The Washington herald., 1917-09-03
GIANTS And PHILLES
In CRUCIAL GAMES
Pennant in National League May Be
Settled in Series This Week.

The deep pail OF gloom that has
caused many heart fears in the ranks
OF the Giants rooters is again perme-
ating the camp of the McGraw clan.
The injury TO Buck" HerZog. field
captain OF the Giants. has caused a
wave OF pessimism to sweep through
the loyal band Of New Workers who
see nothing but the Giants as one Of
the competing teams in the worlds
series. They fear the injury to
Buck" the pivot Of the $4,000 in
field, viii throw the smooth running
McGraw machinery out of gear.
And the Philadelphia Bugaboo, even
though it is s1-2 laps to the rear. will
not down. The loyal rooters" dread
the conflicts with the Phillles begin
ming Wednesday. Six combats will be
fought in three days. 1t will be do
or die" with the Quaker City lads.
An even break with the Giants and
the Phillies might just as well give
up any visions OF competing in the
worlds series this year.
But the Giants rooters need not
Worry, according to the mathemati-
cal sharps. They have "doped" 1t all
out. The Giants cannot lose The
schedule calls for the Giants to still
play thirty-five games and the Phillies
S5. Today the Giants are 91-2 games
in the lead. having increased their ad-
vantage one-half game during the past
week. The mathematical experts point
out that in order to capture the bunt-
ing. the Giants need only win three
fifths OF their remaining games-or
twenty-one out of the thirty-five,
while the Phillies can win fiye-sixths
Of their remaining games-or thirty Of
the thirty-six. The standing OF the
club, il this prediction is correct,
would be:
Team Won Lost
Giants 9S So
Phillies 81 81
In order to accomplish this feat the
Giants need only play at a so per
cent gait, while the Phillies must go
at a $50 clip. When 1t is figured out
that the Giants are now going at a
.6f7 speed, while the Phillies are ham,
mering along at a .56S stride, it can
readily be seen that there is little
cause for worry in New York. Bad
baseball can do it. The Giants have
been guilty of mediocre playing for
the past three weeks. but even at that
they have held their own. And If
they hold the same advantage next
week after the coming series with the
PhlHes. it will sound the death knell
TO the hopes Of the Quakers to fly the
pennant over in Philadelphia.
Although the White Sox increased
the gap between them and the Red
Sox from two to three and one-halt
games. during the past week, the 10y
al rooters" from the Hub City have
not given up the ship. They point out
that the Chicago team has played
seven more games than the worlds
champions. The teams have suffered
the same number Of defeats, A. The
Red Sox can even up the advantage
by winning those seven games. Chi
cago still has twenty-four games to
play-Boston thirty-one. 1t is too early
to delve into the mathematical situa-
ton in the American League. Chica-
go is going strong. and more than
holding its own. But the Red SoX
have a long string of games at home,
and they are practically invincible on
their own bailiwick.
This weeks schedule favors the Red
Sox They play the Yankees and
Athletics. while the White SoN COM
bat with the Tigers, Browns and In
dians. Both the Phillies and Giants
play the same teams during the week.