The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-28
BIG LEAGUE REVIEW
FOR THE PAST WEEK

NEW YORK. May 27-The spirited
race FOR leaEic leadership III The Mt
t;pnnl and American circuits continues
LAST week brought new occupants for
first piac" am, III" National League. cs-
rrciaIly. saw some rapid changes.
Chicago held the lead in the National
lasi Monday morning. New York Went
INTO III" lead after Mondays game only
"a lnov.. back WHEN rhilad"trhia forSsu
ahead Tuesday. Fat M"ranS mon. who
won |: Out of IL games against th"
western teams. held lightly 10 hrst
r.arc while New York and chicago dl-
rid"d four game IN IN" night for second
piac" which ended Saturday with New
York holding the position.
In the American League. Boston went
into first place last SUNDAY ana by WIN
MN. all live + It's game during tn" week
reinforced its post !0n. New York WAS
ah" In win only ON" out Of thur games
and slipped back 10 third place while
chicago which Won ihr"" out Of four
vent into rilnn"r-up position.
The PhIia,l"!phia Nationals lost only
ono gam" during tn" week and That /"
Cincinnati ON Thursday 10y ~ 20
s""r" IN which M"rnn'% men n1d" "'sn
errors M"rIus ciuh haI'"d bard and
the pitchers w"r" working we'll. Alex
and"r IN Wednesday held Cincinnati TO
i.ro hits. Will" making three hits. in
Guiding Il hon" ram. himself.
While Phinhrlphia was heating Chi
VI
York could d" was IL dlvld" two games
with T'lltSi.urgh MrGraw'S m"u suffer
cd their first shoutnut Of IN" season
TUESDAY when they lost IN Pittsburgh
/" O. through III" good pitching Of Mil
ler. Schupp pitched his hf,h straight
victory, ami boa; Chicago Wednesday.
but tho liiants los; In the visitors on
Thursday and Friday. They won on Sat
urdav by playing crrorless bail nehind
Salis".
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week. IN" champions winning four out
az five gnres The Brooklyn pitching
s;air appeared 10 /" hrtt"r and ;he hit"
ting WAS more timely. especially that OF
tTtshhw and Hickman.
Th" American League teams were
troubled by ;lriv"rs" weather Cundli ions.
Winning the final game. OF the series
from Chicago Sunday through effective
pitChinS by Mays, tn" champions were
i'd" until Wednesday when they began Il
four game series with 81. Louis. BArry'S
men took all four gaines from III"
Browns. who seemingly have. lost all
their carly season effectiveness.
Except for their defeat hy Boston Sun
day, rhIrngn won NIL It's games and re-
tanned second I'iu'c Will" My YORK. WAS
losing ono gam" I" Detroit md two out
Of three 10 cleveland. Tn" Indians kept
up their previous steady progress. phila
t!"lphIl and Detroit played h"tt.r than
st. Louis and WASHINGTON and mama gcd
80 break cv'.u on n" rnn"S played dur
ing The week.
The International snres in The Ma
tional LcaEu" "mh"d Saturday. with
philadelphia having mad" The host re-
cord. chicago. with Ten victories. and
six defeats. I'D The western contingent.
Boston won only three out Of twelve
games. TIL" Am. ri"hn l."aGu" lni"r-S'',.-
tinual games "nd"'l today. III" western
teams Won ton AMI i"Si nine last week
and Chicago made III" best r"""r,l for IN"
entire series. winning twelve md losing
three. BOSTON led the eastern teams
The weeks record III each League rIn%-
al. won and LOST. with runs. has. errors.
men left on has" and runs scores by pp-
unncuts. Including tn" games TT Satur-
day Nav &c is as follows"