New Britain herald., 1917-09-17
,llyTS EASE UP
 bR WORLD'S SERIES
10 Pennant Practically As |red' McGraW Lets Up on Men

Enc clinching of the National
 ague pennant by the Giants now
 only few days away. The Giants
 sd only five more games to annex 2 flag, and that is on the supposi-
 n that the Phillies win all of their
 naining seventeen games. The pre- fition of the Philadelphia-Brook
 double header in Philly last Sat-
 lay made the work of the Giants
 ich easier. These games cannot be lived off, as Philadelphia has no
 gre scheduled games with Brooklyn
 her at home or aboard.
 While the Giants have known for
 long time that it was a practical Possibility for them to lose the
 Ampionship, still O team always
 sls certain relief after a flag Is ab-
 utely clinched The big strain is
 xen from the players and they feel
 e easing up A rest for some of
 b Giant regulars at this time will very beneficial.
 The team has been travelling at st clip ever since 1t ran off that cele-
 ated string of twenty-six straight mes last fall. After a winters in
 ,mission the players started in on other steady clip and have been ing it ever since. For quite retch the Giants were in 8 pretty "a slump and had any team really en chasing them this slump might we proved dangerous. But the .iillies, in their slow, plodding way, pro never able to go faster than out .500 clip, SO the Giants kept cir big lead Intact, though for 8 sonth they did little better than play DO ball.
 Improvement in Work.
 Lately there has been an all around a.provement in the clubs work,
 aioh is encouraging with the worlds
 4es only few weeks away. Be-
 1ning with the Philadelphia series
 . Giants have won eleven games
 adnst five defeats. Both the Phil-
 s and Robins were beaten four mes out of six.
 The pitching also has been of the
 shest calibre in the last dozen or
 ore games. Just now Schupp, Per- 1t and Sallee, the three pitchers up- i whom the Giants will bank most in
 e worlds series, are booming along .tter than at any time in the sea- h. After a slight falling off in his dciency Schupp regained his spring ride In his last game against rooklyn, played here last Wednes- ". he permitted only two hits.
 Perritt is pitching the best ball of
 s entire career. Since Labor Day } has pitched three shutouts, two ;ainst Boston and one against the hillies He held Brooklyn to one m in seven innings last Tuesday. ne run in four games Is what might called warming up for the series
 Even Tesreau and Demaree have lrned in some finely pitched games Ltely, Tesreau defeating Cheney, 2 1, in eleven innings. Demaree's itching in his last game against Bos- on was all that could be desired.
 Fight for Fourth Place.
 About the only fight left in the Ma .onal League is for the possession of ourth place. Philadelphia and St. souis seem to be mighty sure of run 4nx second and third respectively. ss4u1shing third is a great victory for 21hgzins, as he was last year ago Ind there have been only three other trSt division clubs in the National xeague history of St. Louis. Hug ;ins also managed one of the two others.
 New York fans are rather disap- S,ointed over the fail of Matty's Reds. Tho Reds looked like sure thing Cor second place at one stretch, but how they have quite 8 fight on with he Cubs for the bottom rung of the first division. Brooklyn blew it's chance for the first division when it sost four out of six to the Giants early ast week.
 Though the Tanks lost to the Red Box last Friday and Saturday, they had fairly profitable week, winning live and losing three. They took double headers from the Athletics last Monday and Tuesday. After that the Red Sox last Friday and Saturday. they had a fairly profitable week. winning five and losing three. They took double headers from the Ath- tetics last Monday and Tuesday. Aft er that the Yankees began to think of beating Detroit for fourth place. but now they will be lucky if they can keep ahead of Washington. The Tanks finish their series with the Red sox today, then take on Cleveland for three game series beginning tOmor- row.
 While the Red Sox are through SC Far as the 1917 flag is concerned the team still Is powerful. Had the west srn teams been a little more success full against Chicago the Red So1 might still be in the race. As mat. ters now stand, the Red Sox have 6 higher percentage today than wher they won the pennant a year ago This shows that the Bostons did no go back any, but that Chicago ad vanced a great deal this season over It's 1916 form.
 RISONS BEAT GIANTS.