New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-08-27
|ORAN'S PHILL|ES
PLAYING FAST BALL
bee in National League Grows
| More Interesting

am ever fought harder for every
p!nt than did the Giants in the five
Ame series just finished with the
ubs The men seemed to be aware
the fact that the only way to fight
Joe Slump was to go after him
18th both fists and beat him up until
yelled for mercy. A lethargic
entail state on the part of the Giants
Ut now might mean a protracted
Jump with dangerous consequences.
The team has ( played eighteen
mes since returning home, and of
lat number won nine, lost eight and
I'd one. Without counting the Sun
ey game of August 10, the Giants
ct week won four and lost two.
The club made its breaks last Fri
~ and Saturday if ever a club did.
he Cubs fought hard and played
bod ball, a far superior brand to
be insipid baseball they showed here
hen they played in Harlem on their
bcond visit to this city. Nothing but
10 most amazing fielding, especially
Fletcher and Zimmerman, pre-
onted the Cubs from taking three
nt of four, instead of the Giants win
Ing the series by that margin. No
liant third baseman since the palmy
ays Of Art Devlin has ever played
hat bag the way Heinie has played
this season some of the great ball
hitch both Herzog and Shafer have
layed in that difficult position.
Southpaws Doing Well.
The lefthanded pitching has saved
he club, as Perritt is the only right
landed reliable, and he isn't any
There near as sure as Schupp, Sal
be and Benton. After the winning
freaks of Benton and Sallee were
Popped they pitched even better ball
han before. The Cubs scored only
|ne run on Schupp in fourteen in |
Kings and that came in on a very |
3heap sacrifice fly.
After floundering around most of !
he summer. the Phillies again are |
playing high class ball the kind which !
sept them seasawing in and out Of !
|1rst place with the Giants prior to /
DECORATION Day. The fact that the /
Phillies were able to smother the
Reds four straight after Cincinnati
Non two out of three in both New
Work and Brooklyn is an indication
That the Phillies have acquired new
bower.
Bender is one of the leading reasons
Tor the Philadelphia advance. 1t
|eives Moran another experienced man
Ito work with Alexander and Rixey
|The chief has been pitching the best
hail in the league during the last
month. He won five straight games
land in his last four only one run has
lbeen scored on him. AS Bender is
IS years old and putting in his fif-
Iteenth season in the big leagues, his
come back must be classed with the
greatest in all baseball history.
Just two years ago Bender was let
out by the Baltimore Feds, and after
| he was released by the Phillies last
winter no one ever expected to see the
indian back on the big league trail
Dodgers Make Baseball History.
Brooklyn put in a most interesting
week, a week in which it played all
kinds of baseball. After losing one
ten inning game, to the Pirate tall
enders the Brool<lyns then were
forced to play thirty-five innings be-
fore winning a decision over Bezdek's
bunch. During that time they played
one thirteen inning draw and then
proceeded to smash the National
in twenty-five innings.
The Dodgers then lost the first
game of their Cardinal series last
Thursday, and last Saturday they
completely swamped Higgins bunch,
giving the Missourians the worst set
OF drubbings they have taken all year.
The Dodgers won a double shutout by
scores of II to and 4 to 0. Now
how is any one to analyze team like
that?
In the American League 1T still Is
anybody's race between Chicago and
BOSTON. The White Sox continue to
lead. but the Bostons have the edge
by reason of the fact that they finish
at home and have the most depend
able pitching staff. 1t is interesting
to note that the two Soxes have now
met in FIVE series each of winch was
said to be crucial, without the inter-
Sox series making much difference
either way. Chicago, however, leads
on the Years games, eleven victories
TO eight.
Indians a Sure Third
The other American league posi-
lions are now practically settled
Cleveland is almost certain to finish
third, while the Detroit Tigers will dc
no worse than fourth. This club
however, is bitter disappointment
In it's home burg this season. Aftel
the Tigers were beaten out two year:
straight in the last week OF the sea
son the fans expected 1917 to be the
big Tiger year.
The Yankees still have fight or
their hands to keep fifth place from
the greedy Washingtons, who ever
would snatch this reposing place from
the unfortunate GothamiteS. |
seems almost like a joke-the Yam
KEGS fighting to keep out of sixth
place, and 1t would be were not tn
Yankee owners such high grade fel
lows whose disa ppointnaent over thi
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