diminution i'm the intensity OF the races
in fact. the last week brought the lead
ing teams in the two major organlZa-
tions closer together. Boston leads tne
American and Brooklyn the National
but both had their leads reduced dur
ing the week.
race has superseded the American IN
interest. Brooklyn, the league leader
since early in May, now is threatened
more than at any time since 1t has held
the lead. The Superbas appear 20 have
lost the ability 10 win steadily. when
characterized their early play. and as
result Boston and Philadelphia have
crept so close that they arc IN posi-
tion 10 90 ahead of Brooklyn at the
least turn in the leaders fortunes.
Philadelphia played the best ball OF
the three leaders during the week and
cut down the advantage held by tne
Braves and Superbas. Boston played
slightly better ball than Brooklyn, and
the Brooklyn lead OF nine points on
Sunday had been reduced to seven
points at the end OF the week
Robins Are Bumped.
Returning from rather poor trip
through the West. Brooklyn met Phils-
dolnbia in two games in Philadelphia
FRIDAY and was shut out in both, and
lost again on Saturday. Philadelphia
won FIVE and lost one for the week.
Two of the victories were credited TO
Alexander, who on Friday established
new major league record Of fourteen
shutouts for one season. After losing
10 Chicago on Sunday. Boston won four
out of seven games in four days from
Pittsburgh. Returning to Boston the
Braves beat New York on Friday. but
lost one and tied one on Saturday.
The closing intersectional games of
the National in the West had these re-
suits: West. z; East, IL.
Boston. of the American League,
which had doubled its lead IN the
previous week. had its lead over De
troit reduced by half during the week.
Including Saturday, the Red Sox mad
lost six of their last eight games,
Pacing st. Louis at the beginning OF
The week the Red Sox lost three of the
series of four games, and st. Louis
moved from sixth 10 fourth place. De-
troit. playing New York. took three out
Of four from the Yankees. Boston met
+be Yankees at the end of the week at
the Polo Grounds and lost the first
game. The Red Sox on Saturday, how
ever, defeated the Yankees.
Margin Is Reduced.
The margin between the first SIX
teams In the American League was re.
6uced from SO TO as points. Boston and
Detroit did not change their relative
rositions during the week. but Chr,
oago. 81. Louis and Cleveland moved
ahead al the expense of New fork-
Boston lost the services OF captain
Jack Barry during the week as the re-
suit of injuries.
Intersectional results IN the Amer
can we're: West, Z; East, 10.
Dutch Leonard, Boston American,
leads the pitchers for the week, with
no-hit. no-run game over st. Louis on
Wednesday. Myers, Philadelphia Amer
lean. pitched two-hit game and John-
son, Washington; Benz, Chicago Amer
lean. and Lavender, Chicago National.
turned in three-hit games.
The loss of six straight games by
Kansas City was feature OF the
American Association race last week
while Louisville. taking brief series
from indianapolis, gained first place.
The first game of the series was de-
feat for Falkenberg, who previously
had pitched the Hoosiers to victory IN
seven straight contests.
indianapolis regained the lead on
Wednesday, Dawson outpitching Mid
dleton in a close contest, but lost II
again as result Of Northrop's good
pitching
Five straight victories over Kansas
City and another over 81. Paul resulted
in Minneapolis intrenching itself in
fourth place.