New Britain herald., 1916-09-18
TIGERS IN LEAD AS
 SEASON WEARS END
Jennings Team on Top of Heap
 Dodgers Maintain Leadership

# Boston lost first place in the Amer ## can league last week while Brook yn retained it's lead in the National.
 The close races for the pennants con- &tlnue, however, as neither Detroit, the
 new leader in the American, nor
 Brooklyn has 8 safe lead. The week @ aW the start of the closing intersec-
 onal games of the 1916 season, upon
 ne result of which the penrants in #5oth leagues may depend.
 # Boston began the week with 8 nine
 ooint lead over Detroit This was re- # luced to two points on Wednesday wand kept there through Thursday and
 Friday. but on Saturday the Red sox
 lost while the Tigers and White Sox
 kVerc winning and the western teams #noved ahead of Boston which went # nto third place. Detroit saw its lead &Dyer Chicago, now second, decreased. #At the end of the week there were nly five points difference between &Poston and Detroit a -% The week started poorly for Boston. &he best the Red Sox could do being Eo divide two games with Washington. 8f he two games against St. Louis also #~ere divided and on Saturday the Red Box lost to Chicago Tho Tigers took
 wo out of three games from both &SleYeiand and New York, mainly
 nreugh heavy hitting and won the
 .Tss game of the series from PhIIadel- #phfa- The White Sox broke even in -Four games against St. Louis and then Book two from Washington and, one From Boston. The three leaders in the American #eague are fighting hard and a com Sarison on the basis of their play dur Eng the past two weeks gives none | #an advantage. The Tigers and White 1 #Box have a slight advantage in play Eng oh their home grounds but this $nay be balanced by the fact that the #Red Sox have more games to play Than the western contenders. One @ame may settle the league cham pior,- @hip
 Although Brooklyn played little better than 300 baseball, Philadelphia Rnd Boston did not gain greatly. The &buperbas started the week with a lead Pf II points over Philadelphia and 23 l Pver Boston. Wednesdays games lowered the lead of the Superbas to l Ehree points over Philadelphia and to l DO points over Boston. Brooklyn gained a full game Friday when the 1 fther contenders were idle, by beat Eng Pittsburgh in five innings 1 The Superbas lost to Boston Mon l Hay and on the four succeeding days l ook three out of five from Pittsburgh. 1 philadelphia lost on Monday to New | M ork, making is fourth straight defeat l by New York and then broke even in l -Four games against St. Louis. Boston l did better than in the previous week Rnd after beating Brooklyn, took 1 three out of four from Chicago and | tied 13-inning game with the Cubs, 1 B to 3. On Saturday Philadelphia took l two from Chicago, Boston beat St. 1 Louis and Brooklyn won one and tied 1 one against Cincinnati. Both Boston and Philadelphia have 1 m ore games to play than Brooklyn, and the Braves have more than the Phillies. Boston is playing without l Evers. Philadelphia ~~ and Brooklyn Fave. all their players in good shape for the stirring finish which appears 10 be ahead. New York has been play ing better baseball than any team iA the Nationat- league and ran it's string Of victories to eleven on Saturday.
 The intersectional results of the l week were-National East IS, west 5, East 4, west 8. l
 Zach Wheat, Brooklyn outfieider, up to the second game on Saturday l had established a seasons and pro.a- by major league record by making 1 at least one hit in 29 consecutive 1 gs mes. Heilman of Detroit and J. C. | Smith of the Boston Nationals each 1 r.ade five hits out of seven times at i bat during the week. The total bases for each was eight. Cobb and Veach l If Detroit each made four hits out of Eve times at bat Tuesday and Gowdy of the Boston Natiopals,~ and Luderus | 0f the Philadelphia Nationals made [ scur hits in four times at bat.