Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-08
AMERICAN LEAGUE
TEAMS ARE CLOSE
SEVEN TEAMS CONTINUE TO BE
IN RACE; YANKEES ARE
SLIPPING NOW.

New York. Aug. THE race for
first honors in the American league
continues to be the sensation of the
baseball world The last week saw
New York tumbled from first to fourth
place and two teams, Boston and Chi
cago, occupy the leading position In
succession. At the weekend the
White Sox held the coveted place, but
none too securely, as they were only
slightly more than 70 points ahead of
st. Louis, tied for sixth place. Pennant
in the American league are yet with
delphia, in eighth place, Is out of the
race.
Last Sunday saw the end of New
Yorks team in first place. The re-
suits that day brought Boston into
first place and Chicago into second,
ton held the lead until Thursday,
when the White Sox took 1t. forcing
Boston into runner-up position. Mean
while, Cleveland, recovering from it's
slump. went into third place ahead of
the Yankees.
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st. Louis, with it's string of fourteen
victories, season record In
the American, was the real sensation
of the league. The Browns, not con-
tent with taking every game OF the
series from New York and sending the
Yankees back. went after Boston as
theoretically and took three out Of five
games from the Red Sox, causing Car.
rigans men also to lose their grip on
first place.
Although It Is true the Browns beat
New York when the Yankees were
weakened by injuries. they showed
their victories over Boston that their
streak was due in large part
to their own ability. During the last
week they also won two extra-inning
games. q fourteen-inning affair from
New York and ten-inning one from
Boston.
While Chicago and Boston have suf-
fered little from mishaps to players,
New York and Cleveland have not
been so fortunate. Both the Indians
and Yankees lost their winning pitch
ers. Morton and Cullop. and in addi
ton the Yankees lost four other reg
ulars. For such a hard race as the
American league has developed. it
seems that the Red Sox and the White
Sox are in better position to survice
in good form than New York and
Dodgers Still Going.
In the National league Brooklyn con.
tinues to hold the lead, and increased
It by nearly rs points during the week.
The contest between Philadelphia and
Boston for second place saw no
The Phillies moved into Sec
ond place on Friday, but Boston took
The position Saturday. New York has
improved since the return from the |
west The Giants took five out of six /
rom Pittsburgh and two out of three !
rom Chicago.
ace the National league pennant chase
S rather tame. as Brooklyn Is nearly |!
80 points ahead of Boston. and more
han twice that number ahead Of New |
York, in fourth place.
-Tesreau, New York Nationals; Ruth, |
Boston Americans, and Plank, st. |
Louis Americans, pitched two-hit |
games during the week. Hendrix, Chi |
,ago Nationals, pitched a one-hit game !
md Vaughn, his teammate, pitched J
, three-hit contest. but both lost, the !
ormer to Philadelphia and the latter |
o New York, through errors. Hendrix |
also lost a three-hit game to New |
York on Saturday.
The Greatest Pain Killer.
Sloan's Liniment goes right to the !
'eat of pain, simply lay it on-you do
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