New Britain herald., 1918-08-12
GIANTS PRACTICALLY
 OUT OF RUNNING
Cubs ,vs. Red Sox Is Probable
 Lineup for Series.

With the Giants, to all intents and purposes, eliminated from the National league race, interest in baseball cen- terS in the game fight being put up by Cleveland against the Red SOX ill the American league dash to the La bor day wire. That the Red SoX are not going any too well was revealed last Saturday, when the Yankees de feated them twice after the New Ork team had experienced one of the most Wretched western trips in it's history and had won only two games on the tour. However, baseball conditions are so unsettled that all sorts of freak things may be expected. The Dodgers on their last western trip lost nine straight games and then went to Chi cago and Whiffed the leaders four straight The Yankees have been the jinxes of Boston for the last four sea- sons. Prior to that the Yankees were the softest picking for the Red SoX. There was one stretch of more than two years, from the spring of 1911 to tue fall of 1913, in which the Yankees did not win a single game from the Red SoX in New York. Much of the success of the Yankees over Boston in recent years has been due to the abil ity of Mogridge to beat Boston, as he has won eleven of his last fourteen games from the Red SoX.
 The schedule strongly favors Boston, as the SoX have practically all of their remaining games at home, and the Bostonians usually are at their best on Fenway park. Boston has just broke even on the road this year, but owes the lead to it's ability to win at home.
 The Red SoX have had a weak spot at third all season. They started with McInnis at third, but he was shifted back to first when Dr. HOblitzel went into the army Tken Thomas went to third, but he, too, entered Uncle Sam's service. Schang tried 1t for a while, and then Stansbury, a recruit from New Orleans, was played there. He has been released. The latest third basemen is Cochran, from Kansas City, who is not hitting.
 It was presumed that Cleveland would have d tough time keeping up the pace after Bill Wambsganss had been called into the army, but Joe Wood was moved into second base, where he is playing a fine game and continues to hit hard and timely. The recrudescence of Wood from a has been pitcher to star all-around man has been one of the leading features of a rather lack lustre season. After playing the Red Sox again today and tomorrow in Boston, the Yankees re- turn home on Wednesday with Cleve- land. Whether they will treat one contender as they did the other one remains to be seen. So far this sea- son the Cleveland team has found the Yankees rather easy proposition.
 The double victory scored by the Giants over the Braves at the Polo grounds may encourage the Giants to keep on going until they are counted out officially. Things broke badly for the National league champions last week as they had Burns, Young and Zimmerman out of the Cincinnati series in which the Giants dropped three out of four. The ease with which the Giants have been able to beat the Braves all season, not los ing a single game to them, is getting to be amusing, especially as StalliDgs and Herzog, especially the latter, derive more pleasure out of beating the Giants than any other team. The Giants are practically through with New York until after the war. They have two more games with Boston, after which they make their third western trip. They return late in the month for a farewell series with Brooklyn.